David Smith Foster, later a pioneer merchant of Beloit, was born at North Andover, Massachusetts.

The evidence

• “David Smith Foster, who was one of the pioneer merchants of Beloit, and a man who was noted for his ability and integrity, was born on May 26, 1826, at North Andover, Mass. He was the son of Moses and Sarah (Baldwin) Foster.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/34a-biographical-1.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 309 / book p. 807

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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