Thomas Foster
According to Wayne Foster, descendant of Thomas Foster, Thomas was born 25 Nov 1808 in Hancock Co. GA. He is named in his father's will (Philemon Foster: 1816) and is undoubtedly one of the sons aged 10 - 16 on the 1820 GA Census. In 1790, Philemon was living near a Thomas Hickman family. This could possibly be Sarah Hickman Foster's brother and who Thomas Foster is named after. Jasper County marriage records show that a Thomas B. Foster married Martha Rivers in the late 1820s. This may be him, although unconfirmed. Wayne Foster believes that his ancestor, Thomas Hickman Foster was married in Upson Co. GA to Elizabeth Ann Morris some eleven years after the marriage to Martha Rivers. It could be possible that Thomas had a first marriage in Jasper Co. The marriage ended in either death or separation after a move to Upson Co. and he remarried there to Elizabeth Ann Morris 4 August 1832. Thomas and Elizabeth later returned to Jasper Co. for a short while. Several children were born there, but the family moved again to Upson Co. Wayne has the death of Thomas recorded as 20 May 1847 Upson Co. GA. His wife Elizabeth died 17 July 1899 Upson Co. She had been born 15 March 1815.
Children of Thomas and Elizabeth:
1. John J. Foster - born 2 Nov 1833 Jasper Co. GA, died 28 Oct 1910 Upson Co. GA; married 18 July 1854 Pike Co. GA to Mary Elizabeth Legg (17 June 1819 - 30 Jan 1906). Children of this marriage were: Thomas J. Foster - born May 1854, died 25 June 1917 Upson Co.; married 20 Dec 1854 to Mary Elizabeth Thompson ... Olivia E. Foster - born 27 Jan 1860, died 29 Jan 1903; married 8 Jul 1883 William Ed Minter in Upson Co.
2. Thomas Hickman Foster - born 24 Dec 1835 Jasper Co. GA, died 2 May 1926 Clay Co. AL; married 9 Dec 1866 Upson Co. GA to Mahala Jane Ballard (18 Oct 1831 Upson Co. - 10 Dec 1908 Clay Co. AL) ... no children ... click here for pic
3. Emily E. Foster - born 1839 Upson Co. GA; married 1st Robert C. Lifsey 13 Sep 1860 Pike Co. GA (died 19 Apr 1862 in the Civil War) and 2nd to Americus Mitchell Blount 25 Nov 1873 Pike Co. GA (27 Mar 1844 - 26 Jan 1890 Cabot, AR). Children: Benjamin Lifsey - born 1860 ... and Edith Lifsey - born 1862
4. Burrell Jefferson Foster - born 8 Jan 1841 Upson Co. GA, died 24 Jan 1927 Pike Co. GA; married 23 Sep 1860 Pike Co. GA to Easter Ameliar Hagan (7 Apr 1841 SC - 6 Mar 1899 Pike Co. GA). Their children: Thomas Jefferson Foster - born 5 Feb 1864 Pike Co. GA, died 2 Dec 1911 Pike Co. GA; married 18 Nov 1885 Pike Co. to Arizona Texas Branan ... Julia Ann Foster - born 3 Sep 1866 Pike Co., died 1 Nov 1947 Griffin, GA; married 28 dec 1884 Pike Co. to Columbus David Thompson ... Richard Buford Foster - born 5 Jan 1869 Pike Co., died 8 Dec 1932 Griffin, GA; married 27 Oct 1895 Pike Co. to Lula Ophelia Branan ... Rebecca Idella Foster - born 5 Jan 1870 Pike Co., died 29 Jan 1920 Newnan, GA; married 3 Nov 1901 Pike Co. GA to Oscar Franklin Maddox ... Fannie Ada Foster - born 27 Jan 1875 Pike Co., died 7 Jul 1957 Montgomery, AL; married 26 June 1898 Pike Co. to Charles Floyd Langford ... Sallie Viola Foster - born 15 Oct 1877 Pike Co., died 9 May 1968 Milledgeville, GA; married 7 Oct 1897 Pike Co. to Jesse E. Alexander ... Ester Jane Carrie Foster - born 19 Feb 1880 Pike Co., died 20 Feb 1958 Atlanta, GA; married 1st 15 Nov 1896 Pike Co. to Charles F. Graham and 2nd 25 May 1907 Pike Co. to Charlie Lee Ogletree and 3rd 23 May 1920 to T. N. Harris ... click here for pic
5. Martha Caroline Foster - born 1843 Upson Co., died in AL; married James J. Minter in Upson Co. GA on 23 Dec 1858. He was born 1838. Their children: Sarah E. Minter - born 1860 ... Nancy Minter - born 1866 ... Charity A. Minter - born Nov 1869 ... Margaret M. Minter - born 1871 ... Mahalah Minter - born 15 Nov 1874, died Nov 1918 ... William C. Minter - born 1 Sep 1877, died 11 Nov 1948 ... Molly Minter - born Jan 1880, died 13 Jul 1977
6. Richard B. Foster - born 1846 Upson Co. GA, died in the Battle of Atlanta in 1864. He was never married.
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