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The subject of this sketch was born August 18, 1855, at Park
Hill, five miles south of Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, the youngest
son of the well-known missionary, Rev. Stephen Foreman, and
Sarah E. Reilly, a Cherokee. Austin was sent to the public
schools until his thirteenth year, after which he went to Cane Hill College, Arkansas, where he spent live years. On leaving
school he went to Louisville, Kentucky, where he studied medicine for three years, and in 1876 graduated at the Louisville
Medical College. In the same year he went to Virginia, where
he remained about twelve months, afterwards settling in Yinita,
where he has been practicing his profession ever since. January 13, 1880, he married Miss Emma Kidenour, a Missourian, by whom
he has one living child, named Ermina, born November 6, 1881,
Dr. Foreman has a fine farm near Vinita, containing 640 acres, a
large orchard, and home buildings that cost him $1,200, besides a
small stock of cattle, horses and mules. His handsome residence in
Vinita is worth $3,000 while he has a good deal of property which
he rents. Dr. Foreman has been practicing in Vinita for fifteen
years, and stands among the highest. He has been one of
the examining board of physicians for the past two years, also
examining physician for several of the leading life insurance companies in the United States. Dr. Foreman is a member of the
Methodist Church, and is a benevolent, charitable and good
Christian. At one time he was an elder in the Presbyterian
Church, but being persecuted for his belief in a certain religious
rite by one of the brethren, he felt that he could do better Christian work elsewhere, and therefore joined the Methodists. |
