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FOSTER FAMILY LINE

Foster » Wallace

Generation I.

Ancestor: ROBERT FOSTER
Relationship: 8x Great-grandfather (Maternal)
Born: 1587
Died: 1666

Parents:
Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown

Marriage:
Spouse: Dorcas Mira Isham
Date: Unknown
Location: Unknown

Children:
1. Robert Foster (1615-1672)
2. RICHARD JAMES FOSTER (1619-1681)
3. Ann Foster (b. 1620)


Generation II.

Ancestor: RICHARD JAMES FOSTER
Relationship: 7x Great-grandfather (Maternal)
Born: 1619, County Durham, England
Died: 1681

Parents:
Father: Robert Foster
Mother: Dorcas Mira Isham

Marriage:
Spouse: Susannah Anne Garnett
Date: 1642
Location: Elizabeth City County, Virginia

Children:
1. ROBERT FOSTER (1651-1715)


Generation III.

Ancestor: ROBERT FOSTER
Relationship: 6x Great-grandfather (Maternal)
Born: 1651, Gloucester County, Virginia
Died: 1715, St Anne Parish, Essex County, Virginia

Parents:
Father: Richard James Foster
Mother: Susannah Anne Garnett

Marriage:
Spouse: Elizabeth Jane Garnett
Date: 1682
Location: Gloucester County, Virginia

Children:
1. Robert Foster (1685-1720)
2. James Foster (1687-1719)
3. JOHN FOSTER (1689-1760)
4. Anthony Samuel Foster (1691-1763)
5. Barbara Foster (1691-1763)
6. Richard Foster (1693-1783)
7. George Foster (1695-1789)
8. Thomas Foster (1696-1769)
9. William Foster (1698-1767)
10. Margaret Foster (1701-1716)
11. Elizabeth Foster (1704-1777)


Generation IV.

Ancestor: JOHN FOSTER
Relationship: 5x Great-grandfather (Maternal)
Born: About 1689, Gloucester County, Virginia
Died: About 1760, Orange County, Virginia

Parents:
Father: Robert Foster
Mother: Elizabeth Jane Garnett

Marriage:
Spouse: Isabella Golding
Date: About 1711
Location: Essex County, Virginia

Children:
1. Sarah Foster (1712-1801)
2. Thomas Foster (1716-1791)
3. John Foster (1719-1764)
4. Philadelphia Foster (1721-1786)
5. ANTHONY FOSTER (1727-1805)


Generation V.

Ancestor: ANTHONY FOSTER
Relationship: 4x Great-grandfather (Maternal)
Born: About 1727, Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Died: 9 Apr 1805, Cross Anchor, Spartanburg County, South Carolina

Parents:
Father: John Foster
Mother: Isabella Golding

Marriage (1):
Spouse: Martha Tinsley
Date: 1756
Location: Unknown

Children:
1. Achilles Foster (1756-1773)
2. Joel Foster (1760-1821)
3. Fielding Foster (1762-1845)

Marriage (2):
Spouse: Sarah P. Golding
Date: 1770
Location: Virginia

Children:
4. Anthony Foster (1766-1842)
5. William Golding Foster (1770-1850)
6. JOHN FOSTER (1773-1832)


Generation VI.

Ancestor: JOHN FOSTER
Relationship: 3x Great-grandfather (Maternal)
Born: 1773, Orange County, Virginia
Died: 1832, Smith County, Tennessee

Parents:
Father: Anthony Foster
Mother: Sarah P. Golding

Marriage:
Spouse: Sinah Lack
Date: 1805
Location: Unknown

Children:
1. James Franklin Foster (1809-1885)
2. Lucinda "Lucy" Ann Foster (1810-1871)
3. William Golden Foster (1811-1901)
4. John W. Foster (1813-1880)
5. Elizabeth Foster (1815-1875)
6. Thomas Nelson Foster (1817-1881)
7. Mary Ann Foster (1819-1883)
8. Edmond Thomas Foster (b. 1821)
9. Joel J. Foster (1824-1867)
10. ANTHONY LANCASTER FOSTER (1826-1905)
11. Permelia Foster (b. 1828)
12. Bluford T. Reynolds Foster (1832-1880)


Generation VII.

Ancestor: ANTHONY LANCASTER FOSTER
Relationship: 2x Great-grandfather (Maternal)
Born: 1826, Smith County, Tennessee
Died: 1905

Parents:
Father: John Foster
Mother: Sinah Lack

Marriage:
Spouse: Mary Elizabeth Cameron
Date: 5 Feb 1860
Location: DeKalb County, Tennessee

Children:
1. WILLIAM BROWN FOSTER (1861-1950)
2. Mary Ann Foster (1863-1877)
3. Elizabeth Dove Foster (1865-1949)
4. George Monroe Foster (1867-1948)
5. Martha Ella Foster (1869-1950)
6. James Colvert Foster (1871-1943)
7. Samuel Washington Foster (1873-1948)
8. John Edgar Foster (1875-1916)
9. Alva Foster (1877-1947)
10. Prudence "Prudie" Bell Foster (1881-1909)
11. Robert Leland Foster (1886-1924)


Generation VIII.

Ancestor: WILLIAM BROWN FOSTER
Relationship: Great-grandfather (Maternal)
Born: 13 Sep 1861, Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee
Died: 1 Aug 1950, Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee

Parents:
Father: Anthony Lancaster Foster
Mother: Mary Elizabeth Cameron

Marriage:
Spouse: Catherine "Kate" Crowley
Date: 29 Apr 1886
Location: DeKalb County, Tennessee

Children:
1. O'Fallon "Otie" Foster (1887-1974)
2. John "Josh" Elmore Foster (1890-1966)
3. Susie R. Foster (1892-1984)
4. Mary Rebecca Foster (1894-1989)
5. LOUIS BROWN FOSTER (1900-1966)
6. Wilma Foster (1903-1994)


Generation IX.

Ancestor: LOUIS BROWN FOSTER
Relationship: Grandfather (Maternal)
Born: 10 Apr 1900, Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee
Died: 24 Jan 1966, Center, Shelby County, Texas

Parents:
Father: William Brown Foster
Mother: Catherine "Kate" Crowley

Marriage (1):
Spouse: Florence Cecil Kemper
Date: 6 May 1921
Location: Warren County, Tennessee

Children:
1.
2.
3.

Marriage (2):
Spouse: Helen Ruth Hall
Date: 17 Dec 1939
Location: Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas

Children:
4.
5.
6.



FOSTER NOTES:
1. Anthony Foster (m.) Sarah P. Golding: Anthony Foster and Sarah P. Golding were double first-cousins. Anthony's father, John Foster, and Sarah's mother, Elizabeth Foster, were brother and sister, children of Robert Foster and Elizabeth Jane Garnett (See note 2). Sarah's father, William Golding, and Anthony's mother, Isabella Golding, were brother and sister, children of John Golding and Cassandra Tucker.

2. Robert Foster (m.) Elizabeth Jane Garnett: Robert Foster and Elizabeth Jane Garnett were first cousins. Robert's mother, Susannah Garnett, and Elizabeth's father, John Garnett, were brother and sister, children of Thomas Garnett and Elizabeth Powell. This made Susannah Garnett both Elizabeth's aunt and her mother-in-law; John Garnett was Robert's uncle and father-in-law.