Born on December 14, 1809 to William Foster and his wife Eliza, Charlotte was the family's second child. The first, Anna Eliza, had died in infancy. As a child, Charlotte studied under a woman ...
April 5: Now a prosperous merchant, William Foster buys 123 acres of land on the Allegheny River northeast of Pittsburgh. Soon, he builds the White Cottage, the beloved family homestead ...