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13. x. £ JEREMIAH C., b. 6 April, 1784.
5. DAVID FOSTER (Asa4) b. 24 Dec., 1741, Andover, Mass .; m. 24 Nov., 1768, Sarah Foster, b. 1750, d. about 1830. He d. 9 Dec., 1810. He settled in C. about 1766. Children, b. in C .:
i. NATHANIEL6, b. 19 Nov., 1769; d. 11 April, 1773.
ii. SARAH, b. 21 Aug., 1771; m. S. Hall.
iii. NATHANIEL, b. 4 Sept., 1773.
14. iv. DAVID, b. 1 April, 1776.
v. JOSEPH, b. 22 Sept., 1779.
15. vi. TIMOTHY, b. 21 Aug., 1782.
vii. ASA, b. 6 Aug., 1784; d. 10 Jan., 1785.
6. CAPT. JONATHAN' FOSTER (Asa4) b. Andover, Mass., 23 July, 1747; m. Ipswich, Mass., Nov., 1770, Lucy Rogers, dau. of Samuel, M. D., who was son of Rev. John, of Ipswich, Mass., and grandson of Rev. John Rogers, president of Harvard College. She was b. 19 Oct., 1748; d. about 1830. He d. 1815. He settled in C. about 1768. Children, b. in C .:
16. i. SAMUEL H.6, b. 6 Nov., 1771.
17. ii. JOHN, b. 22 July, 1773.
iii. ELIZABETH, b. 15 May, 1775; m. Samuel Pickard.
iv. LUCY, b. 1 Sept., 1777; m. 25 Dec., 1804, Thomas Ames. (See Ames Gen.) She d. in C. 22 July, 1843. He d. there 19 Nov., 1840.
v. HANNAH, b. 26 April, 1784; m. 22 Nov., 1815, Joseph Moody, b. 20 May, 1788, d. Penacook, 2 March, 1879; farmer. She d. 3 Dec., 1873. Children: 1. Mary Jane Moody, b. in C., 21 Jan., 1817; m. Capt. Nathaniel Rolfe of Penacook, 1 Jan., 1839; d. there 8 Aug., 1876. 2. Nathaniel Moody, b. in C., 25 Jan., 1818; m. Jane Lint, 17 April, 1842. He d. at Concord 15 Feb., 1855. 3. Lucy Ann Moody, b. in C. 19 Oct., 1823; m. Samuel Thomas Lancaster, 11 May, 1850. He d. at Lowell 2 Dec., 1890. She resided in Lowell, Mass. Children: (1) Walter Moody& Lancaster, b. in Lowell, Mass., 6 Nov., 1857; m. Sarah
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Jenkins Hill, 4 June, 1892. (2) Mary Maude Lancaster, b. 26 Nov., 1861. Children of Walter M. Lancaster: Southworth, b. 8 Aug., 1893, and Bruce Lancaster, b. 22 Aug., 1896. He d. in Worcester, Mass., 16 Aug., 1901.
7. COL. ASA® FOSTER (Asas, Asa4) b. 3 June, 1765, in C .; m. there 10 Nov., 1794, Sarah Morrill, dau. of Dea. David, b. 17 May, 1772; d. in C., 28 March, 1868. (See Morrill Gen.) He d. 21 Aug., 1861. At the age of fifteen, 4 July, 1780, Col. Foster enlisted in Capt. Ebenezer Webster's Co., Col. Moses Nichols' regiment of N. H. militia, which was sent in 1780 to West Point then under the command of Benedict Arnold. Here he was for a short time one of Arnold's bodyguard. He was a witness of Arnold's daring escape to the British ship Vulture. He was discharged 25 Oct., 1780, but retained his interest in military affairs after the close of the war and served for many years as colonel of the militia. He passed most of his life in C., and was noted for his rugged honesty. He was prominent in the early days of anti-slavery agitation in advocacy of freedom for the slave. Children, b. in C .:
18. i. ASA EMERSON7, b. 2 Sept., 1795.
ii. LUCY WILSON, b. 20 Jan., 1797; m. Caleb Morse Woodman (Mark, Edward, Edward, Edward, Edward) of Newbury, Mass., 15 Jan., 1823, in C. He was b. 19 June, 1785; d. 12 June, 1862, in Mid- dletown, Conn. She d. 8 Feb., 1888, in Middletown. Chil- dren: 1. Mary8. 2. Henry C. 3. Hannah Foster. 4 Asa Foster. 5. Susan Caroline Parker. 6. Helen Amanda, and 7. Horace Charles Woodman.
