Husband John George Foight 1 2
Born: 19 Nov 1800 - Germany 2 3
Christened:
Died: 31 Dec 1872 - Westmoreland Co, PA 3 4
Buried:
Father: George Jacob Foight ( - ) 1 2
Mother:
Marriage:
Wife Eliza Jane Berlin 2 3
Born: 1800 - Gettysburg, Adams Co, PA 3 4
Christened:
Died: 1883
Buried:
Father: Jacob Berlin ( - ) 3 4
Mother:
Other Spouse: [Unk] Pinkerton ( - ) 2 3
Other Spouse: Charles Wooster ( - ) 2 3
Children
1 M Samuel Berlin Foight 3 4
Born: 1837 3 4
Christened:
Died: Dec 1871 4 5
Cause of Death: Fever
Buried:
Spouse: Margaret Remaley ( - ) 4 5
2 F Lucinda Foight 4 5
Born:
Christened:
Died: Aft 1890
Buried:
Spouse: Herman H. Beeson ( -Bef 1890) 4 5
3 F Satiah Foight 4 5
Born:
Christened:
Died: Bef 1918
Buried:
Spouse: Oliver Purcell ( -Bef 1890) 4 5
Spouse: David Miller ( -Bef 1918) 4 5
4 M John George Foight 1 7 8
AKA: Hon. John G. Bright 6
Born: 28 Nov 1842 - Murrysville, Westmoreland Co, PA 5 8
Christened:
Died: Aft 1918
Buried:
Spouse: Mary Emeline Brinker (1847- ) 5 6 7 8
Marr: 1867 5
General Notes: Husband - John George Foight
He served an apprenticeship with a boot and shoe maker in his native village and learned that trade. In the year 1823 he embarked on a sailing vessel bound for America. It is not known from what port in the Fatherland he sailed, but by reason of contrary winds his voyage lasted eighty days. He and his fellow wayfarers suffered some hardships from their long cruise, as the ship's commissary was exhausted of everything but salt meats before reaching the American side of the Atlantic. He settled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he began to work at his trade as a journeyman. In 1832 he removed with his family to Murrysville, Westmoreland County, where he purchased a tract of twenty acres of land, erected a log house and shop, set up as a master in his trade and followed it until a few years before his death.
When a mere lad he saw Napoleon's army march through Germany in the unfortunate campaign against Russia. This wonderful pageant was so stamped upon his youthful mind that he never tired of relating it to his family, and always with great pride. The military spirit ran high in him and he was a member of a volunteer militia company called the "Franklin Blues."
General Notes: Wife - Eliza Jane Berlin
The old Foight homestead was on the line of the northern turnpike, which before the building of the Pennsylvania railroad, was one of the main thoroughfares between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. In her day she was famous for the cakes she made and for a beverage called "spruce beer," which she supplied to travelers on the pike. She and her husband Foight first attended Denmark Manor Reformed church, where now repose their remains. This church was about five miles from where they lived, and before they possessed a horse they traveled to the church afoot. In the latter years of their lives a Methodist Episcopal church was established at Murrysville and they united with it. When a small girl she was among the company who welcomed Marquis LaFayette upon his visit from France to the United States. She many times spoke to her friends in later years of the warm welcome extended by the people to the famous general upon that occasion.