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Peter Ransome Foster 1778 – 1873 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 FEB 1778

Birth Location: Brunswick County, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 1 MAY 1873

Death Location: Wilkensons Crossroad, Rutherford, Tennessee, USA

Father: Beverly Foster

Mother: ELIZABETH COMAN

Spouse(s): Sarah James

Children(s): John Foster, Robert Foster, Nancy Foster, William Foster, Sarah Foster, Martha Foster, James Foster, Joesph Foster, Eliza Foster, Peter Foster, Elliott Foster

In 1778, Peter Ransome Foster entered the world in Brunswick County, Virginia, USA, born to Beverly Ransome Foster and ELIZABETH COMAN. Years later, Peter Ransome Foster married Sarah Sally James, and the couple became parents to John Coman Foster, Robert Lenoir Foster, Nancy R. (Faulster ) Foster, William Ransome Foster, Sarah Elizabeth Foster, Martha Matilda Foster, James Harrison Foster, Joesph P Foster, Eliza Pease Foster, Peter Ransome Foster and Elliott Rutherford Foster. Peter Ransome Foster died in 1873 in Wilkensons Crossroad, Rutherford, Tennessee, USA.

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Parents

Beverly Foster
1748 – 1803
Birth Location: Isle of Wight County, Virginia, United States of America
BF
ELIZABETH COMAN
1752 – 1813
Birth Location: Isle of Wight County, Virginia, USA
EC

Spouses(s)

Sarah James
1780 – 1875
Birth Location: Brunswick County, Virginia, USA
SJ

Children(s)

John Foster
1807 – 1860
Birth Location: Brunswick, Virginia, USA
JF
Robert Foster
1806 – 1860
Birth Location: Brunswick, Virginia, USA
RF
Nancy Foster
1806 – 1850
Birth Location: Virginia, USA
NF
William Foster
1808 – 1870
Birth Location: Brunswick, Virginia, USA
WF
Sarah Foster
1812 – 1850
Birth Location: Greene, Tennessee, USA
SF
Martha Foster
1812 – 1875
Birth Location: Greene, Tennessee, USA
MF
James Foster
1815 – 1872
Birth Location: Greene, Tennessee, USA
JF
Joesph Foster
1817 – 1892
Birth Location: Virginia, USA
JF
Eliza Foster
1821 – 1870
Birth Location: Greene, Tennessee, USA
EF
Peter Foster
1826 – 1892
Birth Location: Greene, Tennessee, USA
PF
Elliott Foster
1830 – 1901
Birth Location: Louisiana, USA
EF

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 22 FEB 1778
    Event Place: Brunswick County, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 23 FEB 1778
    Event Place: Brunswick County, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1 MAY 1873
    Event Place: Wilkensons Crossroad, Rutherford, Tennessee, USA
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