Children of Hannah Foster (Woodman) Calef, of Middle- town, Conn., were: Jeremiah Francis9, Arthur Benjamin, Jr., Edward Baker and Samuel Prescott Calef.
Children of Jeremiah Francis Calef were: Lucy Fosterto, Edith Dart, Irene Hutchinson and Arthur Benjamin Calef, 3d.
Children of Arthur Benjamin Calef, Jr., were: Jeremiah1º, Francis and Robert Calef.
Children of Edward Baker Calef were: Charles Harold10, Ethel M. and Helen Calef.
iii. HANNAH, b. 2 April, 1798; d. unm. 13 June, 1826.
19. iv. ADAMS, b. 28 Feb., 1800.
V. HARRISON, b. 30 Sept., 1801; m. Caroline Chadwick, and d. 30 Nov., 1841, in Solon, O. No children. James A. Garfield was a scholar of his at Solon.
vi. MEHITABLE, b. 31 Oct., 1803; m. 1 Jan., 1833, Eliphalet Kilburn, Jr., of Boscawen, b. 16 March, 1804, d. 14 Aug., 1863. She d. 9 Nov., 1899, and resided in Fontanelle, Ia. Children: 1. Galens (who was a lawyer in Fontanelle, and afterwards in Creston, Iowa). 2. Sarah Jane. 3. Ann Eliza. 4. Lucien Morrill (who was Capt. of Co. E of the 16th N. H. Vols. in the War of the Rebellion, and afterwards moved to Fontanelle, Iowa). 4. Charles, who d. unm.
Children of Galen Kilburn: (1) Lucien Mather. (2) Ella Anna. (3) Edmund LeClair. (4) Fannie Louise. (5) Win- nie Annie. (6) Clarence. (7) Eugene. (8) Norman Whipple. Children of Lucien Morrill Kilburn: (1) Charles Wheelock. (2) George G. (3) Mary Louise.
vii. SARAH, b. 7 Dec., 1805; d. unm. in C., 31 May, 1890, a teacher in Cleveland, O., N. H. and Penn.
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viii. GALEN, b. 10 Oct., 1807; d. 9 March, 1895. He studied law after he graduated from Amherst College in 1831, and was admitted to the bar in Erie, Penn., practicing there until 1863. Con- tinuing in business there until 1869, he returned to his native town where he resided until his death. Unm.
20. ix. STEPHEN SYMONDS, b. 17 Nov., 1809.
21. x. DAVID MORRILL, b. 30 Oct., 1811.
22. xi. NEWELL ABBOT, b. 7 Feb., 1814.
xii. CAROLINE, b. 13 Jan., 1816; resided in C. and Haddam, Conn. From the village school in C. she went to school in Hanover. After completing her studies there, she taught school for several years in N. H., and in Erie, Penn. Called back to C. to care for her parents in their declining years, she became not only their devoted companion, but also a dearly loved aunt to her nephews and nieces. She was a skilful nurse and had a natural taste for the practice of medicine, as did also her sister Sarah and brother Galen. They responded with ready sympathy to many calls of their neighbors and friends, and gave freely of their time and skill to those who needed their ministrations. At the age of 94 her interest in the questions of the day was as vivid, and her sympathies were as warm as if half a century of active life lay before her. She d. 15 April, 1910. Unm.
8. WILLIAM6 FOSTER (Abiels, Asa) b. in C., 24 Dec., 1763; m. 10 June, 1792, Betsey Morrill, b. 30 May, 1770. (See Morrill Gen.) He d. 10 July, 1825, in C. Soldier in the Revolutionary war, enlisting from C. Children, b. in C .:
i. PATTY (Martha)7, b. 24 March, 1793; m. 2 Aug., 1834, Enoch Ger- rish; d. 2 Aug., 1834, in Montreal, Can.
