Mary Lizzie (Curtis) Foster (1853 - 1944)

Born 22 Jan 1853 in Fayette County, Kentucky, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Luther Foster — married 20 Jul 1876 in Buchanan, Iowa, United States

Descendants

Died 29 Sep 1944 at age 91 in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA

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Biography

Mary Lizzie "Lou" Curtis graduated from Iowa Stat Agriculture College at Ames, Iowa in 1875. She taught for one year at Nevada High School, Nevada, Iowa before her marriage. She wrote "The Pioneer Girl" a story of her life on the Prairie. She also wrote two poems which were Published in Anthologies, "The Kneeling Nun" and "The Organ Mountains". She was the first President of American University Women at New Mexico Agriculture College, Las Cruces, N/M. After the dealth of her husband she lived with her daughter, Mrs. Eldon Bacon, in Glendale, Ca. Mr. and Mrs. Foster are buried in the Masonic Cemetery in Las Cruces, N.M.

Sources

• 1860 US Census, Dayton Township, Bremer, Iowa, United States, "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M82F-VZJ : 18 February 2021), Mary L Curtis in entry for Lyman J Curtis, 1860.

• Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67970105/mary-lizzy-foster

• WikiTree profile Curtis-1021 created through the import of Thomas Nesbit.GED on Jun 1, 2011 by Milton Nesbit.

• The Curtis Book by Rozetta and Leo Guess Published in 1993, page 28 of 451.

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