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Daniel Ferguson Foster 1785–1860 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1785

Birth Location: Virginia

Death Date: 1860

Death Location: Tennessee

Father: F Foster

Mother: Martha Foster

Spouse(s): Martha Lankford, Jane Foster

Children(s): Simpson Foster, William Foster, Perry Foster, Charles Foster, George Foster, Martha Foster, Robert Foster, Daniel Foster

The story of Daniel Ferguson Foster began in 1785 in Virginia. Daniel Ferguson Foster married Jane Helms Foster, Martha Patsey Lankford, and had children including Charles Edmund Foster, Daniel Franklin Foster, George W Foster, Martha E Foster, Perry Foster, Robert Houston Foster, Simpson Westberry Foster, William Spencer Foster. Daniel Ferguson Foster passed away in 1860 in Tennessee.

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Biography

  • The story of Daniel Ferguson Foster began in 1785 in Virginia.
  • Daniel Ferguson Foster married Jane Helms Foster, Martha Patsey Lankford, and had children including Charles Edmund Foster, Daniel Franklin Foster, George W Foster, Martha E Foster, Perry Foster, Robert Houston Foster, Simpson Westberry Foster, William Spencer Foster.
  • Daniel Ferguson Foster passed away in 1860 in Tennessee.

Immediate Family

Parents

F Foster
1756–1837
Birth Location: Orange County, Virginia
FF
Martha Foster
1777–1849
Birth Location: Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
MF

Spouses(s)

Martha Lankford
1792–1842
Birth Location: Rutherford Co,NC
ML
Jane Foster
1814–1860
Birth Location: Kentucky
JF

Children(s)

Simpson Foster
1820–1862
Birth Location: Rutherford Co,NC
SF
William Foster
1822–1881
Birth Location: Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States of America
WF
Perry Foster
1821–1862
Birth Location: ,,NC
PF
Charles Foster
1842–1887
Birth Location: TN
CF
George Foster
1844–1924
Birth Location: McMinn Co,TN
GF
Martha Foster
1843–
Birth Location: McMinn Co,TN
MF
Robert Foster
1852–1930
Birth Location: Tennessee, USA
RF
Daniel Foster
1848–1893
Birth Location: McMinn County, TN, United States
DF

Daniel Foster's Ancestors

Self
Daniel Foster
1785–1860
Birth Place: Virginia
Parents
F Edmund Foster
1756–1837
Orange County, Virginia
Martha (Betsy Ferguson Powers) Foster
1777–1849
Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
John (Foster) II
1719–1764
Essex, Virginia
Averilla Haskew
1725–1799
Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania, Virginia
William (Ferguson) Jr
1724–1793
Poquoson, VA
Elizabeth LeMaster
1726–1778
York, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
John Sr
1687–1760
Isabella Golding
1700–1747
John Haskew\Askew
1701–1769
Rachel Warren
1705–
William Ferguson
1700–1735
Hope Ferguson
1700–1737
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Sr
1651–1715
Elizabeth Garnett
1663–1744
John Jr
1670–1734
Cassandra Golding
1671–
Thomas Warren
1682–1749
Mary Hackley
1684–1751
Ferguson
–1708
unk Ferguson
–1722

