Foster, Alexander

Alexander Foster
b: 1778
d: 7 MAY 1838
   
(John?) Foster
UNKNOWN - UNKNOWN
 
 
William Foster
ABT 1750 - AFT 1790
  
  
  
(Wife of John?)_ Foster
UNKNOWN - UNKNOWN
 
Alexander Foster
1778 - 7 MAY 1838
  
 
  
?
 
 
Martha Gallagher
ABT 1750 - AFT 1780
  
  
  
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PARENT (M) Alexander Foster
Birth1778Ireland
Death7 MAY 1838 Armstrong, Pennsylvania, USA
MarriageABT 1807to Elizabeth Harrold at Pennsylvania, USA
FatherWilliam Foster
MotherMartha Gallagher
PARENT (F) Elizabeth Harrold
BirthABT 23 JAN 1787Indiana County, PA
Death25 APR 1864 Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania, USA
MarriageABT 1807to Alexander Foster at Pennsylvania, USA
FatherChristopher Columbus Harrold
MotherElizabeth Painter
CHILDREN
FMartha Foster
Birth19 OCT 1808Sugar Creek, Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania, USA
DeathAFT 1880Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania, USA
MThomas Foster
Birth16 JAN 1816Sugar Creek, Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania, USA
Death
MWilliam Foster
Birth13 JUN 1813Sugarcreek Township, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, USA
Death30 NOV 1877Cowansville, Pennsylvania, USA
FKatherine Foster
Birth16 JAN 1816Sugar Creek, Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania, USA
Death15 JUL 1898Petrolia, Butler County, PA
FElizabeth Foster
Birth9 NOV 1821Sugar Creek, Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania, USA
Death
FSarah Foster
Birth3 MAY 1818Sugar Creek, Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania, USA
Death
FPhoebe Foster
Birth9 APR 1823Sugar Creek, Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania, USA
DeathAFT 1900Armstrong, PA
FMargaret Foster
Birth25 DEC 1825Sugar Creek, Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania, USA
Death1 MAR 1903Knoxville, Knox, Illinois, USA
FNancy Foster
Birth2 JUN 1828Sugar Creek, Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania, USA
Deathdied young
MChristopher Alexander Foster
Birth1 APR 1811Sugar Creek, Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania, USA
Death29 JUN 1892Cowansville, Armstrong Co., PA, USA

  • 1778 - Birth - ; Ireland
  • 7 MAY 1838 - Death - Age: 60 ; Armstrong, Pennsylvania, USA
  • ABT 1790 - Immigration - ; with parents, landing in Delaware
  • 1820 - Residence - ; Sugarcreek, Armstrong, Pennsylvania
  • 1830 - Residence - ; Sugarcreek, Armstrong, Pennsylvania
  • 1810 - Residence - ; Sugarcreek, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Religion - Presbyterian
  • 1820 - Residence - ; Sugarcreek, Armstrong, Pennsylvania
  • 1830 - Residence - ; Sugarcreek, Armstrong, Pennsylvania
  • 1810 - Residence - ; Sugarcreek, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States

[S372]U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
[S292]Find a Grave
[S190]Thomas, Ethel Maude, handwritten notes
[S142]One World Tree (sm)
[S379]Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993
[S4]1810 United States Federal Census
[S5]1820 United States Federal Census
[S6]1830 United States Federal Census
[S305]1810 United States Federal Census

