John Foster and Mahala Nicely Byers

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Husband John Foster ¹

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           Born:  - Venango Co, PA
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           Died: 1851 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 2
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       Marriage: 

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Wife Mahala Nicely Byers ¹

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           Born:  - Pulaski, Lawrence Co, PA
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           Died: 1853 2
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         Father: James Byers, Jr. (1800-Abt 1891) 1
         Mother: Elizabeth Piper (1807-Abt 1900) 1

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Children

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1 M L. P. Foster ²

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           Born: 10 May 1849 - Venango Co, PA 2
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           Died: 
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         Spouse: Jessie Brown (      -1881) 3
           Marr: 3 Sep 1872 4

         Spouse: Lizzie Whitling (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 5 Sep 1883 3

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General Notes: Husband - John Foster

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He followed lumber rafting and boat-building and operated the United States hotel in Franklin, Pennsylvania. He also owned, at death, the farm that Foster's Station was located on, which was named for him. He belonged to the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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General Notes: Wife - Mahala Nicely Byers

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CAB, 692 states that she was still living in 1919.

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 692.

2 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1054.

3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1055.

4 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1055.