Daniel Foster's Descendants

1.
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Daniel (Ferguson) Foster (1785–1860) m. Martha (Patsey) Lankford (1792–Bef 1842) m. Jane (Helms) Foster (1814–1860)
  1. 1. Simpson (Westberry) Foster 1820–1862 m. Amanda Handley 1819–1887
    1. 1. Artie (Simpson) Foster 1862–1957 m. Robert (B) Baker 1857–1927
      1. 1. Rosalind (Grace) Baker 1902–1975 m. William (Foster) Whitlow 1895–1957
        1. 1. Clara (Whitlow) Magor 1923–
        2. 2. Kathleen (Whitlon) Bates 1926–2014
      2. 2. Emmett (Bruce) Baker 1888–1967
      3. 3. Harry Baker 1879–
      4. 4. Eula Baker 1873–
      5. 5. Clara (Bell Baker) Poston 1889–1920 m. Charles (Homer) Poston 1888–1921
    2. 2. Tennessee (Carolina Foster) Paul 1852–1929 m. Meredith (M) Paul 1832– m. James (Henry) Philpot 1848–1878
      1. 1. Thomas (Harvey) Paul 1887–1980 m. Anna (Hard) Paul 1897–
      2. 2. Artie (Paul) Henderson 1890–1966
      3. 3. Alice Paul 1890–
      4. 4. Amanda (Carlotta Paul) Pendergrass 1892–1977
      5. 5. Charles (Lester) Philpott-Paul 1875–1964 m. Ella (Mae) Paul 1882–1960
        1. 1. Clara (Mae Paul) Hodge 1913–2009
        2. 2. Nella (Maude) Paul 1915–1915
      6. 6. William (Edward) Philpot-Paul 1877–1955 m. Cora (Lee Jones) Paul 1884–1939
        1. 1. Clifford (Franklin) Paul 1914–1988
        2. 2. William (Thomas) Paul 1911–1946
        3. 3. James (Frazier) Paul 1918–1996
        4. 4. Tennessee (Bell) Paul 1902–1989
        5. 5. Eula (Elizabeth Paul) West 1920–2014
        6. 6. Susan (Margaret) Paul 1923–1997
        7. 7. Maude (Minerva) Paul 1905–1983
        8. 8. Glenn (Edward) Paul 1908–1969
      7. 7. Susie Harwod 1879–
    3. 3. Daniel (L.) Foster 1843–1862
    4. 4. Susan (Jane) Foster 1845–
    5. 5. Mary (Minerva) Foster 1847–
    6. 6. Margaret (Virginia) Foster 1850–
    7. 7. Catharine (Callafornia) Foster 1855–1876
    8. 8. Nancy (Elizabeth) Foster 1859–1920
  2. 2. William (Spencer) Foster 1822–1881 m. Mary (Pauline) Foster 1824–1884
    1. 1. Margaret (Susan Foster) Caldwell 1863–1956
    2. 2. Daniel (Marion) Foster 1851–1904 m. Nancy (Ann Dixon) Foster 1857–1904
      1. 1. Robert (D) Foster 1886–
      2. 2. Sylvanius (Augustus) Foster 1893–1982 m. Elizabeth (Sue Hoyt) Foster 1905–1992
        1. 1. John (Wesley) Foster 1930–2007 m. Joyce (Rae Noel) Foster 1921–1990
        2. 2. Daniel (Marion) Foster 1926–1934
        3. 3. Hoyt (Allison Foster) Sr 1927–2007
      3. 3. Hellen Foster 1877–
      4. 4. Robert Foster 1885–
      5. 5. Lillian (Elizabeth) Foster 1887–1981
      6. 6. Grover (Cleveland) Foster 1890–1986
      7. 7. Ida (M) Foster 1882–1973
      8. 8. Robert (Daniel) Foster 1885–1917
      9. 9. Samuel (John) Foster 1879–1923
    3. 3. Catherine (Foster) Clark 1857–1920
    4. 4. George (W.) Foster 1847–1925
    5. 5. Sarah (Caroline Foster) Clark 1849–1936
    6. 6. Martha (Jane Foster) Clampitte 1845–1936 m. George Clampitte 1830–1900
      1. 1. Lawrence (Seaborn) Clampitte 1881–1935
        1. 1. Joseph (Weldon) Clampitte 1910–1965
        2. 2. Virginia (Robiou Clampitte) Hurley 1908–1966
      2. 2. Earl (Foster) Clampitte 1887–1942
      3. 3. Timmy (E.) Clampitte 1854–
  3. 3. Perry Foster 1821–1862
  4. 4. Charles (" Edmund ") Foster 1842–1887
  5. 5. George (W) Foster 1844–1924
  6. 6. Martha (E) Foster 1843–
  7. 7. Robert (Houston) Foster 1852–1930
  8. 8. Daniel (Franklin) Foster 1848–1893 m. Denizie (Effa Sparks) Foster 1857–1939
    1. 1. Zelphia (Leoda) Foster 1880–1952 m. Edward (Marsh) Foster 1871–1957
      1. 1. Bessie (Lucile) Foster 1898–1985 m. Charles (E) Roberts 1881–
        1. 1. Stanley (Blair) Roberts 1916–1999 m. Esther Roberts 1917–
        2. 2. Bernice Roberts 1918–
        3. 3. Edith Roberts 1920–
        4. 4. Irene (Denette Roberts) Spencer 1923–1996 m. Wendell (Oliver Spencer) Jr 1920–1992
      2. 2. Charles (Franklin) Foster 1901–1970 m. Bernice (Whitcomb Vanover) Foster 1915–2007
      3. 3. Maybell (Foster) Courtwright 1904–1978 m. Joseph (William) Courtwright 1899–1966
        1. 1. Dorothy (May Courtwright) Buness 1922–2001
        2. 2. Nora (Vernell) Courtwright 1920–2006 m. Steve Kreppel 1914–1960
        3. 3. Robert (W) Courtwright 1924–1924
      4. 4. Alice (Retha) Foster 1905–1996 m. Fred (S) Wadsworth 1897–
      5. 5. Ruby Foster 1910–1928
      6. 6. Arthur (Edward) Foster 1909–1909
      7. 7. Frankie (Pearl Foster) Allen 1913–1989 m. Carl (A.) Allen 1903–1995
        1. 1. Grayce (Marie) Allen 1942–2011
      8. 8. Evelyn (I) Foster 1920–1920
      9. 9. LaVerne (Ruth Foster) Johnston 1921–2008 m. Afton (Don) Johnston 1919–
    2. 2. Arthur Foster 1893–1893
    3. 3. Mattie (Mae) Foster 1878–1890
    4. 4. Maggie (May) Foster 1878–1879
    5. 5. William (Franklin) Foster 1882–1945 m. Ella (E) Winslow 1884–
      1. 1. William Foster 1926–
      2. 2. Muretta Foster 1917–
      3. 3. Richard Foster 1910–
      4. 4. Lucy Foster 1912–
      5. 5. George (Daniel) Foster 1921–2005
    6. 6. Martha (Jane) Foster 1888–1948
    7. 7. Charles Foster 1890–1890

Daniel Foster's Timeline

2 Records

1785
1785
Birth of Daniel Ferguson Foster in Virginia
Virginia
1860
1860
Age 75
Death of Daniel Ferguson Foster in Tennessee
Tennessee

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1785
    Event Place: Virginia

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1860
    Event Place: Tennessee
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