John Montgomery Forster and Jennette Wright

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Husband John Montgomery Forster ¹

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           Born: 21 Jun 1789 - Paxtang, Dauphin Co, PA 1
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           Died: 21 Sep 1858 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 2
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         Father: Thomas Forster (1762-1836) 3 4 5 6
         Mother: Sarah Pettit Montgomery (1766-1808) 4 5 6

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Wife Jennette Wright ¹

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           Born: 1790 - Paterson, Passaic Co, NJ 7
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           Died: 30 Jul 1880 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 7
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         Father: John Wright (Abt 1745-1814) 7 8
         Mother: Rose Chambers (      -1822) 7 8

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Children

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1 M Thomas Forster ⁷

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           Born: 21 Dec 1819 7
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           Died: 31 Jan 1858 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 7
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2 M James Forster ⁷

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           Born: 1823 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 7
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           Died: 1 Feb 1879 - New York City, NY
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3 M Weidman Forster ⁷

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           Born: 4 Sep 1825 7
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           Died: 27 May 1894 - Mercersburg, Franklin Co, PA 7
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         Spouse: Mary Carroll (      -      ) 7

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4 M John Montgomery Forster ⁹

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         Spouse: Sarah Elder (      -      ) 9

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General Notes: Husband - John Montgomery Forster

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He passed his youth partly at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and partly at Erie, where his father removed about 1799. He studied law with his uncle, Samuel Laird, at Harrisburg, and was admitted to the bar of Dauphin County at May term, 1814. He marched with the volunteers from that section of the state to Baltimore, in 1814, and was elected or appointed brigade major of the brigade commanded by his uncle, General John Forster. After his return, he practiced law at Harrisburg, and was Deputy Attorney General for the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon, under the administration of Governor Hiester, Thomas Elder being Attorney General. Upon the occasion of General Lafayette's visit to Harrisburg, he commanded the military. He was president of the Branch Bank of Pennsylvania, at Harrisburg, until it was discontinued. He represented that judicial district in the first Board of Revenue Commissioners, convened in 1844, to equalize taxation between the several counties of the state, and was elected secretary of the board at the session of 1847 and 1850. In 1846 he was commissioned by Governor Shunk as president judge of the counties of Chester and Delaware, and served for several months in that capacity.

1 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 249.

2 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 257.

3 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 493.

4 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Pg 893.

5 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Erie, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1896), Pg 549.

6 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 247.

7 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 258.

8 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 554.

9 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 209, 258.