John Forster, Jr.

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Husband John Forster, Jr. ¹

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         Father: John Forster (      -1783) 3
         Mother: Margaret [Unk] (      -1792) 1

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General Notes: Husband - John Forster, Jr.

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He died young and unmarried, the victim of an Indian massacre. His death occurred in an attack made by a band of raiding Indians on what was known as French Jacob's Mill (Jacob Groshong), about five miles north of Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania, and near where the road through the Brush Valley narrows entered Buffalo Valley. He was one of a company of enlisted rangers whose duty it was to patrol the northern side of the Valley along the Buffalo mountain to guard against Indian incursions. A sudden and unexpected foray, however, was made by the natives, and in the smart skirmish that followed four of the rangers were killed, among them being John Forster, Jr.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 154.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 155.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 153.