Henry Fetz Foster and Clarissa Torrence Henshaw
Husband Henry Fetz Foster 1
Born: 18 Oct 1818 - Franklin Twp, Fayette Co, PA 1 Christened: Died: 7 Mar 1886 1 Buried:
Father: John Ferree Foster (1788-1860) 2 Mother: Jane Fetz (1794-1870) 2
Marriage:
Wife Clarissa Torrence Henshaw 1
Born: 4 Jul 1817 - North Union Twp, Fayette Co, PA 1 Christened: Died: 29 Dec 1898 - Uniontown, Fayette Co, PA 1 Buried:
Father: William Henshaw ( - ) 3 Mother: Ann Parker ( - ) 3
Children
1 F Louisa Foster 1
Born: 8 Jan 1842 1 Christened: Died: 30 Dec 1885 1 Buried:
2 M Samuel Foster 1
Born: 9 Jun 1844 1 Christened: Died: Abt 1859 Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
3 F Virginia Foster 1
Born: 2 Sep 1846 1 Christened: Died: Abt 1851 Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
4 M John W. Foster 1
Born: 26 Jun 1848 1 Christened: Died: Aft 1912 Buried:Spouse: Mary Eliza Conwell ( - ) 1
5 M Moses A. Foster 1
Born: 10 Dec 1850 1 Christened: Died: Abt 1886 Buried:
6 F Harriet Ann Foster 1
Born: 13 May 1853 1 Christened: Died: Abt 1865 Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
7 F Clarissa H. Foster 1
Born: 26 Jul 1855 - North Union Twp, Fayette Co, PA 1 Christened: Died: Abt 1884 Buried: Status: Twin
8 F Caroline H. Foster 1
Born: 26 Jul 1855 - North Union Twp, Fayette Co, PA 1 Christened: Died: Aft 1912 Buried: Status: Twin
9 F Rebecca Jane Foster 1
Born: 16 Nov 1865 1 Christened: Died: in infancy Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
10 U [Infant] Foster 1
Born: Christened: Died: in infancy Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Henry Fetz Foster
He was educated in the common schools and remained at the home farm in North Union township, his father's assistant until his marriage. He then rented the Samuel Evans farm, on which he lived for twelve years. He then purchased his father's farm of one hundred acres and spent his after life engaged in its cultivation. He was a Democrat in politics, and served for many years as school director and tax collector. In religious faith both he and his wife were Presbyterians.
1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 194.
2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 193.
3
John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 180.
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