This clipping from the Courier Freeman, dated 20 Feb 1924, was sent to us by Dennis Eickhoff.
Mrs. Lucretia Monroe Foster, 102, the oldest person in Jefferson County, and, it is thought, the oldest in northern New York, died at her home in upper Commercial Street, Theresa, Saturday evening. The funeral was held Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. from the home, the Rev. A.E. Budd, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, officiating.
Mrs. Foster was born in Mallorytown, Canada, Jan. 9, 1822. She had, however, spent almost her entire long life in this vicinity, coming first to the town of Alexandria with an aunt, Mrs.Hutchinson, when a small child. The parents had died in Canada, and Mrs. Hutchinson took charge of the little girl and moved to this country.
It was in the Town of Alexandria that Mrs. Foster grew to womanhood and learned the trade of a tailoress. At that time she resided in Plessis. In 1848, when she was 23 years of age, she was married to David Foster. The couple took up their residence on the Foster farm near Hyde Lake on the Theresa-Plessis road and there they resided for a great many years. The farm is still in possession of the family.
Mrs. Foster had enjoyed fairly good health for one of her advanced age until last July when she suffered a fall. Since that time her health had been gradually failing and it was feared that she could not live the winter out.
Her memory had always been remarkably keen. She would tell friends of the northern New York she knew of as a child, a locality with few settlers and with customs that seem strange today. During her long span of life, Mrs. Foster saw the passing of the tallow candle and of the log huts, she saw the coming of the railroads, the telegraph and the telephone. She delighted in modern things, and had seen and enjoyed "movies," and had hoped to hear a radio but death defeated her plans.
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