23. ii. CHARLES, b. 4 Oct., 1794.
iii. CHARLOTTE, b. 11 Oct., 1796; m. 28 June, 1827, Samuel Moore of Loudon; d. 17 Dec., 1885. Child: Kate: Moore, b. 1830; m. Ira G. Rowe. Children: (1) Samuel9 Rowe, d. 9 May, 1877. (2) Annie Rowe, m. 15 June, 1900, Frank Van Doorn.
iv. PEARSON MORRILL, b. 28 July, 1798; d. unm., 12 March, 1870.
24. y. HIRAM, b. 2 April, 1800.
vi. RUTH CHICKERING, b. 23 Nov., 1802; d. 17 Aug., 1821.
vii. LUCINDA, b. 7 May, 1804, unm .; d. Rochester, N. Y., in 1892.
25. viii. WILLIAM HENRY H., b. 21 Aug., 1806.
ix. ABIGAIL, b. 6 Aug., 1808; m. Amaziah Wood; d. 7 Dec., 1873, in Rochester, N. Y.
x. MARY, b. 10 June, 1810; d. 3 April, 1813.
26. xi. ARTHUR MASTEN, b. 19 Feb., 1812.
xii. MIRIAM, b. 19 Oct., 1816; m. Ira G. Rowe; d. 8 June, 1859. Children: 1. Martha& Rowe, b. 11 Oct., 1850; unm. 2. Arthur Rowe,
b. 21 Jan., 1854; m. 6 Feb., 1902, Sara Wilkinson. Child: (1) Arthur Harold9 Rowe, b. 11 Sept., 1907. 3. Foster Rowe, b. 1 May,1856; d. 10 Oct., 1887.
9. JAMES® FOSTER (Abiels, Asa4) b. in C., 28 Dec., 1765; m. 19 Jan., 1790, Mrs. Betsey Sanborn, b. 18 Aug., 1764. Children, b. in C .: i. Han- nah?, b. 1 March, 1791. ii. James Gilman, b. 22 Feb., 1793; d. 15 Oct., 1794. iii. Tomas, b. 29 Jan., 1795; d. 11 March, 1795. iv. Clarissa, b. 11 June, 1796. v. Jeremiah, b. 4 Aug., 1798. vi. John Taylor Gilman, b. 19 July, 1800. vii. Peter, b. 27 April, 1803.
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10. ABIEL® FOSTER (Abiels, Asa4) b. in C., 19 Feb., 1773; m. 25 Feb., 1796, Susannah Moore; b. 9 April, 1775; d. Solon, O., 22 June, 1853. She was the dau. of Capt. Samuel and Susanna (Webster) Moore of C. (See Moore Gen.) He d. in Solon, O., 24 Feb., 1846. He was educated in part at Phillips Academy in Exeter, and read law, being well versed in its general principles. For more than thirty years he held a commis- sion as a justice of the peace, and at one time most of the civil business of C. and vicinity was tried before him. In 1816 he was clerk of the N. H. Senate. Living on the homestead, he never took great interest in agriculture. At one time he was in trade in C. He sent his eldest son to Dartmouth College, and all his children obtained good educa- tions. In 1836 he emigrated to Columbus, O., his daus., Augusta, Sarah and Catherine, going with him. His son, Abiel, was at that time principal of a high school in Columbus. His daus., Eliza and Martha Jane, were matrons or teachers in state institutions. In 1843, he and his wife went to Solon, O., where he d. Children, b. in C .:
i. POLLY7, b. 1 Jan., 1797; m. 18 June, 1817, Moses, son of Major Moses and Rebecca (Abbott) Chamberlain, b. in Loudon, 7 Feb., 1792. (See Chamberlain Gen.)
27. ii. ABIEL, b. 19 June, 1798.
iii. Child, b. and d. 23 April, 1800.
iv. SUSANNA, b. 12 June, 1801; m. 18 Jan., 1825, Asa Stevens, d. 27 Jan., 1858, in Solon, O.
v. NANCY, b. 9 Feb., 1803; m. 8 July, 1828, Reuben M. Hannaford, b. in C., 1 May, 1800, d. Nov., 1884. She d. 8 March, 1858, in Solon, O.
