Brief Life History of Thomas Coke
When Thomas Coke Foster was born on 2 July 1813, in Franklin, Ohio, United States, his father, Rev. John Lewis Foster Jr., was 42 and his mother, Martha Prather, was 41. He married Jane Davis on 15 October 1839. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Franklin, Ross, Ohio, United States in 1850 and Franklin Township, Ross, Ohio, United States in 1860. He died on 18 December 1882, at the age of 69, and was buried in Higby Cemetery, Richmond Dale, Ross, Ohio, United States.
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- Thomas C Foster, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Thomas Coke Foster - birth:
- Thomas C. Foster, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
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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