Stephen Foster - Historic Rock Island

Stephen Foster Junior

Notes de recherche

Impliqué dans la Langdon & Foster de 1828 à 1831 environ.

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Greffes de notaires, District judiciaire de Saint-François, CN501, S24 William Ritchie.

Acte : # 3579
Date : 4 avril 1842
Deed of Sale from Alexander Kilborn, Esquire of the Township of Stanstead, to Stephen Foster Junior, Merchant at the same place.

Résumé : Vente d’un terrain faisant partie du lot no 1 du 9e rang du canton de Stanstead, de 5 acres : « Beginning at a point on the river, which forms the South Corner of land owned by S & S Reed, from thence Westerly down said river […] to a boundary established by said parties […] to a certain Birch Tree thence Northerly […] to the corner of land owned by Harris Way, and thence Easterly along land now owned the present purchaser [Foster Jr.] and the said S & S Reed […] to the place of beginning […] ». Joint à l’acte une esquisse du terrain et de ses limites. [Voir documents visuels]

Greffes de notaires, District judiciaire de Saint-François, CN501, S23 Charles Anderson Richardson.

Acte : # 2461
Date : 25 septembre 1847
Deed of Sale by Stephen Foster Junior, Esquire of the Township of Stanstead, to Levi Spalding, Trader of the Town of Derby (Vt.).

Résumé : Vente d’une partie du lot no 1 du 9e rang du Canton de Stanstead : « …being the same as more particularly described in and by that certain Indenture of Grant and Release, heretofore made and granted by one Sylvanus Cobb Haskell to the said Stephen Foster Junior executed before the said undersigned Notary Public and two other witnesses on the [22nd] day of June [1831] […] with the exception of the several pieces or parcel of land and privileges and premises therein and thereby described and reserved […] also save and except the piece sold to Franklin Wright and whereon a tannery is erected, now belonging to Ozro Morrill and Hiram Bishop together with the whole of the dwelling house, shed, barn and hog pen thereon erected by the said Sylvanus Cobb Haskell, also all other the Buildings, Mills, Mill dams, water courses, houses and Barns thereon erected and built and with all the privilege from the Southwest boundary up the River belonging heretofore to one Charles Kilborn, not infringing on any land heretofore sold, and all other the Eights, privileges and premises heretofore granted to the said Stephen Foster Junior ». Tout cela en plus d’une terre de 200 acres dans le lot no 22 du 13e rang du canton de Stanstead et d’une autre parcelle du lot no 1 du 9e rang du Canton de Stanstead : « the undivided half or moiety of that certain other piece, tract or parcel of land […] bounded and described as follows, towards the East by the Highway, and extend along said highway, North sixty feet from the distance of ten feet south of the store, and extend in depth to the West forty three feet exact measure, and from thence North at parallel lines with the highway sixty feet in front by forty three in depth and being the same as now occupied by […] Spalding, Foster and Company with half of said Store and of all buildings and improvements thereon erected and made […] ». L’ensemble est vendu pour la somme de 1250 pounds.

Greffes de notaires, District judiciaire de Saint-François, CN501, S23 Charles Anderson Richardson.

Acte : # 4442
Date : 13 décembre 1849
Deed of Sale by Stephen Foster Junior, Trader of the Township of Stanstead, to Levi Spalding, Trader of the Town of Derby (Vt.).

Résumé : Vente d’une partie du lot no 1 du 9e rang du Canton de Stanstead : « …the just and equal undivided half or moiety of that certain tract of land, emplacement or building lot […] bounded […] Towards the East by the highway and extend along said highway North sixty feet, from the distance of ten feet South of the Store thereon erected and extending in depth towards the West forty three feet exact measure and from thence North at parallel lines with the highway, sixty feet in front by forty three in depth, and being the same tract of land which the said Stephen Foster the younger, heretofore acquire from Sylvanus C. Haskell by Grant and Release, dated the [16th] day of September [1828] […] » . Le lot est vendu pour la somme de 200 pounds. [Vente de la deuxième moitié du terrain du commerce, avec son bâtiment, à Spalding ; Spalding devient donc théoriquement le propriétaire unique du lot, Voir # 2461]

Greffes de notaires, District judiciaire de Saint-François, CN501, S23 Charles Anderson Richardson.

Acte : # 8901
Date : 14 février 1866
Last Will and Testament by Stephen Foster.

Résumé : Testament de Foster.

Greffes de notaires, District judiciaire de Saint-François, CN501, S23 Charles Anderson Richardson.

Acte : # 10038
Date : 7 octobre 1870
Last Will and Testament of Stephen Foster.

Résumé : Testament de Foster, remplace celui de février 1866 (acte # 8901).

Greffes de notaires, District judiciaire de Saint-François, CN501, S23 Charles Anderson Richardson.

Acte : # 10721
Date : 3 avril 1874
Last Will and Testament of Stephen Foster.

Résumé : Testament de Foster, remplace celui d’octobre 1870 (acte # 10038).

Greffes de notaires, District judiciaire de Saint-François, CN501, S23 Charles Anderson Richardson.