28. vi. JOSEPH, b. 7 Nov., 1804.
vii. ELIZABETH, b. 28 Feb., 1806; m. 27 Oct., 1834, Isaac Dalton; d. 26 Nov., 1841. Child: Susan Elizabeth& Dalton, b. 28 Oct., 1841; d. young.
viii. AUGUSTA CAROLINE, b. 14 Oct., 1807; m. 17 Aug., 1843, Rufus Hub- bard; d. 1882, Moline, Ill.
ix. MARTHA JANE, b. 26 April, 1810; m. 20 Sept., 1839, John Roy. She d. 1881. Had two sons and one dau.
x. SARAH, b. 25 May, 1811; d. unm., Solon, O., 1883.
xi. CATHARINE, b. 16 Sept., 1812; d. 29 March, 1813.
xii. CATHARINE, b. 31 July, 1816; m. 2 Jan., 1844, D. C. Judd; d. Spar- tanburg, S. C., 4 Nov., 1858.
xiii. A stillborn child, 1 June, 1817.
11. DANIEL6 FOSTER (Daniels, Asa4) b. Andover, Mass., 29 June, 1761; m. Harriet Bracket. He served in the Revolutionary war, enlisting from C. Children, b. in C .:
29. i. DANIEL K.7, b. 14 May, 1793.
30. ii. SIMEON B., b. 5 Aug., 1796.
iii. POLLY.
iv. NANCY, m. John Morrill.
31. v. WILLIAM HARRISON.
vi. BETSEY, m. Stephen Brainard.
12. SIMEONG FOSTER (Daniels, Asa4) b. in C., 22 Jan., 1765; m. 28 Oct., 1801, Susanna Worthen, b. Chester, 22 Feb., 1777, d. 16 Jan., 1830. He d. 25 April, 1825. Children, b. in C .:
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i. EDMUND GREENLEAF7, b. 2 Nov., 1802; d. 25 March, 1824, unm.
ii. MARY, b. 23 Sept., 1806; m. James Pickard, of Rowley, Mass.
Children: 1. Nancy Pickard8. 2. Greenleaf Augustus Pickard.
32. iii. JOHN HUBBARD, b. 14 March, 1808.
33. iv. JOSEPH MOODY, b. 5 Jan., 1811.
34. v. BENJAMIN OSGOOD, b. 1 Aug., 1813.
13. JEREMIAH C.6 FOSTER (Daniels, Asa4) b. in C. 6 April, 1784; m. there 14 March, 1813, Susannah Bradley, b. July, 1784, d. 5 Sept., 1824. (See Bradley Gen.) He d. 14 May, 1839. Children, b. in C .:
35. i. CHARLES HENRY7, b. 15 Dec., 1813.
36. ii. JONATHAN B., b. 10 Sept., 1816.
iii. ELIZABETH, b. 10 Jan., 1824; d. unm. 10 Oct., 1841.
iv. SUSANNA, b. 6 March, 1822; d. unm. 23 Dec., 1877.
14. DAVID FOSTER6 (David5, Asa4) b. 1 April, 1776; m. in Loudon, Sarah Dear- born. She d. in LaSalle, Ill., 1 Oct., 1855. He was a farmer and d. in Buda, Ill., 10 Sept., 1843. Children, b. in C .:
i. MARY FRANCES7, b. 7 Dec., 1804; m. 24 May, 1841, William T. Randall. She d. 19 Nov., 1863.
37. ii. FRANKLIN, b. 29 April, 1806; m. Harriet Kendall.
iii. SARAH, b. 1 Aug., 1808; m. Dixwell Lathrop. She d. 7 July, 1878.
38. iv. JOSEPH, b. 8 July, 1810.
v. LUCY, b. 11 July, 1812; m. Frederick Tucker.
39. vi. GEORGE W., b. 2 June, 1816.
40. vii. HENRY BRADLEY, b. 11 Dec., 1820.
viii. EMMA, b. 12 Aug., 1824; m. in Concord, 22 Nov., 1842, Charles E. Flinn, b. 8 Feb., 1817; d. 13 Jan., 1878. Was a druggist. Children: 1. Mary R. & Flinn, b. 26 Feb., 1853; d. 25 Sept., 1864. 2. Adelaide Flinn, b. 8 Oct., 1858; d. 9 Oct., 1864. 3. Wilkie Flinn, b. 31 May, 1863; d. 7 Sept., 1864. 4. Edward Roy Flinn, b. 3 April, 1866.
