County of Christian, Kentucky.  Historical and Biographical.  Edited by 
William Henry Perrin.  F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1884, pp. 367-368.

REV. JOSEPH FOULKS, deceased, was born August 30, 1786, in Monmouth 
County, N. J.; his parents were from Wales.  When in his seventeenth 
year he made a profession of religion and joined the Methodist Church, 
in which he was licensed to preach in 1811, soon after which he came to 
Kentucky, and for two years traveled the Henderson and Hartford 
Circuits.  On account of loss of health, he located in 1815, settling a 
few miles from Russellville in Logan County, where on the 25th of 
September, 1816, he married Miss Sallie Marshall, a woman noted for her 
amiability and piety.  They remained in Kentucky until 1820, moving them 
to St. Clair County, Ill., where until 1825 he labored as a local 
minister, but in the year 1825 joined the Conference and traveled for 
some years, and until his health compelled him to locate.  In September, 
1837, he returned to Kentucky and settled in Logan County, where the 
remainder of his life was spent; he died on the 3d of May, 1863, his 
last hours being peculiarly characterized by that peace which he had so 
long and faithfully preached; his widow died in McLean County, Ky., in 
1879.  Their family consisted of ten children, of whom six sons grew to 
manhood, viz.: Evan G., Dennis M., Ezra L., Samuel M., Joseph W. and 
James G. Foulks.  Ezra L. Foulks was born near Belleville, St. Clair 
Co., Ill., January 12, 1823; he was educated chiefly in the McKendree 
College, of Lebanon, Ill., and in 1852, in Logan County, KY., was married 
to Miss Sarah A. Browder, daughter of Rev. Thomas and Sarah (Claywell) 
Browder.  She was born March 6, 1826, in Logan County.  Since 1858 they 
have resided in Hopkinsville, Ky.  They have a family of four children:  
Ellen L., wife of G. B. Underwood; Thomas M. Foulks; William Ernest, 
married to Fannie Coleman, and father of one son, named Walter E. 
Foulks; Sallie B., the wife of W. H. Peace, of Hopkinsville - they have 
one child - Laura U.  Mr. Foulks, associated with his son, William E., 
is engaged in the coal trade and the sale of pumps, and Frye's 
combination fence, which they are manufacturing.  Mr. Foulks is a member 
of the Masonic fraternity, and of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Foulks Marshall Browder Claywell Underwood Coleman Peace Frye
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Monmouth-NJ Wales Russellville-Logan-KY Belleville-St._Clair-IL McLean-KY 

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