Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Rev. James Martin Foster and Louisa Cross


Husband Rev. James Martin Foster 1 2 3 

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


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


       Marriage: 27 Feb 1866 8

   Other Spouse: Susan Baird (cal 1843-1865) 3 9 - 13 Nov 1861 - Scrubgrass Twp, Venango Co, PA 10

Wife Louisa Cross 11 

            AKA: Lovisa Cross 8 12 13
           Born: 14 Jul 1843 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 20 Apr 1904 8
         Buried:  - ? Sandy Lake, Mercer Co, PA


         Father: Judge Robert Cross (1811-1874) 12 13 14 15
         Mother: Hannah McKissick (1816-1893) 11 12 13 15


Children
1 F Mary Jane Foster 8 

           Born: 13 Jan 1867 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Aug 1893 8
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Rev. Samuel Mills (      -      ) 8

2 F Alice C. Foster 8 

           Born: 27 Sep 1868 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 6 May 1934 8
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 16

         Spouse: James Potter (1861-Abt 1941) 8
           Marr: 13 Aug 1896 8

3 F Susan E. Foster 17 18 19 

           Born: 6 Sep 1870 19
     Christened: 
           Died: 1 Jun 1941 19
         Buried: 

         Spouse: John W. Cox (1868-1961) 17 18 19
           Marr: 24 Sep 1895 18 19

4 M William Cross Foster 20 

           Born: 12 Aug 1874 20
     Christened: 
           Died: 6 Sep 1876 20
         Buried:  - Calvert-Riddle Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 21

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

5 F Hannah Foster 20 

           Born: 12 Mar 1878 20
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Apr 1956 20
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Robert Emmet Earl Marsteller (1877-1964) 20
           Marr: 11 Jun 1913

6 F Edna Foster 22 

           Born: 24 Apr 1882 22
     Christened: 
           Died: 21 Jul 1945 22
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Rev. Wilber J. Hewitt (1877-1942/1943) 22
           Marr: 1 Aug 1906

General Notes: Husband - Rev. James Martin Foster


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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Sources

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

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

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

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

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

13 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 323.

14 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 518, 603.

15 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 47.

16 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 5, Rockland Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1997), Pg 79.

17 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 506.

18 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 414.

19 Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 31.

20 Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 32.

21 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.

22 Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 33.

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