Brief Life History of Absolem Mathis
When Absolem Mathis Foster was born on 2 May 1857, in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States, his father, Edmond W Foster, was 23 and his mother, Nancy Jane Eller, was 18. He married Martha Ann Hubbard on 21 November 1875, in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 7 July 1937, in Lewis Fork Township, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery, Wilkesboro, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States.
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Sources (37)
- Abslom M Foster, "United States Census, 1930"
- Abraham Foster, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- A. M. Foster, "North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994"
Spouse and Children
1857–1937 Male
1858–1909 Female
Children (9)
1877–1971 Female
1879–1938 Male
1881–1940 Male
1882–1975 Male
1883–1885 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1834–1911 Male
1838–1915 Female
Siblings (15)
1855–1855 Female
1856– Female
1857–1937 Male
1859– Female
1861–1945 Male
+10 More Children
World Events (8)
1862 · Battle of Roanoke Island
Age 5
1863
Age 6
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 24
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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