Frances M. and Charles E. Foreman, 1868
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Studio photograph taken in Topeka, Kansas, in 1868. The mother of the siblings, Amanda Mary (Oakley) Forman had divorced her husband after the American Civil War, Major John A. Foreman, Jr., in Topeka in 1866. Amanda died in October 1869 and her sisters vowed to raise Frances and Charles. Charles lived with Elizabeth in Grant Township, Manhattan, Kansas for a short time only, before going to live with his faterh in Muskogee Indian Territory at the age of eight. These years of loss were hard for Fannie but she pursued an education, first at the Episcopalian Church school for girls in Topeka, Bethany College, then to State College, Manhattan and State Normal School, Leavenworth. She was eligible to teach and played the piano but married Theo Lacy on November 12, 1874 in Muskogee.
- Date Of Event
- 1868
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Frances Mary Foreman, called Fannie, b. May 9, 1858 d. December 10, 1946 Charles Elmer Foreman, b. March 23, 1862 d. 1939
- Local identifier
- TTOIEMB0010
- Collection
- Trafalgar Township Historical Society
- Geographic Coverage
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United States, United States
Latitude: 39.76 Longitude: -98.5
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- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Recommended Citation
- Frances M. and Charles E. Foreman
- Contact
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Trafalgar Township Historical Society Sponsor: Jeff Knoll, Local & Regional Councillor for Oakville Ward 5 – Town of Oakville/Regional Municipality of Halton
