Andrew J. Foster Pension Applications: 1922 Questions from the Bureau
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Washington D.C. March 25, 1922
Claim No. 979 198
Andrew J. Foster
2 Battery Kansas Light Artillery
Invalid Division
L.J. Examiner
Sir, Please answer, at your earliest convenience, the questions enumerated below. The information is requested for future use, and it may be of great value to your widow or children.
COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS
Mr. Andrew J. Foster
St. Cloud Florida
No. 1 Date and place of birth? Answer. East Tennessee July 15, 1842
The name of the organizations in which you served? Answer 2nd Kansas Battery of Light Artillery
No. 2 What was your post office at enlistment? Answer Fort Scott Kansas
No. 3 State your wife’s full name and her maiden name. Answer. Hannah C. Morgan
No. 4 When, where and by whom were you married? Answer. 19 April 1874 Coffeyville Kansas. James Heages __________
No. 5 Is there any official or church record of your marriage? Answer Probably at Independence Kansas
No. 6. Were you previously married? If so state the name of your former wife, the date of the marriage and the date and place of her….. folded over.
Answer. Yes to Amanda folded over. I know it says Amanda Chester 1872.
No. 7 If your present wife was married before her marriage to you, state the name of her former husband, the date of such marriage, and the date and place of his death or divorce, and state whether he ever rendered any military or naval service, and if so, give the name of the organization in which he served. If she was married more than once before her marriage to you, let your answer include all former husbands. Answer No.
No. 8 Are you living with your wife? Answer No.
If there has been a separation give the date of the same. Answer. About 14 years.
No. 9 State the names and dates of birth of all your children, living or head. Answer
W.D. Foster Born June 25, 1875
Vida E. Foster February 18, 1877
Oscar C. Foster October 10, 1878
Roscoe A. Foster March 16, 1880
Thomas Ewell Foster April 23, 1882
W.C. Foster January 17, 1889
All Living