Husband Gen. John Forster 1 2
AKA: Gen. John Foster 3
Born: 17 Sep 1777 - Paxtang Twp, Lancaster (later Dauphin) Co, PA 4
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Died: 28 May 1863 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 4
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Father: John Forster (1725-1789) 5
Mother: Catharine Dickey (1738-1804) 5
Marriage: 25 Sep 1798 4
Other Spouse: Margaret Snodgrass Law (1804-1891) 6 - 9 Jul 1833 7
Wife Mary Elder 1 8
Born: 1779 8
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Died: 18 Dec 1831 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 9
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Father: John Elder (1757-1811) 10 11 12
Mother: Elizabeth Awl ( -Abt 1850) 11
Children
1 M John Elder Forster 9
Born: 1799 9
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Died: 15 May 1879 - Washington, D. C. 9
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Spouse: Elizabeth Culbertson Law ( -1889) 9
2 M Joshua Elder Forster 13
Born: 1800 13
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Died: 30 Jul 1864 13
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Spouse: Elizabeth Lewis Alder ( - ) 13
Marr: 11 Aug 1832 13
3 F Catharine Forster 9
Born: 1802 9
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Died: 8 Feb 1872 9
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Spouse: Henry Antes (1784-1860) 9 14
4 F Mary Forster 13
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
5 M Rev. Thomas Forster 13
Born: 15 Nov 1812 13
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Died: 17 Feb 1889 13
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Spouse: Eliza Rich Hall (1822- ) 13
6 M Theodore Forster 13
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Died: 9 Jan 1883 - St. Louis, MO 13
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Spouse: Mary Bryan ( - ) 13
Spouse: Virginia Hamilton ( - ) 13
Marr: 14 Apr 1875 13
7 M Washington Forster 7
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
8 M William M. Forster 7
Born: 8 Aug 1820 7
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Died: 25 Sep 1893 7
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Spouse: Rachel Elvira Whitely (1823-1891) 7
General Notes: Husband - Gen. John Forster
He was born in Paxtang township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, an area that later became Susquehanna township, Dauphin County.
He received a good education and was at Princeton when a call was made by President Washington for volunteers to march to western Pennsylvania to put down the so-called "Whiskey Insurrection" of 1794, and was on that expedition as an aid to General Murray. He subsequently read law with General Hanna, but never applied for admission to the bar, turning his attention to mercantile pursuits, in which he was very successful. During the military era of the government prior to the War of 1812 he was colonel of State militia, and in 1814, when the troops from Pennsylvania marched to the defense of the beleaguered city of Baltimore, he was placed in command of a brigade of volunteers. For his gallant services in that campaign the thanks of the general commanding were tendered in special orders. He served in the State Senate from 1814 to 1818. General Forster was cashier of the Harrisburg Bank for a period of at least sixteen years, established the Bank of Lewistown, and in 1837 was cashier of the Exchange Bank of Pittsburgh. He subsequently became president of the Branch Bank at Hollidaysburg, but in a few years retired from all business pursuits and returned to his home at Harrisburg.