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Benjamin Reuben FOSTER 1831–1921 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 JUL 1831

Birth Location: Prattsburgh, Steuben Co., New York

Death Date: 22 JUL 1921

Death Location: Mt. Hope Cemetery, Humboldt, Allen Co., Kansas

Father: Reuben FOSTER

Mother: Jerusha WELCH

Spouse(s): Mary [PAT-JUDY]

Children(s): Warren FOSTER, Reuben FOSTER, Isabella FOSTER, Rose FOSTER, Charles FOSTER, George FOSTER, Birdie FOSTER, Frederick FOSTER, Almeda FOSTER, Wesley FOSTER, Joseph FOSTER

Benjamin Reuben FOSTER was born in 1831 in Prattsburgh, Steuben Co., New York, the child of Reuben Foster And Jerusha Welch. Benjamin Reuben FOSTER married Mary Marinda Clark Clarke Pat Judy, and had children including Almeda Jane Foster, Birdie Marinda Foster, Charles Eugene Foster, Frederick William Foster, George Benjamin Foster, Isabella Foster, Joseph L Foster, Reuben Jared Foster, Rose Ella Foster, Warren Erastus Foster, Wesley Ezra Foster. Benjamin Reuben FOSTER passed away in 1921 in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Humboldt, Allen Co., Kansas.

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Biography

  • Benjamin Reuben FOSTER was born in 1831 in Prattsburgh, Steuben Co., New York, the child of Reuben Foster And Jerusha Welch.
  • Benjamin Reuben FOSTER married Mary Marinda Clark Clarke Pat Judy, and had children including Almeda Jane Foster, Birdie Marinda Foster, Charles Eugene Foster, Frederick William Foster, George Benjamin Foster, Isabella Foster, Joseph L Foster, Reuben Jared Foster, Rose Ella Foster, Warren Erastus Foster, Wesley Ezra Foster.
  • Benjamin Reuben FOSTER passed away in 1921 in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Humboldt, Allen Co., Kansas.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

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Benjamin FOSTER's Ancestors

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Benjamin FOSTER
1831–1921
Birth Place: Prattsburgh, Steuben Co., New York
Parents
Reuben FOSTER
1791–1858
Saratoga Co., New York
Jerusha WELCH
1793–1883
Ashford, Connecticut
Grandparents
Erastus FOSTER
1766–1842
Granville, Massachusetts
Chloe DAVIS
1772–1869
Milford, New Haven Co., Connecticut
Solomon (WELCH) II
1758–1837
Windham Co., Connecticut
Orpha SWEET
–1850
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Benjamin FOSTER's Descendants

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Benjamin (Reuben) FOSTER (20 JUL 1831–22 JUL 1921) m. Mary (Marinda CLARK [CLARKE]) [PAT-JUDY] (15 AUG 1830–29 NOV 1922)
  1. 1. Warren (Erastus) FOSTER 1854–1917 m. Eliza (Jane MOORE) [MAT-JUDY] –1907
  2. 2. Reuben (Jared) FOSTER 1856–1914 m. Isabel (Frances ‘Bell’ CARRIKER) [KARCHER] 1859–1924
    1. 1. Lula (Pearl) FOSTER 1887–1927 m. Purley (Walter) POWELL 1878–1965
      1. 1. Kathleen (Pearl) POWELL 1925–1989 m. Wilford (Dale ‘Dale’) ELLIS 1923–1998
        1. 1. David (Ray) ELLIS 1949–2015
      2. 2. Alva (Jordan) POWELL 1907–1928
      3. 3. Dorothy (Viola) POWELL 1927–1928
      4. 4. Thelma (Irene) POWELL 1916–1917
      5. 5. Elmer (Lee) POWELL 1919–1952
      6. 6. Zella (Louise) POWELL 1911–1983
      7. 7. Marion (E.) POWELL 1905–1963
      8. 8. Lena (Mae) POWELL 1915–2000
      9. 9. Mary (Lorene) POWELL 1922–1964
    2. 2. Hester (June) FOSTER 1885–1973
    3. 3. Emery (Cornelius) FOSTER 1882–1962
    4. 4. Mary (Lillie) FOSTER 1895–1960
    5. 5. Alma (Ruby) FOSTER 1893–1976
  3. 3. Isabella FOSTER 1860–1953
  4. 4. Rose (Ella) FOSTER 1862–1918 m. George (Washington) MOORE 1859–1938
  5. 5. Charles (Eugene) FOSTER 1866–1945 m. Eliza WOLBERT –1889 m. Sarah (Amelia) JACOBSON 1870–1950
    1. 1. Roy (Guy FOSTER) I 1892–1957 m. Roxie (Odessa) BENNETT 1896–1958
  6. 6. George (Benjamin) FOSTER 1869–1952
  7. 7. Birdie (Marinda) FOSTER 1870–1876
  8. 8. Frederick (William) FOSTER 1872–1961
  9. 9. Almeda (Jane) FOSTER 1875–
  10. 10. Wesley (Ezra) FOSTER 1856–1941
  11. 11. Joseph (L.) FOSTER 1869–1940

Benjamin FOSTER's Timeline

2 Records

1831
20 JUL 1831
Birth of Benjamin Reuben FOSTER in Prattsburgh, Steuben Co., New York
Prattsburgh, Steuben Co., New York
1921
22 JUL 1921
Age 90
Death of Benjamin Reuben FOSTER in Humboldt, Allen Co., Kansas
Humboldt, Allen Co., Kansas

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 JUL 1831
    Event Place: Prattsburgh, Steuben Co., New York
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Tree, Possible DNA match with Floyd C. Foster.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 JUL 1921
    Event Place: Humboldt, Allen Co., Kansas
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Tree, Possible DNA match with Floyd C. Foster.
    [2] FindAGrave.com-U.S. & Canada & other countries

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Mt. Hope Cemetery, Humboldt, Allen Co., Kansas
    Record Source: FindAGrave.com-U.S. & Canada & other countries

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