John Edwards 'Jack' Foster
Louisa Jane Edwards - Mary Elizabeth Lindsey
My 3rd Great Uncle and Aunt
Son of Francis Hardin Foster and Amy Harry Edwards
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John Edwards 'Jack' Foster
--b. August 2, 1835 Troup Co., GA
--d. January 6, 1917 Arlington, Tarrant Co., Texas
----buried I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Denton Co., Texas
--m/1 Louisa Jane EDWARDS
--January 13, 1855 Harris Co., GA
----b. May 7, 1837 Harris Co., GA
----d. December 9, 1866 Titus, Elmore Co., Alabama
------buried Harmony Church Cemetery, Titus, Elmore Co., AL
------d/o John Edwards and Abi HOLLOWAY
--------gt gd/o John Edwards and Elizabeth BUSSEY
--------gt gd/o Peter Holloway and Fannie DAWSON
--m/2 Mary Elizabeth LINDSEY
--April 25, 1867 Elmore Co., Alabama
----b. April 5, 1845 Coosa Co., Alabama
----d. December 1, 1929 Rosser, Kaufman Co., Texas
------d/o William Moore Lindsey and Martha Elizabeth CALFEE
John Edwards Foster - 1860's
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John Edwards Foster and wife, Mary Elizabeth (Lindsey) Foster
Note that John is wearing a Southern Cross Medal
The Southern Cross Medal was awarded To Confederate Veterans Returning Home From The War
Special thanks to Maxine Robertson for photos
John Edwards Foster and Family
Front: John Edwards Foster, daughter Anna Belle (Foster) Jack, wife Mary Elizabeth (Lindsey)
Back: daughter Mary Lucille (Foster) Robertson and son Thad Foster
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Research of Houston S. Foster
John Edwards Foster was a Veteran of The Civil War and was awarded the Southern Cross.Family lore [from my Grandfather James Sterling Foster] was that John got into a fight at Jones Cross Roads, Ga. and moved to Texas. During our research we found that John was listed as a witness in an attempted murder, John must have intervened in the fight on behalf of Littleberry Green who was according to the record assaulted by John Mann and assisted by Jefferson Mann. John E. Foster was not charged with anything.
The Grand Jury indictment May term 1855 for the fight accused John W. Mann and Jefferson Mann with the offense of assault with intent to murder.
Troup County July 1, 1854:
"With force and arms and with a certain iron spear which he the said John W. Mann in his right hand then & there had and held the said spear being then and there a weapon likely to produce death, in and upon one Littleberry Green in the Peace of God and said State then and there being did then and there with malice afore thought make an assault, and he the said John W. Mann with the said spear so held as aforesaid at against and upon him the said Litttleberry Green, did then and there violently and with malice afore thought strike and thrust with intent then and there him the said Littleberry Green with malice afore thought to kill and murder . And that the said Jefferson Mann was then and there with malice afore thought present aiding and abetting him the said John Mann in the assault aforesaid with the intent aforesaid in manners & form aforesaid to do and commit _____ contrary to the Laws of said State, the good order, peace and dignity thereof. May Term 1855."The back of the Jacket for this case is marked "No Bill" so I don't think it was ever prosecuted.
Littleberry Green was some how related to Amy Foster, John E. Foster's mother, probably through her second husband Thomas W. Oliver. Amy is listed along with Littleberry Green as Heirs of Nancy Green.
John did move to Texas after moving to the Coosa/Elmore Co. AL. area. His wife died there and he remarried to Mary Elizabeth Lindsey then moved to Texas.
He passed away at the age of 81 1/2 years old. He saw a big change in the world during his lifetime. From what I have heard and my observations of doing the Foster history he was well loved and a hard-working man whose family was dear to him. His children and grandchildren grew up to lead good useful lives. I know he would have been proud of them all.
From Zada (Mears) Sharp in the 1970's
Jack was a salesman for the Stark Brothers Nursery in Louisiana and Missouri for fruit trees. When the G.W. Mears put out their big fruit orchard at Rayland, Wilbarger Co, Texas, Jack got the credit for the sale of the trees. At this time, Jack lived in Cass Co, Texas.Jack had a son named Thad. Thad and Fanny Mears (nee Fanny Boon-wife of G.W. Mears) wrote to each other and kept up with each other for many years. Thad worked in the oil fields at Electra, Texas. One time he and his two girls - about 8 and 10 years old - and a big white female rabbit came to the MEARS farm on a visit. Fanny had all the kids at home splitting peaches from the big orchard so that they could be dried. When they were dried, the peaches were put upstairs in the MEARS' two-story house they lived in at the time. Thad FOSTER did not know about the peaches being in the upstairs room and let the rabbit up there. She pulled out her hair to make a nest in that pile of dried peaches and gave birth to some little ones right in the middle of that pile. Sometime later, Thad was transferred to southwest Texas to some oil field - probably around the Odessa-Seminole-Andrews-Midland Area.
