Person:Arthur Foulke (7)

ROLE Widow

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} Obituary for Arthur Foulke. ("Foulke Funeral" Arthur Foulke. Tipton Daily Tribune [Tipton, Tipton County, Indiana], Thursday, 7 June 1934, page 10, http://tiptonpl.newspaperarchive.com/, accessed 16 Jan 2011)
   "Foulke Funeral" Arthur Foulke. Tipton Daily Tribune [Tipton, Tipton County, Indiana], Thursday, 7 June 1934, page 10. http://tiptonpl.newspaperarchive.com/, accessed 16 Jan 2011. Acc001578/Doc0317.pdf.

   Extract:
   FOULKE FUNERAL
   Services will be Held at the Home In Arcadia Saturday
   Funeral services for Arthur (Pete) Foulke of Arcadia, who committed suicide Wednesday evening at his home, will be conducted privately Saturday afternoon at 2:00 at the home. Rev. R. L Logan will conduct the services, after which burial will be in the Scherer cemetery southwest of Arcadia.
   Prior to the services, the body will lie in state at the home, and friends may call there any time prior to 2:00 o'clock Saturday.
   Arthur Foulke was born February 17, 1894 near Bakers Corner, the son of George and Mary Francis (Underwood) Foulke. On April 17, 1920, he was united in marriage to Inez Iva Everman of Russellville.
   Soon after their marriage, the couple settled in Arcadia where Mr Foulke and Elmer Long started the Foulke & Long garage which they have operated since that time.
   Surviving besides the grieved widow are one daughter, Helen Foulke, age 12; his mother, Mrs George Foulke; three sisters, Mrs Alice Phillips of Sheridan and Mrs Grace Robbins and Mrs Sarah Ross of Bakers Corner; and one brother, Alvin Foulke of Cicero.
   Mr. Foulke was a member of he Masonic lodge, the West Grove Friends church, and the Arcadia Lions club. Tuesday evening, the deceased was elected the office of the Lions club, his many friends little dreaming at that time that he was so soon to leave their midst.
   The entire town of Arcadia was shocked to hear of Mr Foulke's rash act, and all were much grieved, as he was a man beloved by all who knew him.
   URL: http://tiptonpl.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewer.aspx?img=142494269&firstvisit=true&src=search&currentResult=8&currentPage=10 Reference number: Acc001578

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Database On-line
   "Family Data CollectionsIndividual Records". Arthur Foulke. www.ancestry.com, accessed 8 Dec 2006. Acc000740.

   [Extract: Name: Arthur Foulke - Spouse: Ines Everman - Parents: George Foulke, Mary Francis Underwood - Birth Place: Hamilton CO, IN - Birth Date: 19 Jan 1894 - Marriage Date: 17 Apr 1920 - Death Place: Sheridan, Hamilton CO, IN - Death Date: 6 Jun 1934] Reference number: Acc000740

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Document, Federal - US
   "World War 1 Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", Arthur Foulke. Original Information: World War 1 Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards 1917-1918 - NARA, M1509. www.ancestry.com, accessed 10 Jan 2007. Acc000831/Ph2854.jpg.

   [Extract:
   Registration Card: Name: No 38 - Name Arthur Foulke - Age: 23 years - Home Address: Cicero 14R, Ind - Date of Birth: Jan 19 1894 - Natural born citizen - Where born: Hamilton Co Ind USA - Occupation: Machinist in garage - Employer: Shaffer Bros, Arcadia, Ind - no dependants - Marital Status: Single - Race: Caucasian - Signature: signature of Arthur
   Registrar's Report: Medium height, Medium Build, Eyes: Blue - Hair: Black - Bald: No - No loss of arm, leg, etc. Signature of Registrar J F Holloway - Precinct: Deming - County: Hamilton - State: Ind - Date of Registration: June 5, 1917] Reference number: Acc000831

4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} 1930 Federal Census
   Arcadia, Hamilton County, Indiana. SD 6, ED 10, Sheet 3B, Line 93, Dwelling 99, Family 101, North West St, Arthur Foulke. Original Data: NARA, T626, Roll 590, Image 825.0. www.ancestry.com, accessed 10 Jan 2007. Acc000832/Ph2855.jpg.

