Mae Blanche Sisco and Mancil Carl Foster

MANCIL CARL FOSTER, son of EMMA LINCOLN STAMBAUGH and SAMUEL JAMES FOSTER, was born March 29, 1888 in Ashland, Saunders, Nebraska,^{8, 456} and died in 1943 in New York.⁴⁵⁶ He is buried in South Farmington Cemetery, Ontario County, New York.⁴⁵⁶

He married MAE BLANCHE SISCO. She was born October 8, 1895 in Butler County, Pennsylvania,¹⁸⁴⁰ and died December 13, 1967 in Thompson Hospital, Canandaigua, Ontario, New York.¹⁸⁴⁰ She is buried in South Farmington Cemetery, Ontario County, New York.¹⁸⁴⁰

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Children of MAE BLANCHE SISCO and MANCIL CARL FOSTER:

1. CARL MANCIL FOSTER, b. July 14, 1926, Hilliards, Butler, Pennsylvania;⁴⁵⁶ m. MARY CATHARINE MAHER on February 13, 1954 in Rochester, Monroe, New York¹⁸⁴³; d. January 2, 1997, Scottsville, Monroe, New York.⁴⁵⁶
2. LAWRENCE EUGENE FOSTER, b. February 18, 1928, Hilliards, Butler, Pennsylvania;⁴⁵³² d. November 6, 2002.⁴⁵³²
3. ANNA MAE FOSTER, b. April 2, 1929, Hilliards, Butler, Pennsylvania;⁴⁵⁶ m. DOUGLAS KEITH KIRTLAND on June 26, 1948 in Wesleyan Methodist Church, Canandaigua, Ontario, New York¹⁸⁴⁴; d. January 19, 1994, Canandaigua, Ontario, New York.⁴⁵⁶

Newspaper Articles

Daily Messenger, March 15, 1935¹⁸⁴⁵

Canandaigua Dynamite King, Mancil Foster, Is At Home in Blasting

It seems incredible that in this day and age a man could have a job that no one else wants. But that is the case with Mancil Foster, of Cheshire, who handles dynamite for the County Highway Department on the farm of Fred Morris just east of Centerfield, the blasting that Canandaiguans have been hearing lately.

There is a large stone pile on Mr. Morris' farm and Foster is engaged in busting up the larger boulders with his little friend dynamite. To do this one would think he would shove the explosive under the rocks to blow them apart. But he does just the opposite. He lays the sticks of dynamite on top of the rock and covers them with about two shovelsful of mud. This doesn't seem sufficient to cause the dynamite to do any damage. But dynamite isn't at all like fireworks. It explodes with a downward force instead of the upward force of the firecrackers.

And after the dynamite is set off the rocks look as though they had been hit just once with a giant sledgehammer. The rock is shattered with great cracks running from top to bottom. And the best part of all is the fact that the pieces of rock don't fly about when the charge is set off, although your hair is liable to get filled with particles of mud if you don't wear a hat.

The dynamite comes in sticks about seven or eight inches long and as thick as the stem of a telephone. It is wrapped in brown wased paper and is the colof of, and looks just like maple sugar. But it burns like fire when a little is put on the tongue.

When Mr. Foster is preparing the dynamite so it can be set off, he goes about it like this:

First he makes a hole in ne end of the stick of portable lightning, with a wooden peg. Next he inserts in this hole the dynamite cap. He uses electricity in setting off the sticks and thus has to use a special cap. This is a copper cylinder, closed at one end with two lengths of wire fastened to the other end. The box in which the caps come state that there is to be no "monkeying" with these wired, for there is nitro-glycerine in them and one would be utterly foolish to tory to find out how they work. Mr. Foster's advice is, to take it for granted that they work all right and leave them alone. If he has a big stone to be smashed he will use anywhere from two to two and a half or three sticks,and he uses the wire to fasten them together.

Instead of the frequently seen box with a plunger, to set off the charge Mr. Foster uses a plain automobile battery to furnish the current.

The modern dynamite costs about 27 cents a stick whereas in the old days you could get it for four or five cents. Just as with everything else, the modern times don't begin to compare with the good old days.

Mr. Foster has been in the business for as long as he can remember and has used just about everything and worked just about everywhere. And to show that he is the real thing he once lived within a few miles of a nitro-glycerine factory. It blew up twice before he moved away. He hasn't been in any accidents with his adopted pet, alhtough his brother was fatally injured.

His one hope is that he won't be caught in a wreck with his car while carrying his normal load of about 50 pounds of dynamite.

Daily Messenger, October 10, 1962¹⁸⁴²

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Kirtland and children of Canandaigua, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Foster and children of Rochester, and Mrs. Mancil Foster were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Foster in honor of Mrs. Mancil Foster's birthday anniversary.

Daily Messenger, December 6, 1965¹⁸⁴¹

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Kirtland and children, Mrs. Mancil Foster and Mr. and Mrs. Parker Keley were Thanksgiving Day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Foster.

Obituaries

Daily Messenger, December 14, 1967¹⁸⁴⁰

Mrs. Mancil Foster

Mrs. Mae B. Foster 72, died unexpectedly Wednesday in Thompson Hospital. Her home was at 24 Lake St.

A native of Butler County, Pa., Mrs. Foster was born Oct. 8, 1895, the daughter of Alex and Maria Jacques Sisco. Mrs. Foster and her husband, Mancil Foster, moved here in 1931 from Pennsylvania. Until two years ago, Mrs. Foster lived on Rochester Road. Her husband died in 1943.

She was an active member of the Canandaigua Baptist Church.

Survivors are two sons, Carl M. Foster of Scottsville, and Lawrence Foster of Victor; a daughter, Mrs. Douglas (Anna) Kirtland of Canandaigua; 17 grandchildren; a brother, William Sisco of Harrisville; and several nieces and nephews.

Friends may call at the Kennedy and Son Funeral Home today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral service will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. by the Rev. John Palmer, pastor of the Baptist Church. Burial will be in South Farmington Cemetery.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 1, 19001836	Marion, Butler, Pennsylvania	Samuel James Foster Emma Lincoln Stambaugh Mary Rosemary Foster Mancil Carl Foster Eva Christina Foster Andrew Burton Foster Marcus Stambaugh Foster Joseph Ray Foster
April 30, 19101837	Victory, Venango, Pennsylvania	Samuel James Foster Emma Lincoln Stambaugh Mancil Carl Foster Andrew Burton Foster Marcus Stambaugh Foster Joseph Ray Foster Anna M. Foster
January 27, 19201847	Marian, Butler, Pennsylvania	Samuel James Foster Emma Lincoln Stambaugh Mancil Carl Foster Mary Rosemary Foster Anna M. Foster
April 19, 19301846	Venango, Butler, Pennsylvania	Mancil Carl Foster Mae Blanche Sisco Carl Mancil Foster Anna Mae Foster Lawrence Eugene Foster
April 23, 19402720	Canandaigua, Ontario, New York	Mancil Carl Foster Mae Blanche Sisco Carl Mancil Foster Anna Mae Foster Lawrence Eugene Foster