Brief Life History of James S
When James S Foster was born in 1847, in Linden, Cass, Texas, United States, his father, Thomas Jefferson Foster, was 38 and his mother, Elizabeth Beaty, was 17. He married Sarah Comfort Roundtree in 1868, in Hughes Springs, Cass, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 3, Tarrant, Texas, United States in 1880. He died in 1887, in Tarrant, Texas, United States, at the age of 40, and was buried in Grapevine, Tarrant, Texas, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (10)
- James S Foster, "United States Census, 1880"
- James Foster, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
- Jas F Foster in entry for W H Foster, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
Spouse and Children
1847–1887 Male
1849– Female
Children (9)
1869–1942 Female
1871–1940 Female
1872–1941 Male
1875–1930 Female
1877–1946 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1809–1901 Male
1830–1856 Female
Siblings (7)
1844– Female
1847–1930 Male
1847–1887 Male
1851– Female
1853–1919 Male
+2 More Children
World Events (8)
1850 · Compromise of 1850
Age 3
1852
Age 5
1861 · Texas Secedes from the United States
Age 14
Name Meaning
English: variant of Forster ‘worker in a forest’.
English: perhaps a nickname from Middle English foster ‘foster parent’ (Old English fōstre, a derivative of fōstrian ‘to nourish or rear’). But other explanations are equally or more likely.
English: from Old French forcetier ‘maker of scissors’; see Forster 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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