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James Harrison Foster 1815 – 1872 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 NOV 1815

Birth Location: Greene, Tennessee, USA

Death Date: 24 NOV 1872

Death Location: Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA

Father: Peter Foster

Mother: Sarah James

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The story of James Harrison Foster began in 1815 in Greene, Tennessee, USA. James Harrison Foster passed away in 1872 in Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of James Harrison Foster began in 1815 in Greene, Tennessee, USA.
  • James Harrison Foster passed away in 1872 in Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA.

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James Foster's Ancestors

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James Foster
1815 – 1872
Birth Place: Greene, Tennessee, USA
Parents
Peter Ransome Foster
1778 – 1873
Brunswick County, Virginia, USA
Sarah (Sally) James
1780 – 1875
Brunswick County, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Beverly (Ransome) Foster
1748 – 1803
Isle of Wight County, Virginia, United States of America
ELIZABETH COMAN
1752 – 1813
Isle of Wight County, Virginia, USA
John (Pease) James
1758 – 1840
Brunswick, Virginia, USA
Elizabeth Lenoir
1757 – 1845
Brunswick, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Richard Foster
1723 – 1794
Susannah Rand
1723 – 1794
John Coman
1725 – 1757
Elizabeth Harwood
1727 – 1759
William James
1710 – 1798
Martha Cary
1714 – 1790
Robert Lenoir
1733 – 1793
Winifred Fisher
1737 – 1792
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Hachaliah Foster
1695 – 1783
Elizabeth Ransome
1700 – 1776
William Ransom
1700 – 1748
Elizabeth Randolph
1702 – 1776
John Coman
1693 –
Jane Moody
1694 – 1726
Thomas Lenoir
1700 – 1765
Mourning Crawley
1709 – 1800

James Foster's Timeline

2 Records

1815
16 NOV 1815
Birth of James Harrison Foster in Greene, Tennessee, USA
Greene, Tennessee, USA
1872
24 NOV 1872
Age 57
Death of James Harrison Foster in Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA
Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 NOV 1815
    Event Place: Greene, Tennessee, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 NOV 1872
    Event Place: Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA

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