Wade Foster was born March 7, 1838, at Foster, Tuscaloosa County, Ala. He was graduated in 1856, and went to Starkville, Miss. to become principal of the high school. On November 11, 1857, he married Sara Bell at Starkville and in 1860 moved to DeSoto Parish, La., where he began the life of a cotton planter. During the Civil War he was a private in Company D, Second Alabama Cavalry, under General Forrest in Ferguson's brigade. His Company surrendered at Washington, Ga., while acting as escort for Jefferson Davis. After the war he engaged in business at Marshall, Texas, and died there February 15, 1867.

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