Jane McCullough Foster

Brief Life History of Jane McCullough

When Jane McCullough Foster was born on 4 March 1852, in Council Point, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, her father, George Foster, was 41 and her mother, Jane McCullough, was 33. She married Alfred Aaron Cluff on 21 December 1868, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States in 1860 and Safford, Pima, Arizona, United States in 1880. She died on 10 October 1922, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.

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Family Time Line

Alfred Aaron Cluff
1844–1930
Jane McCullough Foster
1852–1922
Marriage: 21 December 1868
Lula Jane Cluff
1870–1936
Franklin Alfred Cluff
1873–1939
Jennie June Cluff
1876–1960

Sources (13)

  • Jane Foster in household of Geo Foster, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Jane Foster, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Jennie Foster Cluff, "Arizona, Deaths, 1870-1951"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1864

Historical Boundaries: 1864: Pima, Arizona Territory, United States 1912: Pima, Arizona, United States

1872 · The First National Park

Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

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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BIOGRAPHY OF MARY JANE CLUFF BRIM

Mary Jane Cluff was born on 25 June 1855 in Provo, Utah, Utah Territory to Benjamin and Mary Ellen Foster Cluff. She was the oldest of seven children, three girls and four boys. Her mother, M …

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