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Anna B. (Krick) Foster
(1865- ? )

Anna B. (Krick) Foster was born in 1865 in or near either Decatur, Adams County, IN, or in Monroeville, Allen County, IN, the daughter of Emanuel and Sarah Elizabeth "Betsy" (Minerd) Krick. The family moved from Decatur to Monroeville about the time she was born, but it is not known precisely enough to establish her birthplace.

Anna married Jesse B. Foster (1859- ? ) in about 1890. They went on to have at least seven children -- Homer M. Foster, Albert L. Foster, Fred Foster, Frank Foster and Effie M. Foster, and two unidentified ones who died young.

When the federal census was taken in 1900, the Fosters made their residence as farmers near Monroeville, Allen County.

Ten years later, in 1910, the census of Monroeville shows 50-year-old Jesse and 45-year-old Anna and three of their seven children in the household. Sadly, three of their seven children born to that time did not survive childhood.

The 1920 census shows the Fosters' house to be along Flat Rock Road near Monroeville, and continuing their life's occupation as farmers. Son Frank and his wife Esther and young son Clyde lived in the dwelling too.

The "Overhead Electric" railway station on South Street in Monroeville, early 1900s, a well known local landmark

Writing to the Indiana Minerds in September 1929, from his home in Pittsburgh, PA, a cousin Corwin D. Tilbury asked: "How is everybody? McCormicks, Fosters, Kricks and so on down the line?"

By 1930, Anna and Jesse had moved in to the home of son Frank and his wife and expanded brood of four sons and daughters. Living just a few doors away was Anna's married niece, Hazel (Krick) Hart and her husband and children.

Circa 1947-1954, they lived in Monroeville. Their fates are unknown, but are being researched.

Son Frank Foster (1894- ? ) married Esther (1896- ? ). They lived with his parents near Monroeville in 1920 and had at least four children, Clyde L. Foster, John W. Foster, Donald K. Foster and Lois Jane Foster. The 1930 shows the family together in Monroeville, with Frank's aged parents living under their roof that year.