Individual Details

Source: Naomi Lowe

James Foster came to America in 1805 and settled in Western Pennsylvania where James was an elder in the Brush Run Church. Later James' widowed mother, his sister, and husband named Wilson, sold out in Ireland and came to America, buying 1000 acres near Beeler Station.

I have a copy of James Foster's will in my files. JMT

Thomas Clegg's will was witnessed by James Foster and John Wilson. This Wilson may be the one listed above. JMT

Birth	1 Mar 1785	Richhill, County Armagh, Ireland
Marriage	Bef 1806	? Hodgen
Marriage	Bef 1814	Eleanor Welch
Death	12 Mar 1869	Marshall Co., West Virginia
Burial		Old Beeler Station cemetery, located in a grove of trees about 1 mile south of Rt. 250 on Middle Grave Creek Road, Marshall Co., (West) Virginia

Spouse	Eleanor Welch (1794 - 1881)
Child	Robert Foster (1814 - 1888)
Child	William Foster (1815 - 1870)
Child	Mary Foster (1817 - 1898)
Child	Sarah E. Foster (1818 - 1885)
Child	John Foster (1821 - 1903)
Child	Jane Foster (1823 - 1867)
Child	Eliza Ann Foster (1824 - 1863)
Child	Hannah Adaline Foster (1825 - 1909)
Child	Nancy Foster (1827 - 1864)
Child	James Castle Foster (1829 - 1877)
Child	Thomas Foster (1830 - 1853)

Spouse	? Hodgen ( - )
Child	Thomas Foster (1806 - )

Father	William Foster ( - 1843)
Mother	Elizabeth Ann ? ( - 1843)