Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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William Foster and Amelia P. Crowther




Husband William Foster 1 2

           Born: 24 Feb 1827 - Canal Twp, Venango Co, PA 1
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           Died: Aft 1890
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         Father: John Foster (1768-1844) 1 3
         Mother: Isabella Beatty (1804-1867) 1 3


       Marriage: 1854 1



Wife Amelia P. Crowther 1 2

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         Father: Eli Crowther (      -      ) 1
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Children
1 M John H. Foster 1

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2 F Gertrude Foster 1

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3 F Alice Foster 1 4

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         Spouse: Dwight D. Duffield (1849-      ) 1 4
           Marr: 1875 4


4 F Ida Belle Foster 2

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5 F Eva Foster 2

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6 M Dwight Howe Foster, Sr. 2

           Born:  - Canal Twp, Venango Co, PA
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           Died: Bef 1942
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         Spouse: Grace I. Yarletts (      -      )



General Notes: Husband - William Foster


He was reared to farm life, and followed that occupation. He was elected justice of the peace in 1874 and re-elected in 1879. He also filled the office of county auditor. He was an elder in the Sugar Creek Presbyterian church, and in politics a Democrat. [HVC 1890, 1060]

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Sources


1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1060.

2 Helen M. Snyder, Genealogy of Robert Beatty 1760-1823 (Franklin, PA: Self-published.), Pg 90.

3 Helen M. Snyder, Genealogy of Robert Beatty 1760-1823 (Franklin, PA: Self-published.), Pg 89.

4 —, The Duffield Family; A Sketch of William Duffield, of Venango County, PA, and His Descendents (PA: The William Duffield Association, 1905), Pg 19.


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