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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ...not an accident but a logical result is Frank Foster, who is engaged in the insurance business in Ludington. Mason county, Michigan. He was born at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, on the 25th of March, 1856. and is a son of Luther Hall Foster, who was born and reared in the state of Maine, whence he came to Wisconsin about the vear 1855. He was a lumber man by occupation and met his death at the hands of a burglar, who shot him, at Ludington. At the time of his demise, in 1876, he was secretary of the Pere Marquette Lumber Company. He came to Ludington in 1866 and prior to that time he had extensive interests in Muskegon and other lumber towns. He was active in public affairs in this city, being of great assistance in building churches and in promoting the various public utilities. He had charge of platting the village of Pere Marquette, now the city of Ludington, and the naming of all the main streets of Ludington and during his life time was one of the most prominent citizens of this city. He organized the Congregational church, also the Presbyterian church, and was for a time local commissioner under the state land commissioner. He was the prime mover in getting the state road through Ludington and was instrumental in securing to Ludington the county seat. He was a stalwart Republican in his political proclivities and his death occurred in June, 1876. His father was Edward Foster and the Foster genealogy is traced back about twelve generations, representatives of this family having come to America in the year 1700, from England, and different members having served as gallant soldiers in the war of the Revolution. Luther H. Foster married Lucy Amelia Schraam, a native of Pennsylvania, and they became the parents of two sons, --Frank, of this sketch;..