Rev. James Martin Foster and Susan Baird

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Husband Rev. James Martin Foster ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 9 Dec 1836 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 24 Jan 1927 3
         Buried:  - ? Sandy Lake, Mercer Co, PA

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         Father: James Foster, Sr. (1810-1898) 4 5 6
         Mother: Catherine Smith (1814-1836) 4 6 7

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       Marriage: 13 Nov 1861 - Scrubgrass Twp, Venango Co, PA 8

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   Other Spouse: Louisa Cross (1843-1904) 9 - 27 Feb 1866 10

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Wife Susan Baird ^{3 11}

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           Born: Cal 18 May 1843
     Christened: 
           Died: 21 Jan 1865 3
         Buried:  - Calvert-Riddle Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 12

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         Father: James Baird (1807-1865) 11
         Mother: Mary Kilpatrick (1810/1813-1890) 11

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Children

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1 M Rev. Henry Cooper Foster, D.D. ^{3 13}

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           Born: 4 Sep 1862 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 Dec 1940 3
         Buried:  - McKee Cemetery, Clintonville, Venango Co, PA 14

         Spouse: Laura Jane Scott (1861/1862-1937/1938) 3 13
           Marr: 1888 3

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2 M James Franklin Foster

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           Born: 18 Feb 1864
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Mar 1865
 Cause of Death: Typhoid fever
         Buried:  - Calvert-Riddle Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 12

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. James Martin Foster

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He attended Allegheny College and taught in the old academy at Franklin, PA. He was graduated from Starling Medical College in 1863; and spent some time at Jefferson Medical School in Philadelphia. He practiced medicine at Clintonville, PA. In 1871 he entered the Erie Conference of the Methodist Church. He served churches at Greenwood, Harrisville, Hendersonville, Harlansburg, Volant, Sheakleyville, New Wilmington, Mahoningtown, Sandy Lake, Springboro, Pleasantville and Robison Chapel. (3)

Residing at New Wilmington, PA, in 1919.

He originally studied medicine, and practiced the profession at Clintonville, Venango County, in partnership with Dr. Whann, later of Franklin. But eventually he entered the ministry of the M. E. Church, serving in the Erie Conference at Sandy Lake, Sheakleyville and other charges in this section, principally in Mercer County. He was also stationed at Pleasantville and Robinson Chapel, in Venango County. After forty years of active ministerial work he retired, though he has served occasionally since giving up his regular duties. He lives with his daughters, one of whom is the wife of Rev. Mr. Hewit. [CAB, 577]

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General Notes: Wife - Susan Baird

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Other sources give her year of birth as 1841 or 1842.
She died of typhoid fever.

1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 986, 995, 1026.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 518, 577, 604.

3 Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 29.

4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1026.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 576, 792.

6 Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 25.

7 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 577.

8 Joan S. Hanson & Kenneth L. Hanson, Marriages from Venango County Sources (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994), Pg 81.

9 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 518, 604.

10 Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 30.

11 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 986.

12 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 2, Clinton Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1994), Pg 16.

13 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 791.

14 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 2, Clinton Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1994), Pg 102.