Telegram



Telegram

The above Telegram was about the death of William Golden Foster. It reads:

Receivedat: Meridian, Miss. 1012A Jany 16 1901
To:Dr. J.B. Foster, Increase, Miss.
Grandpa died this morning. Burial Shuqulak Saturday Morning.
John G. Foster

NOTE:William Golden Foster was in Bloomington, Ill. at the time of his death. He was buried at Shuqualak, Mississippi. In a letter dated 27 April 1965, Frances Marion Foster Shannon states that no one knows why he was there. The John G. Foster that sent the telegram Is John Golden Foster, son of William Thomas Foster and grandson of William Golden Foster.

Furnished by Garner Shannon.


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