   [Extract: Arthur Foulke - 38 Yr old white male Married - value of real estate: 2000 -- Owned home -- Does not live on a farm - Had radio set - Able to read, write and speak English - Occupation: Auto Repairman - at an Auto Repair Shop - Military: Indicated to be a veteran of WW - He and both his parents were born in Indiana - Inez Foulke - 29 yr old white female - Married -- 20 yrs old when first married - Able to read, write and speak English - Born in Indiana - Father born in Missouri - Mother born in Indiana - No occupation - Helen I Foulke - Daughter - 8 yr old white female - single - Attended school during the year - She and her parents were born in Indiana] Reference number: Acc000832

5. ↑ ^5.0 5.1 1900 Federal Census
   Jackson Township, Hamilton County, Indiana. SD 9, ED 85, Sheet 24A, Dwelling473, Famiy499, Line 40, George Foulke. Original Data: NARA, T623, roll 375. www.ancestry.com, accessed 10 Dec 2006 Acc00756/Ph7825.jpg.

   [Extract: George Foulke - Head of household - 55 yr old white male, born June 1845 - married for 21 yrs - born in Ohio, parents in Pennsylvania - Occupation: Farmer - Own Farm Free - Frances Foulke - 47 yr old white female, born Dec 1852, married for 21 yrs - mother of 5 children all living - born in Indiana, parents in Ohio. Grace Foulke: Daughter, 20 yr old white female, born Feb 1880, Single. Carrie Foulke: Daughter, 18 yr old white female, born Dec 1881, single. Alice Foulke: Daughter, 16 yr old white female, born Nov 1883, single, attended school. Sarah Foulke: Daughter, 14 yr old white female, born March 1886, single, attended school. Arthur Foulke: Son, 6 yr old white male, born Jan 1894, single. All the children born in Indiana, Father in Ohio and mother in Indiana. Everyone can read, write and speak English] Reference number: Acc000756

6. ↑ ^6.0 6.1 1910 Federal Census
   Jackson Township, Hamilton County, Indiana. SD 9, ED 101, Sheet 2B, Dwelling 25, Family 26, Line 65, George Foulke. Original Data: NARA,T624, roll 353. www.ancestry.com, accessed 17 Jan 2010. Acc000757/Ph7826.jpg.

   [Extract: George Foulke - Head of household - 64 yr old white male - married for 31 years - Born in Ohio - Parents both born in Pennsylvania - Occupation: Farmer - Owned farm free - Indicates that he is not a survivor of the Union or Confederate Army or Navy - Not blind, deaf or dumb - Mary F Foulke - Wife of head - 55 yr old white female - married for 31 years - Mother of 5 children, 4 of whom are living [Carrie died in 1908] - Born in Indiana - Parents both born in Ohio - no occupation. Grace Foulke: Daughter - 30 yr old white female, single, born in Indiana, father in Ohio and mother in Indiana. Sarah Foulke: Daughter, 24 yr old white female, single, born in Indiana, father in Ohio and mother in Indiana. Arthur Foulke: Son, 16 yr old white male, single, he and parents born in Indiana [Father S/B Ohio] - attended school. Everyone Can read, write and speak English] Reference number: Acc000757

7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} 1920 Federal Census
   Jackson Township, Hamilton County, Indiana. SD 9, ED 100, Sheet 2, 26 Jan 1920, Line 6, Family & Dwelling 26, Robert Ross. Original Data: NARA, T625, roll 435, Image 1000. www.ancestry.com, accessed 10 Jan 2007. Acc000833/Ph2856.jpg.

   [Extract: Robert Ross: Head of household, 32 yr old white male, married, Renting farm, He and parents born Indiana. Profession: Farming on General Farm, own account. Sarah Ross: wife of head, 33 yr old white female, married, she and mother born Indiana, father in Ohio. no profession. Paul K Ross: 8 yr old white male, single, son of head, he and parents born Indiana. John W Ross: 7 yr old white male, single, son of head, he and parents born Indiana. Robert C Ross: 5 yr old white male, single, son of head, he and parents born Indiana. Mary F Foulke: Mother-in-law to head, 66 yr old white female, widowed, born Indiana, parents in Ohio, no profession. Arthur Foulke: Brother-in-Law to head, 26 yr old white male, single, he and mother born Indiana, father in Ohio, Profession: Automobile ???, Home Garage, worker. - Family: Everyone able to read and write except for Robert C Ross (Left blank). The adults marked as able to Speak English, but none of the Children marked - Paul K and John W attended school] Reference number: Acc000833

8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5} Obituary
   "SUICIDE OF A. FOULKE AT ARCADIA, WED.", Novlesville Daily Ledger, Thursday, 7 June 1934, page 1. Acc000877/Ph3192-A & B.jpg.

