Alexander D. Foster and Sarah Davis

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Husband Alexander D. Foster ^{1 2}

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           Born: 3 Jun 1773 - County Londonderry, Ireland 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 14 Mar 1849 or 1854 1 2 3
         Buried:  - Versailles Cemetery, McKeesport, Allegheny Co, PA

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         Father: [Ancestor] Foster (      -      )
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 1800 2

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Wife Sarah Davis ^{2 4}

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           Born: 1777 - Ireland 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Dec 1858 - Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN 2
         Buried:  - Versailles Cemetery, McKeesport, Allegheny Co, PA

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         Father: Samuel Davis (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Martha Morrison (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 M Alexander Foster ⁵

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           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1889
         Buried: 

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2 M Samuel D. Foster ^{6 7}

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           Born: 19 Dec 1802 - Allegheny Co, PA 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 14 Mar 1886 - near McKeesport, Allegheny Co, PA 7
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Martha McCollough (1806-1864) 6
           Marr: 12 Mar 1829 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 7

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3 M John Foster ⁶

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1889
         Buried: 

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4 M Walter Foster ⁵

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           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1889
         Buried: 

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5 M William Foster ⁸

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           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1889
         Buried: 

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6 F Sarah Foster ⁶

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            AKA: Margaret Foster 2
           Born: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: William Forsyth (      -      ) 6

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7 M David Foster ^{3 9}

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           Born: 1820 - Washington Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1889
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Elizabeth Ross (      -Aft 1889) 3 10
           Marr: 1845 3 11

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General Notes: Husband - Alexander D. Foster

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In 1791 he immigrated to America from Ireland, and soon after his arrival came to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but later moved to Washington County, where he engaged in farming.

He emigrated to the United States in early manhood, arriving at Philadelphia, July 12, 1793, and for a time lived in Chester and Lancaster counties, Pennsylvania, later drifting to Pittsburgh. With some others he took a flatboat loaded with provisions down the Ohio river to General Wayne's headquarters, and upon the return trip they were attacked by Indians near Marietta, but escaped. They made their way to Erie, where they helped erect a blockhouse, and soon afterwards he returned to Pittsburgh, where he settled on the Bower Hill farm, and Chartiers creek, and lived there thirteen years. Removing to Somerset township, Washington County, he lived there twenty-one years, then moved to a farm in Versailles township, Allegheny County, where the remainder of his life was spent. He and his wife were members of the United Presbyterian Church. [GPHWP, 635]

He married and had ten children, of whom David was the youngest.

They had six sons and one daughter. [HAC 1889, 386]

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General Notes: Wife - Sarah Davis

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She was born in Ireland and came to America in the same ship as Mr. Foster, in company with her parents and her brothers.

She died at the age of eighty-four years, ten years after the death of her husband.

1 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 386, 426, 643.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 635.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 189.

4 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 426.

5 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 386, 643.

6 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 643.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 636.

8 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 386.

9 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 398, 426, 643.

10 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 386, 398, 426.

11 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 386, 426.