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- Henry Franklin Foster - November 3, 1854 - February 7, 1933. Son of David and L. Cordellia Ludington Foster. Husband of Mary E. Robinson Foster.
Newspaper Obituary - Thursday, February 9, 1933 Mexico Independent - Mexico, New York - Henry F. Foster, Inventor of Washing Machine, Ill Three Weeks - Henry Franklin Foster, 78, inventor of the Foster washer, died at his home near the Seventh Day Adventist church on the Pulaski-Syracuse road Tuesday. Mr. Foster had been ill only three weeks. He was born in Fulton, November 3, 1854, son of David and L. Cordellia Ludington Foster. His father came to this county from Vermont. Mr. Foster graduated from Oswego Nonnal in 1879 and taught school in Altmar and Mexico for many years. On March 28, 1882, he was married to Mary E. Robinson, who survives. In March 1932, they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary_ Mr. Foster was an inventor of many wooden novelties, including clothes bars, the vacuum cup washer and the Foster washing machine. For many years his manufacturing establishment was where the Wilder Lumber company is now located in Pulaski. He was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist church, having served as an elder and Sunday school superintendent for some time. Besides his widow he is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Frederick T. Metcalfs of New York City; two grandchildren, C. Lawrence Minor and Mrs. Kenneth W. Smith, both of Syracuse, and two great-grandchildren, Arlene Minor and Frederick Smith. Funeral services were held from his late home Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. Claude Eldridge of Syracuse officiating. Inteiment was in the Willis cemetery.
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1854 - 1933 (78 years)