Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Arthur T. Foster and Carrie L. Tibbens


Husband Arthur T. Foster 1 2 3 

           Born: 17 Sep 1870 - Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 2 3
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           Died: 12 Feb 1956 3
         Buried:  - Graham Cemetery, Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 4


         Father: Robert A. Foster (1841-1931) 1 5 6
         Mother: Mary Ann Haslett (1837-1922) 1 2 3


       Marriage: 1893 - ? Venango Co, PA

Wife Carrie L. Tibbens 2 3 

           Born: 1874 - Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1929
         Buried:  - Graham Cemetery, Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 4


         Father: George Randolph Tibbens (1849-1917) 7
         Mother: Margaret Ann "Maggie" Gordon (1853-      ) 8 9 10


Children
1 U [Infant] Foster 

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           Died: 1896
         Buried:  - Graham Cemetery, Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 11






2  M  Earl L. Foster 2





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         Spouse: Helen R. McClelland (      -      ) 2 12
           Marr: 14 Jul 1915 - Sandy Lake, Mercer Co, PA 13






3  F  Dora Gertrude Foster 2





           Born: Abt 1895 - Venango Co, PA
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         Spouse: Gordon Samuel Graham (1889-1939) 2
           Marr: 28 Jun 1916 - Bully Hill, near Franklin, Venango Co, PA






4  M  Lloyd Foster 2





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         Spouse: Ethyl Marie Graham (      -      ) 13
           Marr: 14 May 1919 - Coffeyville, Montgomery Co, KS 13






5  F  Hazel Louise Foster 2





           Born: 1898 - Bully Hill, near Franklin, Venango Co, PA
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           Died: 1984
         Buried:  - Graham Cemetery, Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 14



         Spouse: Victor Joshua Hanna (1899-1982)
           Marr: 9 Jun 1920 - Polk, Frenchcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA






6  F  Maude Foster 2





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7  M  Paul Foster 2





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8  M  Howard Foster 2





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9  F  Lucille Isabell "Cindy" Foster 2





           Born: 1905 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA
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           Died: 1978
         Buried:  - Graham Cemetery, Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 15



         Spouse: Robert Lewis "Toot" Smith (1905-1988)
           Marr: 22 Nov 1927 - Erie, Erie Co, PA






10  M  Richard Foster 2





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11  M  Clyde Foster 2





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         Spouse: Fern Baker (      -      ) 16









General Notes: Husband - Arthur T. Foster




He was born at his father's home near East Grove M. E. Church, and grew up there, being allowed all the advantages of the local schools. At the age of twenty-three years he started life on his own account, but remained in his father's employ five years longer. For some years he was associated with his brother George in the production of oil, taking leases on one hundred acres belonging to their father, about a mile distant from the old home farm, and making important developments on that tract, drilling eight or nine producing wells. When they dissolved partnership they divided the hundred acres, with fourteen wells on each part, and Arthur T. Foster now [1919] has twenty-six producing wells on his section, besides a gas well drilled down twenty-four hundred feet to the Bradford sand, for home use. Twenty-five more wells are still possible on this property, which has been by no means exhausted, though the twenty-six in operation now are producing an average of a quarter of a barrel daily each. With his father and others he also has interests in the Foster Company, with nineteen wells in operation, and he likewise has oil holdings in Butler County, though the latter have not yet undergone proper development. For some years he was a stockholder in the Pemrick Oil Company, of Franklin, and its successor, the Crew Levick Company, but he disposed of that interest. Mr. Foster has made good progress with his agricultural work, having carried on the cultivation of the soil systematically and also made fine improvements on his property in the way of buildings, a substantial barn and silo testifying to the scientific care which he gives to his farm produce and stock. He raises general crops, and has a fine herd of Jersey cows started, making a specialty of good butter. Mr. Foster has made his name synonymous with the best citizenship in his township. Every worthy project can count upon his cooperation and influence, which are highly valued by his old-time associates. The family have been prominent in the membership of the East Grove M. E. Church, which Mr. Foster serves as trustee. [CAB, 793]



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Sources






1
—, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1026.

2
Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 793.

3
Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 33.

4
Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 8, Sandycreek Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1999), Pg 36.

5
Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 577, 792.

6
Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 33, 122.

7
Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 1040.

8
—, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1028.

9
Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 1041.

10
Virginia Gordon Russell, Gordons of Western Pennsylvania (Cochranton, PA: Specialty Printers, 1981), Pg 86.

11
Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 8, Plum Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 2000), Pg 36.

12
J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 852.

13
Joan S. Hanson & Kenneth L. Hanson, Marriages from Venango County Sources (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994), Pg 81.

14
Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 8, Plum Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 2000), Pg 23.

15
Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 8, Sandycreek Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1999), Pg 41.

16
Virginia Gordon Russell, Gordons of Western Pennsylvania (Cochranton, PA: Specialty Printers, 1981), Pg 91.







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