Alexander Foster b: 1778 d: 7 MAY 1838
Elizabeth Harrold b: ABT 23 JAN 1787 d: 25 APR 1864
Martha Foster b: 19 OCT 1808 d: AFT 1880
James McGarvey b: 1798 d: AFT 1880
Catherine McGarvey b: 19 DEC 1849 d: 12 JAN 1917
Samuel Foster b: 22 JUL 1844 d: 2 NOV 1907
John Wesley Foster b: 22 MAR 1871 d: 11 OCT 1946
Margaret M Myers b: 1866 d: 1932
Samuel Wilbert Foster b: 9 JUN 1891 d: 9 SEP 1952
Jessie Rickel b: 1895 d: 1981
Virginia Melinda Foster b: 22 MAR 1912 d: 26 SEP 1997
Ray Harold Black b: 18 APR 1908 d: 8 APR 1966
Ray Delair Black b: 5 MAY 1934 d: 7 DEC 1934
Freddie Foster b: 1893 d: 1894
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Harriet A. Foster b: JUN 1873 d: 7 OCT 1902
Harriet A. Foster b: JUN 1873 d: 7 OCT 1902
Armenta M Foster b: AUG 1879
Armenta M Foster b: AUG 1879
Pearl Rose Foster b: 19 NOV 1883 d: 9 JUL 1946
Paul Robert Hornberger b: 14 SEP 1915 d: 25 OCT 1948
Bessie Lucile Hornberger b: 3 JUL 1917 d: 15 JUL 1917
Charles Raymond Foster b: 24 MAR 1889 d: 13 JUN 1962
Infant Daughter Foster b: 1870 d: 1870
Infant Daughter Foster b: 1870 d: 1870
James R Foster b: ABT 1886 d: 21 DEC 1888
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Martha "Mattie" Foster b: 1877 d: 1881
Martha "Mattie" Foster b: 1877 d: 1881
Oliver McGarvey b: 1840 d: 1891
Elizabeth Laird b: FEB 1842
William H. McGarvey b: 8 AUG 1870 d: 18 APR 1954
Della Myrtle Anderson b: 26 SEP 1873 d: 29 MAY 1956
Bernas Mcgarvey b: 1894
Ethel Mcgarvey b: 1895
Rose H. McGarvey b: MAR 1872 d: 19 FEB 1954
John Humes b: 1868
Mattie M. McGarvey b: JUL 1876 d: 1934
Joseph Lemuel Beach b: 6 AUG 1870 d: 1952
Joseph Paul Beach b: JUL 1893 d: 1989
Molly Beach b: 1894
Florence L Beach b: SEP 1895 d: 1994
Joseph Lemuel Beach b: 6 AUG 1870 d: 1952
Joseph Paul Beach b: JUL 1893 d: 1989
Molly Beach b: 1894
Florence L Beach b: SEP 1895 d: 1994
Flora Belle McGarvey b: APR 1877 d: 12 SEP 1971
James M. McGarvey b: 1879 d: 1942
Orpha May Mills b: 1883
Orpha May Mills b: 1883
Magill McGarvy b: 1882
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Elizabeth McGarvey b: 1832 d: AFT 1870
Elizabeth McGarvey b: 1832 d: AFT 1870
Alexander Foster McGarvey b: 1836 d: 26 JUN 1895
Harriet M. Sharader b: FEB 1837 d: 23 SEP 1910
James A McGarvey b: 14 MAR 1872 d: 3 JAN 1936
Margaret (McGarvey) b: 1876 d: 1942
Harry A Mcgarvey b: 1905 d: 1992
William Benson McGarvey b: 15 MAY 1878 d: 9 MAY 1947
Mary Iola Earley b: 4 MAY 1883 d: 1970
Delmer James McGarvey b: 19 JUL 1914 d: 9 NOV 1914
Stanley M McGarvey b: 1911 d: 1912
William H McGarvey b: 28 JAN 1916 d: 6 SEP 1918
Lula M. Simpson b: SEP 1878 d: BEF 1907
Christopher Foster McGarvey b: 15 MAR 1868
Martha E. McGarvy b: 1875 d: ABT 1900
Byron Miller b: MAR 1868 d: 1946
Roy G Miller b: 24 APR 1895 d: 2 OCT 1978
Virginia Esther Fouts b: 31 MAY 1904 d: 10 JUL 1995
James McGarvey b: 1838 d: 14 JUL 1920
?
Thomas Foster b: 16 JAN 1816
William Foster b: 13 JUN 1813 d: 30 NOV 1877
Mary Ambrose b: 24 AUG 1818 d: 1 SEP 1913
Elizabeth Ann "Eliza" Foster b: 18 DEC 1842 d: 23 DEC 1928
Thomas F Patton b: 1834 d: 1875
