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  SOURCE: History of the State of Kansas, Wm. G. Cutler
          Pub. A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL - 1883

        J. H. FOSTER, of the firm of J. H. Foster & Co., proprietors
     Ellsworth City Flouring Mills and Elevator.  The Mills were erected
     in 1876, at a cost of $12,000.  Size 32x44, four stories high;
     capacity, 75 barrels in twenty-four hours.  The elevator is 21x50
     feet; 33 feet high; capacity 20,000 bushels.  It was erected in
     1882, at the cost of $3,000. All built of stone.  They employ six
     men.  J. H. Foster came to Kansas in September 1876 and began the
     above business.  He was born in Perry county, Pa., in 1834.  His
     parents removed to Van Buren County, Iowa, in 1837, where he was
     raised on a farm.  When he first set out in business, he followed
     merchandising for six years; then milling.  He was married in 1861
     to Miss Harriet E. Sharon of Pennsylvania.  They have four children
     - Frank S., William H., Carrie M., and Herbert E.  His wife died
     in 1878.  He was again married in 1880, to Miss Harriet E. Yarger
     of Pennsylvania.  He has held several city offices in Ellsworth.

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