Thomas Henry Foster

Thomas Henry Foster

• Thomas Henry Foster was born on 11 April 1893 in Hallettsville, Lavaca County, Texas.
• He married Mary Ann Peace, daughter of James Thomas Peace and Ester Elizabeth Brodnax, on 24 December 1911.
• Thomas Henry Foster registered for the draft on 5 June 1917 in Haskell County, Texas, while living in Haskell, self-employed there farming.
• Thomas Henry Foster and Mary Ann Peace appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Haskell, Haskell County, Texas, at South Clark Street. Other members of the household included Henry Bonneau Foster and Mary Louise Foster.
• He was a bookkeeper in a grocery store, according to the 1920 census.
• Thomas Henry Foster died on 26 October 1956 at age 63 in Regina, Sandoval County, New Mexico.
• His wife Mary Ann Peace became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Regina Cemetery, Sandoval County, New Mexico.
• The following appeared on 29 October 1956 in the Albuquerque Journal: Thomas H. Foster, 63, passed away late Saturday evening at his home in Regina, N.M. Mr. Foster was a merchant at Regina and had lived there for the past 31 years. He is survived by his wife, Mary; one son, Henry B. Foster; a daughter, Mrs. George Hatch; all of Regina; four brothers, Claude, Nathan, and Bailey of Texas, and Herbert of California; one sister, Mrs. Ira Short, of Texas; twelve grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Presbyterian Church in Regina with Dr. V. A. Woodworth officiating. Interment will be made in the Regina Cemetery with the French-Fitzgerald Mortuary in charge. Escorts will be: Robert Huffman, Dave Alexander, J. D. Nelson, H. C. Lasater, George Howard, and C. S. Evans.

• Last Edited: 11 Feb 2016