WDC GenWeb - Descendants of _ Foster

* - Foster
  b. probably Ireland; d. 1815-19, probably Muskingum Co OH
     He was in Muskingum Co OH in 1809 when his son Andrew was born
  m. Sarah
     b. cir 1788 VA; d. 2 Mar 1863 Marion Co IA
     Buried in family plot, Eureka Cem, Percy IA. She m.2nd cir 1820/21 a
     Mr Clark b. Ireland, d. 1828 Morgan Co OH. Her 2nd husband could have
     been Joseph L Clark, the only Clark listed on the tax rolls for 1825 in
     sparsely populated Morgan Co OH. They had one son, Joseph, who with wife
     Mary Ellen Evans and son John, were living in Marion Co IA when the 1850
     census was taken. Sarah was listed on the Morgan Co OH personal property
     tax list in 1830. She was living with her son John Samuel Foster in
     Marion Co IA when the 1850 and 1860 Iowa census was taken. 
  *  Andrew Foster
     b. 18 Oct 1809 Muskingum Co, OH; d. 22 Aug 1849 Marion Co IA
        buried in Eureka Cem, near Percy IA
     m. Eliza Briggs 18 Jul 1833 Morgan Co OH
        b. 11 April 1811 Muskingum Co OH; d. 23 Sep 1850 Marion Co IA
        [d/o John Briggs & Mary Boal]
        Buried Eureka Cem. After her death her children were raised by
        relatives living in McLean Co, IL, where Groves family was living
     *  Mary Jane Foster b. 8 Dec 1833 Morgan Co OH; d. 3 Jan 1913
        m. John G Lusk 19 Sep 1868 Marion Co IA
        *  number of children, if any, unknown
        2nd husband of Mary Jane Foster:
        m. Cyrus Summers Groves b. 11 Mar 1821 d. 22 Mar 1890
        Descendants of Mary Foster and Cyrus Groves
     *  Sarah A Foster b. 16 Nov 1835 Morgan Co OH; d. 6 Nov 1902 IA
        m. Peter B Groves b. 20 Oct 1827 Champaign Co OH; d. 30 Mar 1896
        Descendants of Sarah Foster and Peter Groves
     *  Samuel Foster
        b. 25 Sep 1837 McLean Co IL; d. 23 Dec 1862 Andersonville GA
           Died of complications suffered in battle in the Civil War. It is
           not known how long he was Andersonville Prison, probably only for
           a short time since he promoted to fourth Sargent 1 Sep 1862, and
           served in Company E, Eight Regiment of the Iowa Infantry. His
           military record indicates he was missing in action during the
           battle at Shiloh 2 Apr 1862. He was never married.
     *  Nancy Foster b. cir 1838-9 Agency City IA
        m. Andrew McDowell 24 Aug 1857 Marion Co IA
           b. 1826 IN; d. 2 Apr 1872 Marion Co IA
        *  four children
     *  Margaret Foster b. 30 Oct 1840 Agency City IA; d. 24 Apr 1908
           buried in Eureka Cem, along side her husband
        m. Thomas Jefferson Groves 30 Oct 1858 Bloomington IL
           b. 26 Jan 1834 Allen Co, OH; d. 11 Jul 1907
        Descendants of Margaret Foster and Thomas Groves
     *  daughter b. Agency City IA; d. an infant bef 1850
     *  Belinda Foster b. 13 Feb 1845 Agency City IA; d. 3 Mar 1927
        m. Henry Groves 29 Aug 1867 Marion Co IA
           b. 16 Sep 1825 Champaign Co OH; d. 29 Nov 1892
        Descendants of Belinda Foster and Henry Groves
     *  Harriet Foster b. 1847 Agency City IA
        m. Dan Niely
           Dan and Harriet moved to Auburn, Washington where they raised
           their family
        *  unknown number of children
     *  John W Foster b. 31 Jan 1849 Marion Co IA; d. 9 Feb 1849
           Probably a victim of the small pox epidemic. Buried in the family
           plot in Eureka Cem, Percy IA
  *  David Foster b. OH
  *  John Samuel Foster b. cir 1815 OH; d. aft 1876
     Listed as a voter in English Twp, Marion Co IA 1845


Submitter: W Charles Barnard
e-mail: [email protected]
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A note from Walt - Foster was the first surname I researched when I started
25 years ago. I have about the same basic info now that I had then. Oh, I've
made additions, but no clues on the first one on the file inculding his wife.
Any break thru here would be of major proportions to me. However, I have
hired local genealogists in the Ohio Counties to no avail.    
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