Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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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.

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Sources


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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