John Foster was born in Chattham, Quebec Canada on 14 June 1826. His father was Daniel Foster and is mothers name was Nancy (Stewart) Foster. They were both from Antrim, Ireland. John immigrated to the U.S. in 1858 from Canada. John's first wife was Anna Cowan whom he married in Canada. They had eight children. She moved tot he U.S. with him before she died and he remarried to Emma Polanski. He lived out his years in Eagle Point and later in Chippewa Falls, Chippewa county, Wisconsin. Thanks, Jeff