15. TIMOTHY6 FOSTER (Davids, Asa4) b. in C., 21 Aug., 1782; m. 25 Dec., 1804, Hannah Carter. He d. 10 Aug., 1851. Children, b. in C .:
41. i. JOHN CARTER7, b. 18 Jan., 1807.
ii. HANNAH ELIZA, b. Aug., 1809; d. July, 1834.
42. iii. STEPHEN BARTLETT, b. 23 Aug., 1816.
iv. MARTHA KITTREDGE, b. 10 Feb., 1819; d. Jan., 1872, in St. Paul, Minn.
16. SAMUEL H.6, FOSTER (Jonathan5, Asa4) b. in C., 6 Nov., 1771; m. July, 1797, Elizabeth Symonds. She d. 25 June, 1801; m. second, 16 May, 1802, Mercy Porter of Danvers, Mass., who d. in New York City in 1847. She was dau. of Thomas Porter (Nathaniel, Joseph, John), and great-great- granddau. of John Porter, of "Porter's Plains," Danvers (also called "Porter of Salem") Freeman, 1633, who was disarmed in 1636 for being a supporter of Ann Hutchinson, and was warned to leave Boston in 1637; went to Hingham; was representative to General Court in 1644, and selectman of that town. Children:
ii.
i. SAMUEL ROGERS7, b. 19 Sept., 1798, in Newburyport, Mass .; d. 1803. CAROLINE, b. 30 Aug., 1800; m. 30 Sept., 1821, Mark Healey of Bos- ton. She d. 1871. Children: 1. Caroline W.8, b. 1822; m. Rev. C. H. Dall. 2. Ellen, b. 1825. 3. Marion, b. 1827. 4.
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Frances, b. 1829. 5. Ann, b. 1832. 6. George, b. 1834. 7. Charles, b. 1836. 8. Emily, b. 1838.
iii. SAMUEL HENRY, b. 24 Jan., 1804; m. Eliza Wheaton, of Portland, Me.
iv. CHARLES WILLIAM, b. 20 Aug., 1805.
v. MARIA ELIZA, b. 8 April, 1807.
vi. EDWARD AUGUSTUS, b. 9 Nov., 1808.
vii. GEORGE JAMES, b. 27 July, 1810.
17. CAPT. JOHN FOSTER (Jonathan5, Asa4) b. in C., 22 July, 1773; m. Sarah Kimball. She d. Newark, N. J., aged 69. He d. in N. Y. City in 1834. Children, b. in C .:
i. JOHN SAMUEL", b. 17 Feb., 1802; d. at sea.
43. ii. ABEL KIMBALL, b. 13 June, 1803.
44. iii. AMMI RUHAMA, b. 1 July, 1805.
iv. GEORGE WILLIAM, b. 22 July, 1807; m. Mercy Morrill.
v. MOSES BROWN, b. 11 April, 1810; d. when a young man.
vi. EDWARD HORATIO, b. 9 April, 1814; burned to death.
vii. FINETTE, b. 12 April, 1815; m. Lancaster.
18. ASA EMERSON7 FOSTER (Asas, Asas, Asa4) b. in C., 2 Sept., 1795; m. in Amherst, 8 Sept., 1830, Maria Chickering, b. 1 Dec., 1803, d. 24 June, 1859. Mr. Foster graduated from Dartmouth College in 1822, where he was considered the best mathematician in his class. He became principal of the Erie Academy, Erie, Penn., where he taught more than eight years, and then opened the Erie Institute, a private school, in which he remained thirteen years, a most successful instructor. After the death of his wife the remainder of his life was spent sometimes at his home in Erie, at other times either with his friends, in New Eng- land, or with his dau., first in Portland, N. Y., then in Salem, Ind., where he died 9 Oct., 1875. Child: Sarah Maria8, b. 23 Feb., 1833; m. 6 Oct., 1857, Rev. Irving Ira St. John.
