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Nancy Foster 1804 – 1875 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: about 1804

Birth Location: Georgia, United States

Death Date: 1875

Death Location: Elmore, Elmore, Alabama, United States

Father: Josiah Foster

Mother: Anna Thissell

Spouse(s): William Canaday)

Children(s): Benjamin Kennedy

Nancy Foster was born in Georgia, United States in 1804, to Josiah Foster and Anna Thissell. Later in life, Nancy Foster married William Edward Kennedy (Kanaday and Canaday); among their children were Benjamin Franklin Kennedy. Nancy Foster died in Elmore, Elmore, Alabama, United States, 1875.

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Parents

Josiah Foster
1776 – 1849
Birth Location: Beverly, Mass
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Anna Thissell
1780 – 1843
Birth Location: Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
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Spouses(s)

William Canaday)
1797 – 1865
Birth Location: Putnam Co Georgia
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Children(s)

Benjamin Kennedy
1847 – 1924
Birth Location: Harris, Georgia, United States
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: about 1804
    Event Place: Georgia, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 18 Jan 1827
    Event Place: Hancock, Georgia, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1870-1880
    Event Place: Elmore, Elmore, Alabama, United States

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1 FEB 1877

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1875
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