   Extract:
   SUICIDE OF A. FOULKE AT ARCADIA, WED
   Garage ad Filling Station Man Blew Off Top of His Head
   THE FAMILY WAS AWAY FROM HOME
   Friends Say Deed Was the Result of Financial Troubles
   
   Arthur Foulke, aged forty, committed suicide at his home in Arcadia, Wednesday afternoon, by shooting himself with a shotgun. The top of his head was blown off and it is evident that he died instantly. No funeral arrangements have been made but it is thought that the services will be held Friday afternoon.
   
   It is not known when the deed was committed but he is believed to have taken his life shortly after one o'clock in the afternoon soon after leaving the garage of Foulke & Long, he being a partner in the firm.
   
   The wife and daughter, Helen, aged twelve, left the home in the car shortly after noon to go to Indianapolis and did not return until late in the evening. They left dinner on the table for Mr. Foulke. William Odle, employed in the Ledger office, was in Arcadia shortly after 5 o'clock on business and was told by some boys that Foulke was lying on the floor of his home. He could find no one about the town who had seen him since about noon. Meeting Dr. E.V. Shockney on the street, Odle, who by this time suspected something was wrong, asked the doctor to accompany him to the Foulke home and they found the body in the screened porch in the rear of the house. Brains were scattered over the floor but the gun was still between the legs of the deceased, indicating that he had held it there when he fired the fatal shot. The load from the gun had also broken glass in the rear door.
   
   It is said that the suicide was the result of financial worries. At least several Arcadia friends of the family say that he had talked to them during recent weeks about his financial condition.
   
   Mr. Foulke has been associated with Elmer Long in a garage and filling station business in Arcadia for several years and he was always held in high esteem by all.
   
   He served three years as treasurer or the Lions Club and was re-elected recently.
   
   The deceased was born on the Foulke homestead five miles west of Cicero, February 8, 1894, being the son of George and Frances (Underwood) Foulke and spent most of his life in that community until his marriage to Miss Inez Everman in May, 1920. A year following their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Foulke moved to Arcadia and have since resided there. He is survived by his mother, who spent the past winter in his home and who is in feeble health; the widow and daughter; a half brother Alvin Foulke, living near Cicero, and three sisters, Grace Robbins, who resides on the home farm where the mother is now living; Mrs. Alice Phillips, near Sheridan, and Mrs. Sarah Ross, residing on the Range Line Road.
   
   It was announced late Thursday afternoon that the funeral will be held at the home at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon and interment will take place in the Sheridan cemetery. The masons will be in charge. Friends may call at the residence to view the body at anytime until the hour of the services. Raymond Shaffer is in charge of the funeral arrangements. He is survived by his mother, who spent the past winter in his home] - [Microfilm Repository: Hamilton East Public Library - Noblesville, Hamilton Co, Indiana] Reference number: Acc000877

9. ↑ Foulke Family Sheets. Created by Myron Foulke Robbins, Sr ID0016. Acc001131/ Ph8404-001 to 007.jpg
   page 7, George Foulke page.
10. ↑ ^10.0 10.1 Information Obtained from Myron Foulke Robbins, Sr., ID0016, Source Unknown.
11. ↑ Interview with Walter C Robbins by Walter C Robbins, Jr, 22 Sep 2005.
    page 3, 4, 11.
12. ↑ Interview - Walter Clifton Robbins ID0005 - 20 Mar 2007. Taped while driving in a car. Acc000875.

    [Extract: Arthur tried to step in and help his mother save her farm. He tried to take Rob Ross ID0085 to court but it was too late. Arthur couldn't save the farm and that is the reason he committed suicide. Arthur had taken over the farm and made Rob Ross ID0085 move out. He didn't do any of the farming - Oscar Robbins ID0014 and his family moved to the farm to do the farming. Arthur would come out almost every day and help out with fixing up the house, barn, fences, etc. Rob [Ross ID0085] had about beat G Foulke [ID0078] her to death - The courts said they couldn't do anything to Rob Ross because it had been longer than 7 years - the statute of limitations had run out. Dad feels that both Arthur and G Foulke died over the loss of this farm. G Robbins just moved away rather than getting any more involved. The farm went back to the bank. If Arthur had lived, he and G Robbins could probably have figured a way to bought the farm and made a go of it]

13. ↑ Walter C Robbins ID0005. Interview 29 Sept 2005. Interviewed by his son, Walter C Robbins, Jr.

