Thomas James Foster

Brief Life History of Thomas James

When Thomas James Foster was born on 10 July 1847, in Florence, Douglas, Nebraska, United States, his father, George Foster, was 36 and his mother, Jane McCullough, was 28. He died in April 1858, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 10.

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Family Time Line

George Foster
1810–1888
Jane McCullough
1819–1852
Sarah Jane Foster
1836–1910
Mary Ellen Foster
1837–1907
Margaret Ann Foster
1840–1883
Eliza Arnette Foster
1841–1880
Joseph Hyrum Foster
1844–1898
Thomas James Foster
1847–1858
Matilda Ruth Foster
1849–1931
Jane McCullough Foster
1852–1922

Sources (1)

  • Thomas James Foster, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"

World Events (4)

1848

Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States

1850

Named after the early pioneer leader Daniel C. Davis the County was established as a territory in 1850.The territorial legislature created Davis County in 1852 and designated its County seat at Farmington-midway between boundaries-the Weber River on the north and the mouth of the Jordan River on the south. Westward the County includes a portion of the Great Salt Lake-its largest island on which Antelope Island State Park is now located.During first half-century Davis County grew slowly.It supported a hardy pioneer people engaged in irrigation agriculture and raising livestock.The Utah Central Railroad(now the Union Pacific crossed the County from Ogden on the north to Salt Lake City on the south in 1870 and offered welcome transportation links to bring manufactured products.This was the beginning of a transition in the County's history that led to mechanized agriculture, a surge of commerce, banking, and local business along with improved roads, new water systems, and the electrification of homes and business

1854

On May 30, 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not they wanted to allow slavery within their borders. This Act repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820.

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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George Foster (1810-1888) (The following is copied from an original in his good hand)

I immigrated to America in 1832. I was married to Jane McCullough in 1835, in Cincinnati. She was a daughter of Joseph McCullough and Mattie Hutchison. We had eight children namely, Sarah Jane, Mar …

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