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Alexander Franklin Foster 1759 – 1843 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 February 1759

Birth Location: County Donegal, Ireland

Death Date: 26 May 1843

Death Location: Montgomery County, Indiana, USA

Father: Rt. Commons

Mother: Margaretha Burgi

Spouse(s): Sarah Campbell

Children(s): Richard Foster, Sarah Foster, Nancy Foster, Mary Foster, Jane Foster, William Foster, Elizabeth Foster, Ann Foster, George Foster, Hannah Foster, Hannah Foster, Hugh Foster, Richard Foster, Robert Foster, Martha Foster, Catherine Foster, Rebecca Foster, Phoebe Foster, Thurza Foster

In 1759, Alexander Franklin Foster entered the world in County Donegal, Ireland, born to Rt. Hon. John FOSTER (Lord Oriel) Last Speaker of the Irish House of Commons and Margaretha Amelia Burgi. Years later, Alexander Franklin Foster married Sarah Campbell, and the couple became parents to Richard Foster, Sarah Foster, Nancy Foster, Mary Polly Foster, Jane Foster, William Foster, Elizabeth Foster, Ann Foster, George C Foster, Hannah H Foster, Hannah Foster, Hugh Foster, Richard Foster, Robert Franklin Foster, Martha Foster, Catherine Foster, Rebecca Foster, Phoebe Foster and Thurza Foster. Alexander Franklin Foster died in 1843 in Montgomery County, Indiana, USA.

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Parents

Rt. Commons
1740 – 1828
Birth Location: Dunleer Louth Ireland
RC
Margaretha Burgi
1739 – 1825
Birth Location: Evangelisch, Fleinheim, Jagstkreis, Wuerttemberg
MB

Spouses(s)

Sarah Campbell
1770 – 1845
Birth Location: Rockbridge, Virginia, United States
SC

Children(s)

Richard Foster
1778 –
Birth Location: North Carolina, United States
RF
Sarah Foster
1779 – 1859
Birth Location: Pennsylvania, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States
SF
Nancy Foster
1781 – 1859
Birth Location: Maryland, USA
NF
Mary Foster
1781 – 1859
Birth Location: Franklin County, Kentucky, United States of America
MF
Jane Foster
1784 –
Birth Location: Henry, Kentucky, United States
JF
William Foster
1786 – 1843
Birth Location: Kentucky, United States
WF
Elizabeth Foster
1788 – 1864
Birth Location: Kentucky, United States
EF
Ann Foster
1791 – 1877
Birth Location: Shelby, Kentucky, United States
AF
George Foster
1797 – 1861
Birth Location: Kentucky, USA
GF
Hannah Foster
1799 – 1872
Birth Location: Henry, Kentucky, United States
HF
Hannah Foster
1799 – 1872
Birth Location: United States of America
HF
Hugh Foster
1800 –
Birth Location: Virginia, United States
HF
Richard Foster
1801 – 1850
Birth Location: Warren, Tennessee, United States
RF
Robert Foster
1803 – 1871
Birth Location: Kentucky
RF
Martha Foster
1805 –
Birth Location: Shelby, Kentucky, United States
MF
Catherine Foster
1806 – 1888
Birth Location: Virginia, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States
CF
Rebecca Foster
1807 –
Birth Location: Shelby, Kentucky, United States
RF
Phoebe Foster
1810 – 1899
Birth Location: Shelby County, Kentucky, USA
PF
Thurza Foster
Birth Location: –
TF

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 10 February 1759
    Event Place: County Donegal, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 26 May 1843
    Event Place: Montgomery County, Indiana, USA

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