Mary Laura Patton b: APR 1865 d: 30 DEC 1920
James Harry Brown b: JUL 1866 d: ABT 1933
Norman P Brown b: 18 JUL 1893
James Harry Brown b: JUL 1866 d: ABT 1933
Norman P Brown b: 18 JUL 1893
William Curtis Patton b: 23 JAN 1870 d: 29 DEC 1943
Alice M. Armstrong b: OCT 1869 d: 1942
Harry Thomas Patton b: 25 OCT 1896 d: 12 MAY 1956
Jean Hardie d: AFT 1956
Harry Thomas Patton Jr b: AFT 1940 d: AFT 1956
Dwight Patton b: 30 SEP 1900 d: DEC 1983
Elizabeth Bell Van Dyke b: 7 APR 1901 d: 12 NOV 1973
Sara Jean Patton b: 24 MAY 1929 d: 8 JAN 1997
Harry F. Frantz Jr b: 22 SEP 1924 d: 23 FEB 2014
Isabel Patton b: 21 JAN 1925 d: 28 JAN 1995
George Dan Gaiser b: 11 APR 1919 d: 3 SEP 2007
William Vandyke Patton b: 17 SEP 1931 d: 21 DEC 1994
Martha Ann Bowser b: 23 APR 1935 d: 6 JUN 2017
Roma May Patton b: 28 MAY 1907 d: 1994
John Adam Heidrick b: 1906 d: 1989
Dorothy Louise Heidrick b: 29 AUG 1938 d: 27 JUN 1939
Maud M Patton b: 1872 d: 1936
Curtis Foster b: 1858
Margaret Foster b: 1846
Susan Foster b: 1852
Nancy Foster b: 1843
Katherine Foster b: 16 JAN 1816 d: 15 JUL 1898
Elizabeth Foster b: 9 NOV 1821
(William) Harrison Gibson b: 1813 d: AFT 1880
Addison Brown Gibson b: MAR 1847 d: 21 FEB 1916
J Harrison Gibson b: OCT 1891 d: 3 SEP 1963
Edith M Gibson b: 1892 d: 9 DEC 1958
Horace Foster Gibson b: 15 MAY 1895 d: 1956
Irene Horton Flint b: 1899 d: 1991
Eliza B. Gibson b: 1852
Eliza B. Gibson b: 1852
Sarah O. Gibson b: 1856 d: 6 MAY 1931
Richard Crowley d: BEF 1900
Hugh L Crowley b: 1879 d: 25 NOV 1918
Virginia Durham b: 5 OCT 1887 d: 11 JUN 1957
Perry Gibson b: 1853
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Sarah Foster b: 3 MAY 1818
Phoebe Foster b: 9 APR 1823 d: AFT 1900
Andrew Harvey McKee b: ABT 1816 d: AFT 1900
Margaret Foster b: 25 DEC 1825 d: 1 MAR 1903
Sarah McClatchey b: BET 1842 AND 1855
Nancy Foster b: 2 JUN 1828
Christopher Alexander Foster b: 1 APR 1811 d: 29 JUN 1892
Nancy McGarvey b: ABT 1815 d: 17 SEP 1837
Isabela Morrison b: 3 AUG 1813 d: 23 JUL 1854
Phoebe Foster b: ABT 1841 d: BEF 1892
Mathew S McGarvey b: MAR 1840 d: BEF 1914
Christopher Foster McGarvey b: 25 JUL 1883 d: 4 FEB 1962
Sarah Carolina Fennell b: 5 FEB 1890 d: 6 MAR 1958
Christopher Foster McGarvey Jr b: 2 MAR 1915 d: 6 JUN 1971
Keziah Jane McGarvey b: 1 JAN 1886 d: 4 AUG 1943
Clyde M Wahl b: 1881
Mary Lee Bell McGarvey b: 1 JAN 1886 d: 24 APR 1914
Edward Hutchison b: 1882 d: 1966
Edna P Hutchison b: 1912 d: AFT 1946
Margaret Elizabeth Foster b: JUL 1845 d: 1936
Calvin W. Jordan b: MAY 1834 d: AFT 1900
George Christopher Jordan b: 22 MAR 1882 d: JUL 1972
Alice Amelia Montgomery b: 1883 d: 1950
Sarah Isabel Foster b: JUL 1847 d: BEF 1914
William W. Luton b: 22 FEB 1858 d: 14 AUG 1941
Jennie Bell Luton b: 24 JUN 1878
William Ardell Sanderson b: 8 JUN 1905 d: 21 APR 1965
Mildred Kelley b: 12 JUN 1906 d: 7 FEB 2007
Betty J Sanderson b: 10 SEP 1923 d: 29 SEP 2012
Robert C Dakin b: 11 JAN 1924 d: 9 JUL 1995
Herley d: BEF 1940
Thomas Christopher Luton b: 12 NOV 1884
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Robert Nye Hays Luton b: 18 MAR 1888 d: 31 MAY 1929