    [Extract: He could fix anything. He was out at the farm [Foulke Farm] all the time. Dad and Myron both really liked him. Dad hated it when Arthur got killed - when he killed himself. He helped us all the time on the farm when anything went wrong he was right there - tractors or anything.
    
    He and another guy were in the garage together and half the time he was at the farm and let the other guy take care of the garage. He loved to be on the farm - he was not a farmer but he did everything else. He worked on the windows on the house, the tractors, etc.
    
    He committed suicide - used a shotgun and blew his head off. Grandpa Robbins went there to see him and said it was a mess.
    
    WW1 - His parents, mostly his mother, wouldn't let him go to the service because of their religion - that made him a Conscientious objector and he ended up having to go to prison for so long for not going to the service. People thought that might have been a part of why he killed himself. His parents probably should have let him go to the service - he would have been better off.
    
    Between losing his mother's farm, his wife spending all his money and maybe the prison thing led to his suicide.
    
    Do you know how long he was in prison or where? Don't know maybe until the war ended.
    
    Do you know where he is buried? Arcadia I would guess. I don't know for sure. The other Foulkes are buried at Sheridan - they bought enough plots for all the kids.
    
    Was Arthur a big guy? About my size - not fat or anything. Was he bald? Not that I knew of - he always had a hat on when I saw him. When he came to the farm he would stay for 1 or 2 hours usually - not all day or anything.

14. ↑ Web Page
    Arthur Web Page.

    http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~robbhaas/Foulke/Arthur-FoulkeID0086-Family.htm

15. ↑ Interview - Walter Clifton Robbins ID0005 - 20 Mar 2007. Taped while driving in a car. Acc000875.

    [Extract: Arthur was out at the farm almost every day doing something. He removed all the windows of the house and painted and puttied them - He also worked on the tractors too. He was a real nice guy - He seemed to spend more time at the farm than at home.
    Arthur was good at everything - Dad feels that he probably got a lot of his skills from being around Arthur. Grandpa Robbins [ID0014] could do most anything too, but he was not as good a mechanic as Arthur - He had built a house and barns. Arthur's partner/helper moved to Cicero after Arthur died in 1935 - he had a daughter. Arthur had a nice home in Arcadia - one of the nicest ones]

16. ↑ Walter C Robbins ID0005. Interview 29 Sept 2005. Interviewed by his son, Walter C Robbins, Jr
    Conscientious objector.

    [Extract: According to Dad, Arthur had to spend time in prison because his parents would not let him serve because of his religion. [Conscientious Objector]]

17. ↑ Web Page
    Conscientious_objector - WikiPedia article.

    URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscientious_objector

18. ↑ Newspaper Article
    Mr & Mrs Arthur Foulke. Tipton Daily Tribune, Friday, 18 July 1924, page 6, 3rd col, 3rd paragraph. accessed 16 Jan 2011. Acc001579/Doc0318.pdf.

    [Extract: Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Foulke, Mr. and Mrs. Verne Stage and Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Ridge picnicked at Riverwood Sunday]
    URL: http://tiptonpl.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewer.aspx?img=142466218&firstvisit=true&src=search&currentResult=0&currentPage=0 Reference number: Acc001579

19. ↑ Interview with Walter C Robbins by Walter C Robbins, Jr, 22 Sep 2005.
    pages 2, 3, 4, 11.

    Extract:
    What - do you remember much about Uncle Arthur
    He was quite a mechanic - he was a number one mechanic - he could fix any car
    Ok so that is what he did for a living?
    Yeah he had his own garage and everything
    Where was his garage?
    In Arcadia - he had his own house and everything [page 2] he lived pretty close to his garage - not at his garage but pretty close… but him and another guy was in together - he owned it but he had a helper. [page 4] - back then well you wasn't making any money anyway anyplace well he was a mechanic but you didn't make that kind of money you do now - probably work on a car if he got 10 dollars probably he was lucky you know - maybe it would be 2 dollars or 3 dollars - but he was a good mechanic but that wouldn't have made any difference because and then his wife she liked to spend money - and that made it worse yet - she wanted everything number 1 [page 11]

20. ↑ Newspaper Article
    Newspaper ads for Foulke & Long, Arcadia. Tipton Daily Tribune, Thursday 4 July 1929, page 6, col 8 (2 Ads). Acc001580/Doc0319.pdf.

