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Jacob Miles Foster 1817–1912 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1817

Birth Location: Covington Co, MS

Death Date: 20 Apr 1912

Death Location: Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA

Father: John Foster

Mother: Hester Walker

Spouse(s): Mary Sanford

Children(s): Mary Foster

Jacob Miles Foster was born in 1817 in Covington Co, MS, the child of John C Foster And Hester A Walker. Jacob Miles Foster married Mary Maria Mariah Martha Sanford, and had children including Mary Marilla Foster. Jacob Miles Foster passed away in 1912 in Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA.

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Biography

  • Jacob Miles Foster was born in 1817 in Covington Co, MS, the child of John C Foster And Hester A Walker.
  • Jacob Miles Foster married Mary Maria Mariah Martha Sanford, and had children including Mary Marilla Foster.
  • Jacob Miles Foster passed away in 1912 in Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Foster
1792–1860
Birth Location: Ireland (North Carolina, United States? )
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Hester Walker
1793–1860
Birth Location: South Carolina
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Spouses(s)

Mary Sanford
1829–1915
Birth Location: Perry County, Mississippi, USA
MS

Children(s)

Mary Foster
1861–1932
Birth Location: Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, United States
MF

Jacob Foster's Ancestors

Self
Jacob Foster
1817–1912
Birth Place: Covington Co, MS
Parents
John C. Foster
1792–1860
Ireland (North Carolina, United States? )
Hester (A) Walker
1793–1860
South Carolina
Grandparents
Ruth Lockwood
1770–1857
Cranston, Providence, RI
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Jacob Foster's Descendants

1.
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Jacob (Miles) Foster (abt 1817–20 Apr 1912) m. Mary ((Maria) Mariah Martha) Sanford (Abt. 1829–20 Jan 1915)
  1. 1. Mary (Marilla) Foster 1861–1932 m. Preston ("Banta" "Bantie" Tillman (Joseph) 1810) 1859–1895
    1. 1. Martha (Emaline Mattie Dees) Tillman 1882–1980 m. Joseph (Wesley "Dup") Dees 1876–1946
      1. 1. Mattie (Marie) Knowles 1922–1997 m. Emery (Duke) Wilson 1907–1969
        1. 1. Edna (Ruth) Wilson 1946–1978
        2. 2. Lawrence (A) Wilson 1947–1968

Jacob Foster's Timeline

2 Records

1817
abt 1817
Birth of Jacob Miles Foster in Covington Co, MS
Covington Co, MS
1912
20 Apr 1912
Age 95
Death of Jacob Miles Foster in Pine Grove (Mobile County), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
Pine Grove (Mobile County), Mobile County, Alabama, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1817
    Event Place: Covington Co, MS

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Apr 1912
    Event Place: Pine Grove (Mobile County), Mobile County, Alabama, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA
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