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William W. Luton b: 22 FEB 1858 d: 14 AUG 1941
Jennie Bell Luton b: 24 JUN 1878
William Ardell Sanderson b: 8 JUN 1905 d: 21 APR 1965
Mildred Kelley b: 12 JUN 1906 d: 7 FEB 2007
Betty J Sanderson b: 10 SEP 1923 d: 29 SEP 2012
Robert C Dakin b: 11 JAN 1924 d: 9 JUL 1995
Herley d: BEF 1940
Thomas Christopher Luton b: 12 NOV 1884
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Robert Nye Hays Luton b: 18 MAR 1888 d: 31 MAY 1929
?
Nancy Foster b: ABT 1845 d: ABT 1861
Nancy Foster b: ABT 1845 d: ABT 1861
Mary A. Foster b: ABT 1847 d: ABT 1848
Mary A. Foster b: ABT 1847 d: ABT 1848
Alice Foster b: ABT 1849 d: ABT 1850
Alice Foster b: ABT 1849 d: ABT 1850
Keziah Jane Foster b: 27 MAR 1841 d: 22 JUN 1919
Thomas Hays b: 19 JAN 1840 d: 29 FEB 1920
Christopher Foster Hays b: 13 DEC 1868 d: 7 DEC 1952
Lilley A Logan b: JUN 1878 d: 27 FEB 1929
George Thomas Hays b: 22 MAY 1901 d: JAN 1974
Margaret Brown b: 6 APR 1897 d: 22 FEB 1978
Patricia Louise Hays b: 31 MAR 1931 d: 1 JAN 2003
Barbara Ann Hays b: 31 MAR 1931 d: 14 JUN 2016
George R Denison III b: 1930 d: 30 SEP 2014
Lilley A Logan b: JUN 1878 d: 27 FEB 1929
George Thomas Hays b: 22 MAY 1901 d: JAN 1974
Margaret Brown b: 6 APR 1897 d: 22 FEB 1978
Patricia Louise Hays b: 31 MAR 1931 d: 1 JAN 2003
Barbara Ann Hays b: 31 MAR 1931 d: 14 JUN 2016
George R Denison III b: 1930 d: 30 SEP 2014
Robert Nye Hays b: 13 NOV 1870 d: 9 JUL 1952
Mary Iva Brackney b: 14 DEC 1875 d: 1943
Audrey Ivetta Hays b: 28 JUL 1898 d: 30 APR 1997
(unknown) Hellett d: BEF 1930
Maude Bell Hays b: 16 OCT 1872 d: 2 APR 1942
John Victor Cowden b: ABT 1870 d: 18 AUG 1941
Thomas Henderson Hays b: 19 DEC 1874 d: 24 AUG 1901
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Charles Frederick Wells Hays b: 12 NOV 1876 d: 24 NOV 1902
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Jennie L. Hays b: 16 JAN 1867 d: 10 MAY 1947
Victor Francis Thomas Sr. b: 7 MAR 1861 d: 5 DEC 1959
Lister Hays Thomas b: 25 NOV 1891 d: 15 OCT 1963
Hazel Dicky b: 3 JUN 1892 d: 20 FEB 1923
Richard Hays Thomas b: 15 MAY 1917 d: 5 JUL 1995
Evelyn Sylvia Lundin b: 29 JUN 1917 d: 1 MAR 1995
Lil (Thomas) d: AFT 2006
Aleta J. Brown b: FEB 1895 d: 13 OCT 1964
Alan Wilson Thomas b: 13 APR 1899 d: JAN 1979
Marion Davis b: 2 MAY 1901 d: OCT 1979
Genevieve Thomas b: 31 MAR 1903 d: 23 NOV 1989
Alfred Waldemar Lago b: 3 FEB 1896 d: 27 APR 1988
William Eugene Pelto b: 15 JUN 1922 d: 25 DEC 2000
Victor Frank Thomas b: 27 SEP 1905 d: 29 FEB 1992
La Dene Duke b: 31 JUL 1919 d: 14 FEB 2007
Ethel Maude Thomas b: 9 AUG 1896 d: 28 MAY 1975
William Edward McCullough b: 26 FEB 1886 d: DEC 1972
William Victor McCullough b: 6 DEC 1923 d: 17 JAN 2002
Gloria Steele Ivory b: 24 FEB 1928 d: 4 MAY 1951
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Dorothy Anna Day b: 28 FEB 1921 d: 11 SEP 2008
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Esther Gibson b: 1 MAR 1814 d: 19 FEB 1912
William Foster b: 14 JUN 1858 d: 30 APR 1859