19. ADAMS7 FOSTER (Asa6, Asas, Asa4) b. in C., 22 Feb., 1800; m. 21 Nov., 1832, Sarah Bradley Eastman, granddau. of Sarah Foster and Timothy Bradley, b. 6 Aug., 1805, in Concord, d. Worcester, Mass., 1 Oct., 1893. He d. 18 Nov., 1873. Children, b. in C., where he lived with his brother, David, in Hackleborough school district:
i. CYRUS PARKER8, b. 26 Aug., 1833; d. 26 Sept., 1838.
ii. ANN MARIA, b. 3 Aug., 1836; m. 30 May, 1858, Frank J. Kinney. She d. 13 June, 1890. Children: Herbert9, Lorenzo, Henry, Emma, Asa, Clarence and Sarah Kinney.
iii. EMMA ELIZA, b. 27 Aug., 1839; d. 17 Aug., 1858.
45. iv. ASA EASTMAN, b. 31 May, 1841.
v. CHARLES TYLER, b. 9 Oct., 1843; unm.
20. STEPHEN SYMONDS7 FOSTER (Asas, Asas, Asa) b. in C., 17 Nov., 1809; m. in Penn., 21 Dec., 1845, Abby Kelley, b. 15 Jan., 1811, d. 14 Jan., 1887. He d. in Worcester, Mass., 8 Sept., 1881. Graduating from Dartmouth in 1838, he studied theology, but, because he was precluded from advo- cating Abolition in the pulpit, he left that profession in order to engage in the anti-slavery contest. He is described in one of Lowell's anti- slavery poems as
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"A kind of maddened John the Baptist To whom the hardest word comes aptest, Who, struck by stone or brick, ill-starred, Hurls back an epithet as hard, Which, deadlier than stone or brick, Has a propensity to stick."
While in the theological seminary he induced some of his classmates to join with him to protest against the war-like preparations then going on, arising from the dispute with Great Britain over the northwestern boundary. The refusal of the faculty to allow the chapel to be used for such a meeting made him dissatisfied with the churches, because they countenanced war; and when he became an anti-slavery agitator he directed his attacks chiefly against the church and clergy, because they upheld slavery. Since the people of the New England towns could not be induced to attend anti-slavery lectures, he was accustomed to attend church meetings and claim there a hearing for the enslaved, and was often expelled by force, and several times imprisoned for disturbing pub- lic worship. He published articles in periodicals on the slavery ques- tion, and in 1843 a pamphlet, entitled "The Brotherhood of Thieves; a True Picture of the American Church and Clergy," in the form of a letter to Nathaniel Barney.
His wife, Abby Kelley, reformer, was b. in Pelham, Mass., and d. in Worcester, Mass. Her parents, who were descendants of Irish Quakers, removed to Worcester while she was an infant. She taught school for several years in Worcester and Millbury, and in a Friends' School in Lynn, Mass. She resigned her post about 1837, and began lecturing as an anti-slavery advocate, being the first woman to address mixed audi- ences in favor of Abolition. Though sincere in her convictions and womanly in her delivery, she suffered many indignities in Connecticut during her lectures. About 1850 Mrs. Foster became actively interested in woman suffrage and prohibition. While speaking in Pennsylvania she met Stephen S. Foster, whom she married in New Brighton, Penn. The two continued their public addresses and, on one tour in Ohio, Mrs. Foster spoke every day for six weeks. They settled on a farm near Worcester, which was their home up to the time of Mr. Foster's death.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Foster refused to pay taxes on their home estate, because the wife was not permitted to vote, and this resolution was followed by the sale of the home for two consecutive years, but it was bought in by their friends, and finally redeemed by Mr. Foster. Mrs. Foster's last public work was an effort made to raise funds to defray the expenses of securing the adoption of the Fifteenth amendment in the doubtful states. In June, 1886, she attended an anti-slavery recep- tion in Boston. The day preceding her fatal illness she finished a sketch of her husband's life. James Russell Lowell pays her his tribute:
"A Judith, there, turned Quakeress, Sits Abby, in her modest dress, No nobler gift of heart or brain, No life more white from spot or stain, Was e'er on Freedom's altar laid, Than hers-the simple Quaker maid."
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Mr. and Mrs. Foster had one child: i. Alla Wrights, b. 19 May, 1847; unm. Resides in Roxbury, Mass. Is a teacher. She was graduated from Vassar in 1872. Post-graduate Cornell in 1874.
