ID: I58
Name: JOHN MURPHY FOSTER
Sex: M
Birth: 3 APR 1836 in FORK / MOCKSVILLE AREA OF DAVIE CO NC
Death: 16 NOV 1919 in WINSTON SALEN NC
Burial: NOV 1919 REEDS BAPTIST CHURCH DAVIDSON CO NC
Event: WAR OF NORTHERN AGGRESSION (US CIVIL WAR)
Unknown 1860s SERVED IN THE NC REGT COMP F
Census: 1870 DAVIE CO NC
MARC: DAVIE CO NC
Occupation: HE AND HIS BROTHERS AND SONS BUILT MANY OF THE HOMES AND BUILDINGS IN THE LEXINGTON-CLEMMONS-MOCKVILLE AREA 1850/1900 CARPENTER IN THE CLEMMONS NC AREA WHERE HE HAD A SHOP
Event: WAR OF NORTHERN AGGRESSION (US CIVIL WAR)
Unknown 1860s SERVED IN THE NC REGT COMP F
Census: 1870 DAVIE CO NC
MARC: DAVIE CO NC
Occupation: HE AND HIS BROTHERS AND SONS BUILT MANY OF THE HOMES AND BUILDINGS IN THE LEXINGTON-CLEMMONS-MOCKVILLE AREA 1850/1900 CARPENTER IN THE CLEMMONS NC AREA WHERE HE HAD A SHOP
Note: Born in What is now MOCKSVILLE / FORK area of Davie CO NC After the Civil War he moved EAST across the YADKIN RIVER to REEDS CROSS ROAD area of DAVIDSON CO NC. SEVERAL OF HIS SIBLINGS MOVED TO TENN. After his father Tilman's death John married Comfort "Ann" Orrell and raised his family in the Reeds Church area near Tyro and Lexington / Davidson County area. 1850 Census found in Davie Co in in hehis parents household
03/24/1862 He enlisted at 24 years of age and mustered in to served in Comp F, 42 REGT CSA for N.C.WAR OF NORTHERN AGGRESSION ALSO CALLED THE CIVIL WAR
3/8/1865 he was wounded @ Kinston, NC (Fall of a tree )--June 1865 He was Discharged after release from being a POW ( reference on CSA service Source by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:- North Carolina Troops 1861-65, A Roster (c) Historical Data Systems, Inc. @ www.civilwardata.com
HIS OCCUPATION WAS A HOUSE CARPENTER
HE IS BURIED: REEDS BAPTIST CHURCH DAVIDSON CO NC NEAR INTERSECTION OF OLD HIGHWAY 64 AND HWY 150 ROW 9 OF CEMETARY
He is listed in both the Davie Co N.C And Davidson Co Heritage Books
Article 700 (Davie Co Book)
HE is the Grt GRT Grandfather of this reporter via Hiram Lindsey Foster.
1880 Census Davidson Co NC 1880 United States Census
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace John M. FOSTER Self M Male W 44 NC Carpenter NC NC Anna FOSTER Wife M Female W 36 NC George W. FOSTER Son S Male W 20 NC Fannie FOSTER Dau S Female W 18 NC Marckus FOSTER Son S Male W 15 NC Hiram L. FOSTER Son S Male W 11 NC Mary A. FOSTER Dau S Female W 10 NC Minnie FOSTER Dau S Female W 6 NC Estella FOSTER Dau S Female W 3 NC
Change Date: 2 NOV 2009 at 19:37:53
Father: TILMAN FOSTER b: 18 MAY 1800 in POSSIBLY ROWAN CO NC
Mother: FRANCIS "FANNIE" TUCKER b: AUG 1811/1812 in NORTH CAROLINA
Marriage 1
COMFORT "ANNE" ORRELL b: 2 MAR 1843 in DAVIE CO NC
- Married:
17 JAN 1859
in DAVIE CO NC
Children
GEORGE WASHINGTON FOSTER b: 20 JAN 1860 in DAVIE CO NC MARTHA "FANNIE" FOSTER b: 27 NOV 1861 in DAVIE CO NC JOHN THOMAS MARCKUS FOSTER b: 20 SEP 1864 in REEDS DAVIDSON CO NC HIRAM LINDSEY FOSTER b: 3 SEP 1867 in DAVIE CO NC USA MARY (MOLLY) ALICE FOSTER b: 15 JUN 1870 MINNIE LEE FOSTER b: 24 MAY 1871 in Davidson Co NORTH CAROLINA ESTELLA EDNA FOSTER b: 23 FEB 1877 in Tyro / Reeds Cross Roads Davidson Co NC SALLIE BET FOSTER b: 3 JUN 1880 CHARLES MURPHY FOSTER b: 13 JUN 1882 in DAVIDSON CO NC LOYD TILMAN FOSTER b: 15 MAY 1885 in NORTH CAROLINA ROBERT LEARY FOSTER b: 16 MAR 1887 | |