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Joel Jefferson Foster 1868–1942 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 Oct 1868

Birth Location: Wise, Brazos, Texas, USA

Death Date: 22 Sep 1942

Death Location: Cisco, Eastland, Texas, USA

Father: Marion Foster

Mother: Mary Kitchens

Spouse(s): Susan Weaver

Children(s): Lela Foster, Mary Foster, James Foster, Alice Foster, Edward Foster, Lillian Foster

Joel Jefferson Foster was born in 1868 in Wise, Brazos, Texas, USA, the child of Marion Berry Anderson Foster And Mary Helen Kitchens. In 1870, Joel Jefferson Foster resided in Brazos County, Texas, USA. Joel Jefferson Foster married Susan Hanah Susie Weaver, and had children including Alice Ruth Foster, Edward Haywood Foster, James William Foster, Lela Louiese Foster, Lillian F Foster, Mary Jane Foster. Joel Jefferson Foster passed away in 1942 in Cisco, Eastland, Texas, USA.

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Biography

  • Joel Jefferson Foster was born in 1868 in Wise, Brazos, Texas, USA, the child of Marion Berry Anderson Foster And Mary Helen Kitchens.
  • In 1870, Joel Jefferson Foster resided in Brazos County, Texas, USA.
  • Joel Jefferson Foster married Susan Hanah Susie Weaver, and had children including Alice Ruth Foster, Edward Haywood Foster, James William Foster, Lela Louiese Foster, Lillian F Foster, Mary Jane Foster.
  • Joel Jefferson Foster passed away in 1942 in Cisco, Eastland, Texas, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Marion Foster
1827–1887
Birth Location: Marion County, Alabama, USA
MF
Mary Kitchens
1833–1870
Birth Location: Tarrant County, Texas, USA
MK

Spouses(s)

Susan Weaver
1878–1959
Birth Location: Austin, Travis, Texas, USA
SW

Children(s)

Lela Foster
1900–1968
Birth Location: Austin, Travis, Texas, USA
LF
Mary Foster
1905–1992
Birth Location: Carbon, Eastland, Texas, USA
MF
James Foster
1907–1971
Birth Location: Eastland County, Texas, USA
JF
Alice Foster
1909–1978
Birth Location: Carbon, Eastland, Texas, USA
AF
Edward Foster
1911–1985
Birth Location: Flatwood, Eastland, Texas, USA
EF
Lillian Foster
1902–1975
Birth Location: Carbon, Eastland, Texas, USA
LF

Joel Foster's Ancestors

Self
Joel Foster
1868–1942
Birth Place: Wise, Brazos, Texas, USA
Parents
Marion Berry Anderson Foster
1827–1887
Marion County, Alabama, USA
Mary (Helen) Kitchens
1833–1870
Tarrant County, Texas, USA
Grandparents
Thomas (Jefferson Foster) Sr.
1809–1901
Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA
Drucilla (Lucinda) Holcomb
1809–1842
Surry County, North Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
Joel Foster
1766–1834
Mary Armstrong
1770–1845
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Ambrose Foster
1720–1802
Margaret Lewis
1726–1809
William Armstrong
1733–1780
Margaret Wood
1741–1792

Joel Foster's Descendants

1.
JF
Joel (Jefferson) Foster (23 Oct 1868–22 Sep 1942) m. Susan (Hanah (Susie)) Weaver (6 Feb 1878–26 Oct 1959)
  1. 1. Lela (Louiese) Foster 1900–1968 m. Ira (Delbert) Smith 1900–1949
    1. 1. Thomas (Dorwin) Smith 1926–2007
    2. 2. Connie (Fayette) Smith 1921–1997 m. George (H.) Harris 1920–1993 m. Richard (Cheatham) Hale 1921–2002 m. Vernon (John Wormlight) Jr. 1921–2001
      1. 1. Ira (George) Harris 1940–2015
      2. 2. Jimmie (Garland) Harris 1942–2020
    3. 3. Alma (Ruth) Smith 1923–1993
    4. 4. Wanda (Elizabeth) Smith 1930–2010
    5. 5. Billie (Delbert) Smith 1937–2007
  2. 2. Mary (Jane) Foster 1905–1992 m. Luther (Hamilton) Brown 1893–1961
    1. 1. Kenneth (Foster) Brown 1931–2018
    2. 2. Richard (Hamilton) Brown 1924–2006 m. Helen (Maureen) Seybold 1924–1998 m. Helen (Beatrice) Thomasson 1927–1998
    3. 3. Daniel (Wilson Brown) Sr. 1927–2011 m. Charlene (Royce) Love 1928–2018
    4. 4. Nancy (Jane) Brown 1940–2017 m. Charles (Alton) Polston 1936–1995
  3. 3. James (William) Foster 1907–1971 m. Frances (Hazel) Thomas 1906–1982 m. Willie (Hazel) Foster 1914–2011 m. Velma (Louise) Taylor 1936–1999
  4. 4. Alice (Ruth) Foster 1909–1978 m. Joseph (Albert Woodard) Jr. 1905–1983
  5. 5. Edward (Haywood) Foster 1911–1985 m. Bessie (Lee) Cummings 1912–1993 m. Martha (Elizabeth) Jones 1913–2008
    1. 1. Kenyon (D.) Foster 1938–1967
    2. 2. Rowena (Erjuana) Foster 1943–2011 m. Royce (Bretton) Adkison 1943–2012
  6. 6. Lillian (F.) Foster 1902–1975 m. Irvin (Elmer) Thornburg 1899–1970

Joel Foster's Timeline

3 Records

1868
23 Oct 1868
Birth of Joel Jefferson Foster in Wise, Brazos, Texas, USA
Wise, Brazos, Texas, USA
1870
1870
Age 2
Joel Jefferson Foster resided here in Brazos County, Texas, USA
Brazos County, Texas, USA
1942
22 Sep 1942
Age 74
Death of Joel Jefferson Foster in Cisco, Eastland, Texas, USA
Cisco, Eastland, Texas, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 Oct 1868
    Event Place: Wise, Brazos, Texas, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Brazos, Texas; Roll: M593_1577; Page: 66B; Family History Library Film: 553076
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1870
    Event Place: Brazos County, Texas, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Brazos, Texas; Roll: M593_1577; Page: 66B; Family History Library Film: 553076

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Sep 1942
    Event Place: Cisco, Eastland, Texas, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Cisco, Eastland, Texas, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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