Brief Life History of Wiley S
When Wiley S Foster was born on 12 February 1832, in Mocksville, Davie, North Carolina, United States, his father, Isaac Hilery Foster, was 25 and his mother, Hariet Beviel, was 27. He married Mary Ann Bastain on 17 August 1848, in Montgomery, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons. He lived in Coal Creek Township, Montgomery, Indiana, United States in 1870. He died on 10 November 1879, in New Richmond, Coal Creek Township, Montgomery, Indiana, United States, at the age of 47.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Wiley S Foster in household of Thos M Foster, "United States Census, 1870"
- Wiley Foster, "Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935"
Spouse and Children
1832–1879 Male
1832–1857 Female
Children (5)
1849–1861 Male
1850–1850 Male
1851– Male
1854–1857 Male
1857– Male
Parents and Siblings
1808–1870 Male
1806–1838 Female
Siblings (3)
1824–1890 Male
1832–1879 Male
1837–1912 Male
World Events (8)
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Age 4
1836 · The Massive Internal Improvements Act
Age 4
1846
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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