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Henry Moore Forster, father of Elizabeth Charity and Franklin Pierce Forster.
"William Forster was born in New Garden, N.C., on April 26, 1894. As a young man, he went to Winterset, Iowa, and started buying land. In time, he became a large land owner. In Wnterset, he met another family from Redstone, Penn., named Wilson, and fell in love with one of their daughters named Elizabeth, born June 1, 1799. They were married April 4, 1818. To this union...
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Franklin Pierce Forster, son of Henry Moore Forster and Mary Jane Kirkland Forster, at the age of 4. He had one living sister, Elizabeth Charity Forster [George]. He was born Feb. 9,1866, in Winterset, Iowa. The Forster family moved to Valley View, Texas, and then in the fall of 1872 or early 1873, the Forsters sold their farm and began a covered wagon trip to the west.
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Twin daughters of Frank and Rowena Walker George, Gretchen and Rowena, in 1917.
"Gretchen and Rowena, twins of Frank and Rowena George, were seven month babies and doctors said in those days that seven month babies couldn't live. Also, their mother Rowena lived just four days after their birth. One can only imagine the heartache Frank George went through at that time. But Frank could not give up his twin baby girls without trying everything he could...
11. Ft. Morgan farm
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Mary Jane Kirkland Forster, mother of Elizabeth Charity and Franklin Pierce Forster.
"Henry Moore and his new wife settled down on the farm that Henry's dad had given to him. He didn't plan to stay on his farm for long. He wasn't content with being like the others. He had a dream to join the movement west. But time has a way of slipping by and then they started their family. On July 27, 1854, Elizabeth Charity Forster was born. Another daughter,...
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Muriel Colburn and her mother, Alice George Colburn. "Muriel worked in Washington, D.C., and was employed for many years by the Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder's Office and the Social Security Office in Denver. She retired in 1971." [obituary] SHe passed away at 95, on Dec. 14, 1997.
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Charity Elizabeth "Libbie" Forster George, wife of William Henry "Bill" George and mother of "Nona" George Gates. After Bill died in 1900, Elizabeth sold their home in Breckenridge and bought a farm in Fort Morgan, Colorado. "In 1917 when her twin granddaughters, Gretchen and Rowena, were born, their mother died in childbirth. Elizabeth went to Colorado Springs and helped her son, Frank, with the twins and other children until he remarried. About...
19. Ft. Morgan farm
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Elizabeth George at her farm in Ft. Morgan, Colorado. She is sitting with her children standing behind her. Left to right, Edna George (born Aug, 10, 1890), Frank Forester George (born Apr. 9, 1881), Nona (Atha Nonetta George birn, Dec, 16, 1877), and Alice Maud George (born May 10, 1874).