William Forster is my 3rd Great Grandfather He was born in New Garden, Guilford County North Carolina. New Garden was a mostly Quaker community and William came from Quaker roots. He migrated to Winterset Iowa, where this article finds him. Winterset Iowa was then and still is a very small town. Laid out in 1849, by 1860… Continue reading William Forster (1794 – 1866) in Winterset, Iowa
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The Forster Block – A legal battle
If you’re reading the posts on this site, you’ll know already about “The Clapp Block”, which was built by Edwin Ruthven Clapp (1827-1907) who was my 2nd Great Grandfather. E.R. Clapp, as he was known, built the impressive office building known as The Clapp Block in 1873. Here’s a picture of The Clapp Block Just… Continue reading The Forster Block – A legal battle
History of the Lindsey and Forster families 