    URL: http://tiptonpl.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewer.aspx?img=142482978&firstvisit=true&src=search&currentResult=0&currentPage=0
    
    Extract, Ad 1:
    Special Prices on
    USED TIRES
    One Set 33x6.00 - Fair
    Condition - Will
    Sell Cheap.
    FOULKE & LONG
    Arcadia
    
    Extract, Ad 2:
    FOULKE & LONG
    Battery Service, Cylinder Grinding
    and General Repairing
    We Sell Goodyear Tires Arcadia Phone 90 Reference number: Acc001580

21. ↑ Newspaper Article
    "The Members of the Lions Club---" Tipton Daily Tribune, Friday, 16 Dec 1932, page 7, Col 7, 8. Acc001581/Doc0320.pdf.

    URL: http://tiptonpl.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewer.aspx?img=142491149&firstvisit=true&src=search&currentResult=9&currentPage=0
    
    [Extract: The Members of the Lions Club and their wives and several guests were entertained at a supper Tuesday evening at the Salem Methodist church. The Billtown Quartet of Williamsport was present and gave several numbers and readings were given by Misses ?anelle Thomas and Lucille Mun-?ell. Talks were given by Rev. Graham, Dr. Roy Fisher and others. The remainder of the evening was spent in a general good time. The guests and members present were: Several listed, in column 8: Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Foulke and daughter Helen,] Reference number: Acc001581

22.   Lucien Marcus Underwood and Howard J Banker, compiler;editor. The Underwood Families of America, vol 2. ((Lancaster, Pennsylvania: New Era Publishing Company, 1913, Bk3017))
    page 478.
23.   Obituary for Arthur Foulke. ("Foulke Funeral" Arthur Foulke. Tipton Daily Tribune [Tipton, Tipton County, Indiana], Thursday, 7 June 1934, page 10, http://tiptonpl.newspaperarchive.com/, accessed 16 Jan 2011).
24. ↑ -- Birth: 19 Jan 1894 - Hamilton County, Indiana
    -- The Census' of 1900 and 1910 shows Arthur living with his parents in Jackson Township,
    Hamilton County, Indiana on the Family Farm.
    -- 5 Jun 1917 - Filled out the WW 1 Draft Registration Card (See Below)
    Address: Cicero 14R, Ind - Birthdate: 19 Jan 1894 in Hamilton Co, Indiana - Occupation: Machinist
    in Garage - Shaffer Bros, Arcadia, Indiana - Single - Caucasian - Height: Medium - Size: Medium -
    Blue eyes, Black hair and not bald - Arthur signed this form.
    -- Marriage: Ines I Everman - 17 Apr 1920 - Putnam County, Indiana
    -- 1920 Census - Jackson Township, Hamilton County, Indiana - living on the family farm
    -- His sister Sarah and her husband Rob Ross were running the farm and Rob was listed as Head of
    the household for this Census.
    -- About 1922 - Daughter Helen I Foulke ID1999 was born
    -- 1930 Census - Arcadia, Hamilton County, Indiana - Shown as an automobile mechanic
    -- Death: 6 June 1934 - Suicide - See obituary transcription, below
    -- His nephew, according to stories he remembers from his youth, stated that part of the reason for
    Arthur committing Suicide was the inability to save his mother's farm. Another reason was that his being
    in prison had always weighed heavily on his mind.
    -- Burial: 8 June 1934 - Crown View Cemetery
    -- Misc:
    -- Arthur was a member of the Lion's Club of Arcadia and he was also a Mason.
    -- The 1930 US Census shows that he answered "Yes" to being a veteran
    -- It was reported by his nephew that Arthur had spent some time in prison because he refused to serve
    in the military because of his being a Conscientious Objector.
    -- Arthur was a genius at fixing anything mechanical - most anything he attempted he was successful. After
    Oscar Robbins and his family moved to the George Foulke Farm in an attempt to save the farm, Arthur
    spent a great deal of time at the farm, working on the machinery, fixing up the house. He enjoyed being
    at the farm - not farming, but being there and helping out.
    -- According to his nephew Arthur was one of the nicest guys he has ever known.
25. ↑ Mr and Mrs Foulke at Riverwood