Biographical Sketch of

Henry Foreman

Transcribed by Robert Schieber

Source: Memorial and Biographical Record and Illustrated Compendium of Biography of Citizens of Columbia, 
Sauk and Adams Counties, Wisconsin, published 1901 by G. A. Ogle & Co., Chicago, 1901, Pages 597 - 598
 

In a volume of this nature the pages devoted to the lives of the pioneer settlers are most interesting to all 
readers alike.  They pass in review the many deeds which these men have performed for their community, and 
recall to the minds of the older residents the public spirit exercised by their fellows, and to one of this 
class this biography is devoted.  Mr. Foreman settled on his present farm when but one acre was tillable, and 
today he is proprietor of as fine an estate as graces that vicinity, and in the development of his estate 
has added materially to the better interests of Adams county.  His home is located in Jackson township and 
he is one of the substantial farmers of that community.

Our subject was born in Margate, county of Kent, England, March 14, 1845, and was the son of John B., Sr., 
and Margaret (Malen) Foreman, natives of Margate.  His father was a farmer in his native land, and about 1851 
came to America and settled near Waterford, Racine county, Wisconsin.  He enlisted in 1862, in Company F, 
Twenty-second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and was killed at Resaca, Georgia, in 1863, at the age of 
sixty-five years.  He was a member of the Methodist church and a gentleman of true merit.  The mother of 
our subject died in England about 1849, leaving five children, as follows:  Frances, widow of Jerry Hoover, 
of Waterford, Wisconsin; William, residing at Waterford; John, Jr., of Whitewater, Wisconsin; Henry, our 
subject; and Sarah Ann, now Mrs. J. H. Foat, of Jackson township, Adams county.  

Henry Foreman has been a resident of Wisconsin since his fifth year.  He enlisted October 8, 1861, in Company 
C, First Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry.  He served three years in the Army of the Cumberland, and was engaged 
at Perryville, Stone River, Chickamauga, Resaca and Sherman's Atlanta campaign, and was discharged after the 
fall of Atlanta owing to the expiration of his term of enlistment.  At Resaca he was wounded in the right 
breast, and was disabled for one week, but did not go to the hospital, and with that one exception was always 
on duty.  For nine months he was detailed on provost duty at headquarters of the Third Brigade under 
Brigadier-General Negley and others.  Mr. Foreman went to Fond du Lac county, Wisconsin, in 1866, and three 
years later came to Adams county and purchased his present farm of one hundred and twenty acres in Jackson 
township.  A small log cabin had been built on the place where one acre only had been cleared.  Our subject 
now owns two hundred and forty acres, and has one hundred and fifty acres under cultivation, and in 1880 
erected a comfortable and commodious residence, has added other buildings, and has a well improved farm.

Mr. Foreman was married May 1, 1866, to Eliza Margaret Bushell, a daughter of Daniel and Eliza (Johncox) 
Bushell. Mrs. Foreman was born in Manston, England, October 27, 1847.  The family came to America about 1853, 
and the mother died about 1855 near Waterford, Wisconsin, aged thirty-two years.  Her father married later Mrs. 
Mary A. Barnes, who died in Jackson township, March 28, 1890.  The father's death occurred in Jackson township, 
Adams county, March 14, 1895, aged seventy-five years.

Mr. and Mrs. Foreman are the parents of eight children as follows:  Elmer Ellsworth, of Jackson township; Ida 
Idella, now Mrs. Adelbert J. Osborn, of Bristol, Wisconsin; Arthur H.; Clara Belle; Chester John; Wealthy died 
at the age of five years; and Flossie.  Mr. and Mrs. Foreman have four grandchildren.  Their home is one of 
pleasant surroundings and betokens refinement and culture.  Our subject and family are connected with the 
Congregational church at Davis Corners.  Mr. Foreman has been a life-long Republican in political affairs, but 
has never been an aspirant for public office.


Transcribed by Robert Schieber






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