Individual Details

Joseph L. FOSTER

(23 Mar 1795 - 16 Apr 1866)

Events

ChildParent1795
Birth23 Mar 1795Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States
ResidenceAft Nov 1822Mound Township, Warren, Indiana, United States
Census1830Warren, Indiana, United States
Marriage13 Jun 1830Pike, Ohio, United States - Mary RUSSELL
Census9 Jul 1860Mound Township, Warren, Indiana, United States
Death1865
Death16 Apr 1866
Death17 Apr 1866Warren, Indiana, United States
BurialDixon or Foster Cemetery, Warren, Indiana, United States
Identity-shared(Joseph FOSTER)

Families

SpouseMary RUSSELL (1796 - 1861)
ChildElizabeth J. FOSTER ( - )
ChildRebecca FOSTER ( - )
ChildWilliam FOSTER (1831 - 1913)
FatherThomas FOSTER (1766 - 1849)
MotherMary PRATHER (1770 - 1841)
SiblingElizabeth Betsey FOSTER (1789 - )
SiblingCatherine FOSTER (1791 - )
SiblingRuth FOSTER (1793 - 1796)
SiblingSarah FOSTER (1797 - )
SiblingCassandra FOSTER (1799 - 1879)
SiblingCol. John FOSTER (1801 - 1880)
SiblingMartha FOSTER (1807 - )

Notes

Birth

calculated from tombstone birthdate would be 24 Mar 1795

Census

with 1 male 10-15, 1 male 20-30, 1 male 30-40, 2 females 5-10, 1 female 10-15 and 1 female 30-40 in his household, listed as Joseph Foster

Census

a 66 year old farmer with $30,000 in real estate and $4,000 in personal property who was born in Maryland and was listed as Joseph Foster

Identity-shared

Census record for 1850 does not match family identified in Rev. John Foster book. Census record for 1860 appears to be the same family without the younger children.

Endnotes

1. Alabama, Surname Files Expanded, 1702-1981, My First Three Generations Foster Family, database with images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online July 2019).

2. The History and Ancestry of Rev. John Foster 1735-1800: His Family, His Life, His Ancestry (Clayton, CA: Wayne E. Dawson, 1985)

3. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online March 2018), memorial for Thomas Foster (1766-1849), Find a Grave Memorial no. #39334654, citing Foster Cemetery, Warren, Huntington County, Indiana; accompanying photograph by W. Dawson, Thomas Foster.

4. Alabama, Surname Files Expanded, 1702-1981, My First Three Generations Foster Family, database with images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online July 2019).

5. A History of Warren County, Indiana (Williamsport, IN: Warren County Historical Society, 1966), p. 56 (Foster.IN.003). Hereinafter cited as History of Warren County, Indiana.

6. 1830 U.S. Census, Warren County Indiana, population schedule, , ; digital image, Ancestry.com(www.ancestry.com: accessed ).

7. The History and Ancestry of Rev. John Foster 1735-1800: His Family, His Life, His Ancestry (Clayton, CA: Wayne E. Dawson, 1985)

8. One Hundred Years 1815-1915 of Pike County, Ohio Marriages (Waverly, Ohio: Pike County Genealogical Society), p. 383. Hereinafter cited as One Hundred Years of PIke County, Ohio Marriages.

9. 1860 U.S. Census, Warren County, Indiana, population schedule, , ; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed ); NARA microfilm publication M653.

10. Alabama, Surname Files Expanded, 1702-1981, My First Three Generations Foster Family, database with images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online July 2019).

11. The History and Ancestry of Rev. John Foster 1735-1800: His Family, His Life, His Ancestry (Clayton, CA: Wayne E. Dawson, 1985)

12. Jenkins, Rosella Rasmussen, editor, Warren County Cemeteries Volume 2 (Pine Village, Indiana: Rosella Jenkins, 1985)

13. The History and Ancestry of Rev. John Foster 1735-1800: His Family, His Life, His Ancestry (Clayton, CA: Wayne E. Dawson, 1985)

14. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online March 2018), memorial for Thomas Foster (1766-1849), Find a Grave Memorial no. #39334654, citing Foster Cemetery, Warren, Huntington County, Indiana; accompanying photograph by W. Dawson, Thomas Foster.

15. Jenkins, Rosella Rasmussen, editor, Warren County Cemeteries Volume 2 (Pine Village, Indiana: Rosella Jenkins, 1985)