John Wesley FOSTER2,3,4,1
Life History
Apr 1854 |
Born in Indiana.2,1 |
5th Apr 1881 |
Birth of daughter Isabell FOSTER in Indian Territory.5,6,2,7,3,8,9 |
5th Jan 1883 |
Birth of daughter Winnie Ann FOSTER in Texas.2,10,3,11,12 |
1901 |
Died in Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory.1 |
1901 |
Buried in Mountain Grove Cemetery, Loco, Stephens County, Oklahoma.1 |
Notes
- There is a year's difference between the date of birth reported in the 1900 census and that on his grave headstone. The census reports April 1853, while the grave says April 1854.
1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, 12 June, Township 3, District 124, page 7A, Hse #107, Fam #109
Foster, John W Head W M April 1853 47 Married 21 years IN IL IN Farmer Rents
Foster, Ann Wife W F May 1858 42 Married 21 years 9 children/2 living GA GA
Foster, Isabell Dau W F April 1891 19 Ind Terr Indiana GA
Foster, Winnie A Dau W M Jan 1883 17 TX IN GA Farm Laborer
Cargile, Rufus Boarder W M July 1861 38 Single AL SC AL
"We have had a worn piece of paper for some time now that has Mom's Maternal Grandparents names and Paternal Grandparents names and her Maternal Grandparents are Elizabeth Green Foster and John 'A' Foster, but from Ancestry and the picture of their gravesite, I have decided that it is John W. not John A. Foster."
-- Ava Kincaid, Ancestry Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 3 March 2011
His name on his grave is John Wesley Foster.
Gravestone of John Wesley Elizabeth Green and Foster
Mountain Grove Cemetery, Loco, Stephens County, Oklahoma
"Foster John Wesley Apr 1854 1901 Elizabeth May 1858 May 9, 1911"
Sources
- 1. Gravestones of Oklahoma
- 2. 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory
- 12 June, Township 3, District 124, page 7A, Hse #107, Fam #109
- 3. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
- 4. Ancestry Messaging
- 5. 1920 Federal Census, Coal County, Oklahoma
- 9 January, Jefferson Township, District 12, page 2B, Hse #30, Fam #34
- 6. Ancestry Trees
- Brown Family, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/8963244/person/-867947922
- 7. 1930 Federal Census, Coal County, Oklahoma
- 3 April, Ashflat, District 2, page 1B, Hse #10, Fam #12
- 8. Obituary of Isabell Foster Brown
- 9. 1910 Federal Census, Johnston County, Oklahoma
- 3 May, Harris Township, District 125, page 8B, Hse #135, Fam #138
- 10. 1920 Federal Census, Johnston County, Oklahoma
- 16 January, Thomas Township, District 97, page 6A, Hse/Fam #106
- 11. 1930 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma
- 7 April, Brown Township, District 1, page 3B, Hse #45, Fam #49
- 12. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
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