Family Group Sheet
NameMillard Foster, 2C3R
Birth11 Mar 1896, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death21 Apr 1965, Middletown, Butler Co., Ohio
BurialWoodside Cemetery, Middletown, Butler Co., Ohio
FatherRobert E. Foster (1872-1936)
MotherLouella Short (1877-1951)
Marriageabt 1917
SpouseOra N. Harper
Birth8 Jan 1894, Campton, Wolfe Co., Kentucky
Death6 Apr 1982, Middletown, Butler Co., Ohio
BurialWoodside Cemetery, Middletown, Butler Co., Ohio
FatherThomas B. Harper (1859-)
MotherArzella Whitt (1870-1941)
Children
1 MJess Virgil Foster, 3C2R
Birth6 Jun 1918, Middletown, Butler Co., Ohio
Death9 Jul 1989, Middletown, Butler Co., Ohio
SpouseJuanita Ruby Robinson
2 FEva Foster, 3C2R
Birthabt 1921, Middletown, Butler Co., Ohio
3 FReba Foster, 3C2R
Birthabt 1923, Middletown, Butler Co., Ohio
4 FGeraldine Foster, 3C2R
Birthabt 1925, Middletown, Butler Co., Ohio
5 MMillard Foster Jr., 3C2R
Birthabt 1926, Middletown, Butler Co., Ohio
6 M<unnamed son> Foster (Died as Infant), 3C2R
Birth19 Nov 1931, Middletown, Butler Co., Ohio
Death25 Nov 1931, Middletown, Butler Co., Ohio
7 FImogene Foster , 3C2R (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
8 FGeneva Foster , 3C2R (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
Notes for Millard Foster
His WW II draft registration card, filed 25 Apr 1942, records Millard Foster, age 46, residence 1815 Maple St., Middletown, Butler Co., Ohio, born 11 Mar 1896 in Morgan Co., Ky, employer Armco, Middletown, Ohio, contact Ora Foster, 1815 Maple St., Middletown, Ohio.
The SSDI lists Millard Foster, born 11 Mar 1896, died Apr 1965, last residence Ohio.
The Ohio deaths index lists Millard Foster, age 69, died 21 Apr 1965 at Middletown Hospital, Butler Co., Ohio, married.
The SSDI lists Millard Foster, born 11 Mar 1896, died Apr 1965, last residence Ohio.
The Ohio deaths index lists Millard Foster, age 69, died 21 Apr 1965 at Middletown Hospital, Butler Co., Ohio, married.
Notes for Ora N. Harper
The SSDI lists Ora Foster, born 8 Jan 1894, died Apr 1982, last residence Middletown, Butler Co., Ohio, SSSN issued in Ohio in 1973.
The Ohio deaths index lists Ora N. Foster, age 86, born in Kentucky, died 6 Apr 1982 at Middletown Hospital, Butler Co., Ohio, widowed.
The Woodside Cemetery internment database records her father as Robert Harper and her husband as Millard Foster, but does not record her mother. I cannot find any match in any census year for a Robert or Bob Harper in Kentucky who would be of an appropriate generaton to be her father. So I suspect the father’s name is in error.
I also cannot find any Ora Harper or similar name in either the 1900 or 1910 census. I am attaching her speculatively as a daughter of Thomas B. Harper and Arzella Whitt primarily on the basis of there being a strong known connection between the two families - in the 1920 census, Millard and Ora were sharing a house with Arzella and her second husband Alex Short, and one of Alex and Arzella’s sons Courtney Short married Millard’s sister Minnie Foster. Furthermore, I cannot find Arzella in the 1900 census either, nor have I found Alex and Arzella’s family in the 1910 census. So Ora and Arzella may have been together both years.
The Ohio deaths index lists Ora N. Foster, age 86, born in Kentucky, died 6 Apr 1982 at Middletown Hospital, Butler Co., Ohio, widowed.
The Woodside Cemetery internment database records her father as Robert Harper and her husband as Millard Foster, but does not record her mother. I cannot find any match in any census year for a Robert or Bob Harper in Kentucky who would be of an appropriate generaton to be her father. So I suspect the father’s name is in error.
I also cannot find any Ora Harper or similar name in either the 1900 or 1910 census. I am attaching her speculatively as a daughter of Thomas B. Harper and Arzella Whitt primarily on the basis of there being a strong known connection between the two families - in the 1920 census, Millard and Ora were sharing a house with Arzella and her second husband Alex Short, and one of Alex and Arzella’s sons Courtney Short married Millard’s sister Minnie Foster. Furthermore, I cannot find Arzella in the 1900 census either, nor have I found Alex and Arzella’s family in the 1910 census. So Ora and Arzella may have been together both years.
Census Notes for Millard & Ora N. (Family)
1920 census of Butler Co., Ohio, Middletown ward 2, enumerated 8 Jan, lists on p. 5A as family #68/106, at 648 Curtis Ave:
Foster, Millard, 23, b. Ky Ky Ky, crane operator at rolling mill; Ora, wife, 25, b. Ky Ky Ky; Jessie, son, 1 7/12, b. Ohio Ky Ky.
They are sharing a house with the family of Alex Short and Arzella Whitt, whose son Courtney later married Millard’s younger sister Minnie.
1930 census of Butler Co., Ohio, Lemon township, enumerated 12 April, lists on p. 6A as family #110/116:
Foster, Millard, 34, age at first marriage 21, b. Ky Ky Ky, laborer at steel mill; Ora, wife, 36, age at first marriage 23; Jess, son, 11; Eva, dau, 9; Reba, dau, 7; Geraldine, dau, 5; Millard Jr., son, 4; Geneva, dau, 1. All children born Ohio Ky Ky.
The preceding house is headed by Millard’s parents.
1940 census of Butler Co., Ohio, Middletown ward 2, ED 9-57, enumerated 26 April, lists on p. 13B as family #263, at 815 Maple:
Foster, Millard, 44, b. Ky, control station at steel mill; Ora, wife, 46, b. Ky; Jess, son, 21, service man at filling station; Geraldine, dau, 15; Millard Jr., son, 14; Geneva, dau, 11; Imogene, dau, 6. All children born in Ohio, living in same house in 1935.
Foster, Millard, 23, b. Ky Ky Ky, crane operator at rolling mill; Ora, wife, 25, b. Ky Ky Ky; Jessie, son, 1 7/12, b. Ohio Ky Ky.
They are sharing a house with the family of Alex Short and Arzella Whitt, whose son Courtney later married Millard’s younger sister Minnie.
1930 census of Butler Co., Ohio, Lemon township, enumerated 12 April, lists on p. 6A as family #110/116:
Foster, Millard, 34, age at first marriage 21, b. Ky Ky Ky, laborer at steel mill; Ora, wife, 36, age at first marriage 23; Jess, son, 11; Eva, dau, 9; Reba, dau, 7; Geraldine, dau, 5; Millard Jr., son, 4; Geneva, dau, 1. All children born Ohio Ky Ky.
The preceding house is headed by Millard’s parents.
1940 census of Butler Co., Ohio, Middletown ward 2, ED 9-57, enumerated 26 April, lists on p. 13B as family #263, at 815 Maple:
Foster, Millard, 44, b. Ky, control station at steel mill; Ora, wife, 46, b. Ky; Jess, son, 21, service man at filling station; Geraldine, dau, 15; Millard Jr., son, 14; Geneva, dau, 11; Imogene, dau, 6. All children born in Ohio, living in same house in 1935.