21. DAVID MORRILL7 FOSTER (Asas, Asas, Asa4) b. in C., 30 Oct., 1811; m. St. Albans, Me., 18 Nov., 1837, Sarah Bradley Robertson, b. 8 Sept., 1813; d. 16 July, 1885; granddau. of Sarah Foster and Timothy Bradley. Prominent in the affairs of the town he was also a leading member of the N. H. House of Representatives. He d. 24 Nov., 1884. Children, b. in C .:
46. i. EDWARD HORATIO8, b. 13 Oct., 1839.
ii. HARRISON EARL, b. 8 Sept., 1841; d. 18 Oct., 1858.
iii. CAROLINE ELIZABETH, school teacher, b. 16 Oct., 1845; m. 28 Feb., 1883, Charles W. Emery. (See Emery Gen.) Resides in Oak- land, Cal. Child: 1. Nathan Emery9, b. Dec., 1883; d. 28 Feb., 1885.
47. iv. NEWELL K., b. 10 April, 1849.
22. NEWELL ABBOTT7 FOSTER (Asas, Asas, Asa4) b. in C., 7 Feb., 1814; m. Portland, Me., 1838, Eliza Jane Allison of Concord, b. 24 July, 1816, d. 18 June, 1854; m. second, in 1861, Ellen French. He learned the printer's trade and went to Portland, Me. In 1842 he took charge of the print- ing office of the American, and in 1862 he established the Portland Press, and in 1868 became sole owner. He was a very prominent member of the Maine State Legislature. He was the leading spiritualist in Port- land. He d. 20 Nov., 1868. Children :
48. i. LEROY ALLISON8, b. 13 March, 1843.
ii. ADELAIDE ELIZA, b. 16 Jan., 1853; m. 23 Oct., 1886, Austin Brain- ard, of Haddam, Conn .; graduated Vassar College, 1875. He was b. 6 Sept., 1862; graduated from Cornell, 1883; admitted to bar 1886; a lawyer in Hartford, Conn. Children: 1. Helen Allison9 Brainard, b. 5 Dec., 1889. 2. Lawrence Brainard, b. 20 Jan., 1895; d. 14 April, 1895.
23. CHARLES FOSTER (Williams, Abiels, Asa4) b. 4 Oct., 1794, in C .; m. Ruth Tilton; d. 4 July, 1869. She d. 2 Aug., 1834. Children: i. Frank8, m. Alvira Coe. ii. Martha, m. Henry Roberts. Children: Arthur9 and Newton Roberts. iii. Charles, d. unm.
24. HIRAM' FOSTER (Williams, Abiels, Asa4) b. in C., 2 April, 1800; m. 4 Oct., 1826, Cordelia C. Hoyle, b. 15 March, 1801. He d. 11 Aug., 1849, at Mt. Morris, N. Y. Children:
i. WILLIAM8, b. 12 July, 1827; m. 12 May, 1864, Mary Sawyer; d. March, 1903. Child: Elmer9, b. 21 March, 1869; m. 22 March, 1893, Alpharetta Jewell. Children: 1. Jewell E.10, b. 11 Jan., 1894. 2. Luce H., b. 11 Aug., 1896.
ii. SARAH, b. 6 Feb., 1829; m. 27 April, 1849, Truman Palmer; d. Sept., 1900, Eldred, Penn. No children.
iii. CHARLES, b. 24 Dec., 1830; m. 10 Feb., 1855, Emily Galpin; d. 27 Jan., 1897, Eldred, Penn. Children:
1. CHARLES9, b. 31 July, 1856; m. 25 Dec., 1881, Addie Baker. 2. EMILY, b. 17 April, 1859; m. 25 Dec., 1875, Elmer Miller. 3. CASSIUS, b. March, 1861; d. July, 1861.
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4. EVELYN, b. 1864; d. 1865.
5. ALBERTUS E., b. 3 May, 1866; m. 25 June, 1890, Mary Lierd.
6. GRACE, b. 6 Nov., 1869; m. 9 Nov., 1884, John D. Stall.
7. FRANK W., b. 22 Feb., 1872; m. 14 April, 1897, Maude Har- rington.
8. MABEL, b. 13 Nov., 1874; m. 17 May, 1896, B. F. White.
iv.
