Husband Gen. John Forster 1 2
AKA: Gen. John Foster 3
Born: 17 Sep 1777 - Paxtang Twp, Lancaster (later Dauphin) Co, PA 4
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Died: 28 May 1863 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 4
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Father: John Forster (1725-1789) 5
Mother: Catharine Dickey (1738-1804) 5
Marriage: 9 Jul 1833 6
Other Spouse: Mary Elder (1779-1831) 1 7 - 25 Sep 1798 4
Wife Margaret Snodgrass Law 8
Born: 6 Mar 1804 6
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Died: 9 Dec 1891 6
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Father: Benjamin Law ( - ) 9
Mother:
Other Spouse: Rev. James H. Stuart ( -Bef 1833) 6
Children
1 M Benjamin Law Forster 6 10
AKA: Benjamin Law Foster 3
Born: 29 Aug 1834 6
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Spouse: Annie Bull Alricks (1838-1888) 3 6
Marr: 8 Jun 1864 3 6
2 M Orsan Douglass Forster 6
Born: 21 Jan 1843 6
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Died: 30 Nov 1865 6
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
3 F Margaret Snodgrass Forster 6
Born: 6 May 1844 6
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Died:
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Spouse: Edwin Vose Sumner (1835- ) 11
Marr: 18 Jan 1866 6
4 F Ellen Rutherford Forster 12
Born: 19 Nov 1846 12
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Spouse: George Conway Bent (1844- ) 12
5 F Mary Elizabeth Forster 12
Born: 23 May 1850 12
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Spouse: James Edward Cann (1846- ) 12
Marr: 2 Sep 1875 12
General Notes: Husband - Gen. John Forster
He was born in Paxtang township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, an area that later became Susquehanna township, Dauphin County.
He received a good education and was at Princeton when a call was made by President Washington for volunteers to march to western Pennsylvania to put down the so-called "Whiskey Insurrection" of 1794, and was on that expedition as an aid to General Murray. He subsequently read law with General Hanna, but never applied for admission to the bar, turning his attention to mercantile pursuits, in which he was very successful. During the military era of the government prior to the War of 1812 he was colonel of State militia, and in 1814, when the troops from Pennsylvania marched to the defense of the beleaguered city of Baltimore, he was placed in command of a brigade of volunteers. For his gallant services in that campaign the thanks of the general commanding were tendered in special orders. He served in the State Senate from 1814 to 1818. General Forster was cashier of the Harrisburg Bank for a period of at least sixteen years, established the Bank of Lewistown, and in 1837 was cashier of the Exchange Bank of Pittsburgh. He subsequently became president of the Branch Bank at Hollidaysburg, but in a few years retired from all business pursuits and returned to his home at Harrisburg.