Ross Foster

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Husband Ross Foster ^{1 2}

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           Born:  - Maryland
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Wife

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Children

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1 M John Foster ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt 1786 - Maryland
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           Died: 21 Jul 1837 - Venango Co, PA 3
         Buried:  - Old Sandy Cemetery, Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

         Spouse: Mary Martin (      -      ) 1 2
           Marr: 1807 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 3

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General Notes: Husband - Ross Foster

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Little is known of the history of the Foster family prior to 1800, but this much is definite, that Ross Foster, father of John Foster, was a customer of Edward Hale, who was a merchant at Franklin, Venango County, Pennsylvania, from 1798 to 1800. The Foster family had moved there from Maryland, settling along the Allegheny river about two miles above Franklin some time previous to 1800, and in the year 1802 Ross Foster took a tract of land for settlement in Sugarcreek Township, above Franklin on the Allegheny. When the first legal assessment of Venango County was made, in 1805, his property was valued at $235 (the rate at that time was three-tenths of one per cent.) About 1812 Ross Foster moved to Pittsburgh with all of his family except his son John, and the latter's history alone is preserved. [CAB, 576]

Some tombstones in Graham Cemetery suggest that his wife's name may have been "Elizabeth".

1 Editor, 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 576, 792.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 576.

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 71.