9. HIRAM L., b. 11 March, 1882; m. 22 Oct., 1901, Blanche Byham. HORATIO MORRILL, b. 21 Feb., 1833; m. 24 Oct., 1854, Mary Pen- nock; d. 7 Feb., 1880. Children:
1. HIRAM P.9, b. 18 Aug., 1855; m. 30 May, 1878, Anna Newlin.
2. Guy, b. May, 1857; d. Aug., 1857.
3. CHARLES, b. June, 1859; d. Sept., 1860.
4. HORATIO, b. 30 Aug., 1861.
5. H. FRANK, b. 16 Oct., 1863; m. 24 Dec., 1893, Elizabeth Lockey.
6. CORA, b. 1 Aug., 1869; m. 6 Feb., 1889, Charles E. Hoffman.
7. EDWARD, b. 7 Jan., 1876; m. 24 Nov., 1898, Winnefred Mc- Gunty.
v. ELLEN, b. 29 March, 1836; m. 23 March, 1851, Edmund Palmer. Children:
1. ABBIE9, b. 11 Aug., 1852; m. Aug., 1869, D. Webster Cronk.
2. CHARLES, b. 18 Jan., 1854; d. 31 Aug., 1877.
3. EvA, b. 25 March, 1858; d. 6 Jan., 1861.
4. EMMA B., b. 9 Oct., 1860; m. 13 Oct., 1881, Emoroy D. Burgess.
5. EDMUND C., b. 30 Oct., 1865; m. 1884, Allie Galpin.
6. EFFIE, b. 12 July, 1868; m. 1891, M. A. Towner.
7. E. LULA, b. 12 July, 1875; m. 14 March, 1895, Dwight A. Arnold.
vi. CORDELIA, b. 24 July, 1838; m. 17 March, 1859, Thomas C. Wain- man; d. 15 July, 1885, Eldred, Penn. Children:
1. MARY WAINMAN9, b. 30 Jan., 1860; m. 30 Jan., 1880, Rev. E. G. Piper of Buffalo, N. Y. Children: (1) Evelyn Piper10, b. 8 March, 1881. (2) Ernest Piper, b. 3 June, 1883; m. 25 May, 1910, Maud Waterman. (3) Ella W. Piper, b. 3 June, 1883. (4) Alice Piper, b. 30 May, 1887; m. 12 Feb., 1904, Cleon W. Newman. Children: Dorothy Newman, b. 30 Jan., 1905. Ernestine Newman, b. 3 June, 1908. (5) R. Foster Piper, b. 9 Aug., 1889. (6) Raye T. Piper, b. 8 Nov., 1891. (7) Floyd Piper, b. 10 April, 1898. Ernest and R. Foster Piper are the proprietors of the Foster Hotel at Atlantic City, N. J. 2. ELLA WAINMAN, b. 12 Feb., 1862; d. 30 March, 1885.
3. IDA WAINMAN, b. 16 Sept., 1864; m. 3 Oct., 1884, Ernest A. Barden; d. 3 July, 1887.
4. FANNIE WAINMAN, b. 17 March, 1867; m. 7 May, 1895, Rev. John H. Stoody of Akron, N. Y. Children: (1) Ralph Wain- man Stoody, b. 19 April, 1896. (2) Winnefred Stoody, b. 28 Nov., 1898. (3) Ruth M. Stoody, b. 3 June, 1902.
5. HORATIO WAINMAN, b. 8 April, 1871; d. 24 Sept., 1871.
6. CARRIE WAINMAN, b. 23 Sept., 1872; d. 13 Aug., 1885.
7. FLOYD A. WAINMAN, b. 10 Feb., 1876; m. 2 March, 1897, Clara Murgittroyd. Children: (1) Marie Wainman, b. 29 Jan., 1898. (2) Agnes Wainman, b. 15 Aug., 1904. (3) Thomas, b. 10 Oct., 1907.
8. EDITH, b. 25 June, 1879; m. 30 Oct., 1906, Frank J. Parker. Child: Thomas Wainman Parker, b. 26 July, 1909.
vii. HIRAM, b. 24 Nov., 1840; m. 13 Nov., 1866, Martha J. Shepard; d. 6 Feb., 1896, Richmond, Va. Children:
1. FRED S.', b. 22 Oct., 1869; m. 3 Oct., 1906, Daisy M. Pringle.
2. EvA, b. 25 June, 1869; m. 26 June, 1895, Rev. Edward Born- camp of Winona, Minn.
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