Acte : # 11665
Date : 20 avril 1878
Last Will and Testament of Stephen Foster.

Résumé : Testament de Foster, remplace celui d’avril 1874 (acte # 10721).

The Stanstead Journal

Vol. III, Nº27, 4 mai 1848

« Removal » de STEPHEN FOSTER JR de la firme Spalding, Foster & Co.

Vol. III, Nº29, 18 mai 1848

Dissolution de la firme de LEVI SPALDING, AUSTIN T. FOSTER et STEPHEN FOSTER JR.

Vol. XII, N°8,8 jan 1857

Annonce pour construire une école. Membre du comité : STEPHEN FOSTER, HIRAM BISHOP, J.C. BUTTERFIELD

Canada Directory, 1857-58

p. 639

Foster, Stephen, township mayor.

Stanstead County Historical Society Journal

J. Douglas Ferguson, « Spalding and Foster », vol. 5, 1973, p. 3-7.

Au sujet de Stephen Foster : Né à Montpelier, Vermont, le 12 juillet 1806. Stephen Foster ouvre un commerce à Rock Island en 1830, avec son partenaire Col. Langdon. Ce dernier se retire en 1833 et le commerce se perpétue sous le partenariat de Spalding et Foster. Foster se retire en 1844, et Levi Spalding conserve le commerce jusqu’en 1859, au moment où il le vend à son fils William Spalding.
Autres aspects de la carrière de Foster : "Foster in the meantime had been appointed Cashier of the Bank [People's Bank à Derby Line] in 1855 and continued to serve in that capacity until 1890. Foster was also a Director of the Connecticut and Passumpsic Railroad, and Vice-President and Treasurer of the Massawippi Valley Railroad, and was prominent in the financing of the latter. He was a trustee of Stanstead Wesleyan College and a strong suporter of Stanstead South Congregational Church at Rock Island".

The Eastern Townships Business and Farmer’s Directory, 1892

p. 463

Foster Stephen,

The Eastern Townships Business & Farmer’s Directory for 1888-89

p. 147

Foster Stephen, banker

Stanstead Journal: « Pioneer Life on the Frontier », 31 janvier 1952

1830: 5 buildings on the « Island » :

1- “The Old Yellow”

2- The Foster and Spalding Store (now Pike Bros)

3- The Carding Machine building (now Goodhue’s factory)

4- Clothier’s shop and dwelling house (back of Spaulding store)

5- House and oil mill (near #4)

1835: 13 dwelling houses

Maple Ave.: Stephen Foster’s house; The Libby house (owned by Otis Warren); the Parson house (owned by Willard Wood); the Gilmore house on the corner (owned by Levi Spalding)

Stanstead Journal: « Pioneer Life on the Frontier », Feb. 7, 1952

1835: There was but one building (the old Yellow) btw the bridge and the Kelly House on the right hand of the road. On the other side were Foster & Spalding’s, the Gaylord and Walton building, the Wood tailor shop (now O’Rourke) and the Spalding dwelling house on the corner.

Stanstead Journal: « Pioneer Life on the Frontier », Feb 14, 1952 (biographical sketches)

Stephen Foster: Not in business in Rock Island but in Derby in “Foster & Langdon” but in Rock Island for “Foster & Spalding” (15 y.). He retired in 1844.
Levi Spalding: Worked with S. Foster and after 1844 he worked with A. T. Foster and C. B. Burnham in “Foster, Spalding & Co.” The other 2 eventually left

Also owner of a grist mill and real estates.

Forests and clearings (original publishing July 15, 1874)

p. 34

Stephen Foster:

In 1828, Stephen Foster, in company with Col. J. Langdon, of Montpelier, Vt., built a store upon the site of that now occupied by the Spalding Brothers. They continued the business until 1833, when Col. Langdon withdrew, and Levi Spalding came in. In 1844, Mr. Foster withdrew, and since that time the business has been in the hands of the Spalding family. It may be mentioned here that Mr. Foster was the first merchant in the Eastern Townships that abandoned the sale of distilled spirits.

p.137 -138

Family of Stephen Foster, Esq.

The ancestors of this family came from England in the 17th century, and settled in Massachusetts. Stephen Foster was b. in Montpelier, Vt., July 12, 1806. He commenced mercantile business in company with Col. J. Langdon, at Derby Line, in 1828, and they opened a store at Rock Island in 1830. In 1831, he m. Maria, dau. of Ara Kimball, Esq., of Barton, Vt. Col. Langdon withdrew in 1833, and the business at Rock Island was continued under the firm of Spalding & Foster until 1844, when Mr. Foster withdrew, and was afterwards appointed cashier of the People's Bank, at Derby Line. His wife, d. in 1854. In 1855, he m. Carrie B., dau. of D. Evans, Esq., of Providence, R. I. He was that year elected Mayor of the Municipality of Stanstead, and has sustained other offices of responsibility and trust. He has been among the foremost in the support of the ordinances of the gospel and in his contributions to benevolent objects, and it is perhaps worthy of note that he was the first dealer in the township that banished the sale of ardent spirits from his business.