From "History of Armstrong County", Chapter 24, Sugar Creek: "Adjoining the Campbell-Blaney-Porterfield tract on the east and the depreciation line on the south, is another of the same shape, 356 acres and 37 perches, March 1, 1794, which was conveyed to Charles Campbell, June 15, 1814, for $200. The early settler on it was Alexander Foster, who was assessed with 100 acres, 1 horse and 1 cow in 1805 at $91. Campbell conveyed to him 100 acres and 25 perches, June 14, 1821, for $10. Foster acquired title to the rest of this tract, except about 90 acres in the northwestern part, which constituted the farm on which he lived at the time of his death, and which by his will, dated April 17, 1828, and registered May 19, 1838, he devised to his sons, Christopher, Thomas and William, which he directed to be divided in three equal parts as to quantity, and allotted the part on which was the house, in which he then lived, to Christopher, the west end to Thomas, and the northeastern part to William." This division explains why his wife Elizabeth lived with son Christopher until her death.

Donegal Irish in Butler Co., PA by Linda Merle, http://www.ulsterheritage.com/history/donegal_irish.htm
"I briefly researched a group of Irish of mixed religions who migrated to the Butler County area of Western Pennsylvania quite early. ...I found a book in the Butler Co. Library on the history of the Pittsburgh Catholic Diocese that had much about this group. Some information was also published by the Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society in an article entitled: 100 YEARS of the Pittsburgh Catholic Diocese 1843 - 1943." WPGS Q 17 no. 1 (Summer 1990).

The community was named Sugar Creek or originally the 'Buffalo Mission.' It is the oldest Catholic community in western Pennsylvania.It began with the emigration of a group of Catholics and Presbyterians from the banks of Loch Erne in County Donegal, Ireland, in 1790. Some first settled for a time in "the Neck" in the northwestern section of Fayette County. Later, they came in groups to the western part of Armstrong and the northern part of Butler County. The Donegal colony gave its name to Donegal Township in Butler County in 1795. It was the focal point of a Catholic settlement extending over 20 square miles numbering approx. 90 families."

The Fosters may have also come with this group. They were known to be presbyterians and in the Sugar Creek area by 1805 and probably earlier (see "History of Armstrong County".

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