Jack Foster had a brother named 'Ace'. Fanny Boon MEARS had a picture of him shown as a cripple in a chair. He was supposed to have arthritis -or another story is that he probably had polio. Jack and Ace Foster were uncles of Fanny (Boon) Mears.
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Burial
Chronology
1839-Returns- Guardianship- Troup Co, Georgia
Book H, p. 47--Amy Foster, guardian of Susan A., John E., Asa M., Frances J. Foster, orphans of Francis Foster; made return for l850, mentioning Negroes received from John Edwards, former guardian of said orphans. (Negroes: Violet, Catto, Nelly, Henry, & Mary)
1843-January, May, Returns from Court of Ordinary
Book B, p.295-Benj. F. Foster, orphan of Francis Foster, now l4 years old, selected John Edwards as his guardian. Other orphans of Francis Foster, under l4 years of age: Elizabeth, John, Asa, Frances & Antoinette.
Benj. Johnson posted bond.
1850 Census > Georgia > Troup > District 701> page 1> H383F6
enumerated 25 Sep 1850Ama Foster f 48 $600 GA Benj.F. " m 22 GA Susan A. " f 16 GA attended school within the year John E. " m 14 " " " " Esom M. " m 13 " " " " Frances J, " f 11 GA
1855, January 13 - Harris Co., Geogia
J. E. Foster and Louisa Jane Edwards marry
1860 Slave Schedules > Georgia > Troup > West Point> page 13>BR> enumerated 18 Jun 1860
J. E. Foster 5 slaves 2 slave houses B.F. Foster 1 slave 1 slave house Asa " 2 slaves 1 slave house
1859-Probate Court Minutes - Troup Co, GA
l859, July Term-John E. Foster applies for guardianship of Asa M. Foster ($4400 bond) Benjamin Foster, Security
1860 Census> Georgia>Troup County> West Point District> H139F127
enumerated 18 Jun 1860John G. Foster 25 M farming $ 1,000 $11,000 GA L. J. " 22 F GA B. F. " 33 M $ 1,000 GA Asa M. " 22M $ 1,000 GA
1860's - Civil War
John was a veteran of the war and awarded the Southern Cross.
1867, April 15 Elmore Co., Alabama
J. E. Foster and Mar Elizabeth Lindsey marry
1870 Census > Texas > Kaufman
enumerated 11 July, 1870Foster Jno E. 35 M W farmer $1500 $600 GA Foster Mary 25 F W housekeeping AL Foster John 8 M W GA Foster Susan 6 F W GA Foster Clayton 4 M W GA Foster Asa 33 M W GA
1880 -Kaufman co. ED#40 pg4 3rd.June 1880, #28-28
J.E. FOSTER 45 head farmer GA NC GA M.E. 35 wife keeps house Al Al Al E.C. 14 son works on farm Al GA GA Annie B. 9 dau at home TX GA AL G.T. 2 son at home TX GA AL Percy/Perry LINDSEY 20 boarder works on farm AL AL AL
1900 Smith Co., Texas, Tyler, Ed 95, Sheet 19,#400-414
Foster John E. Head W M Aug 1835 64 M 33 GA GA GA Farm Lab. R Foster Mary L. Wife W F Apr 1845 55 M 33 AL AL AL " George T Son W M Aug 1877 22 S TX GA AL Store Room Clerk " Lucille M Dau W F Jan 1885 15 S TX GA AL School
1910-Kaufman Co., Texas, Rosser, ED#27, page 12A, #249-252
enumerated May 5, 1910William P. RORBERTSON head m w 30 m1 4yrs MS AL MS merchant Gen.Store Mary L. wife f w 25 m1 4yrs TX AL AL 2 children 2 living Willie B. dau. f w 3 TX MS TX Lucile F. dau. f w 11/12 TX MS TX John E. FOSTER f-i-l m w 75 m1 32yrs AL US US laborer odd jobs Mary E. FOSTER m-i-l f w 65 m1 32yr AL US US 4 children 3 living
1920-Red River Co., Texas
-Bozwell RD. ED#152, pg14B east part pct.4,
-enumerated 23&24 Jan., #286-286William P.ROBERTSON head 40 mar.owns, r/wfarmer, MS AL MS Lucille wife 35 mar r/wkeeps house TX GA AL Mittie Beth dau 13 r/w in school TX MS TX Lucille dau 10, r/w in school TX MS TX Doris dau 7 in school TX MS TX Johnnie Lee dau 5 at home TX.Tn.Tx William P. son 11/12 at home TX MO TX Mary L. FOSTER m-i-l 74 wd. AL AL AL
1920 -Mary Elizabeth (Lindsey) Foster wrote a family record of this family
Children of Jack and Louisa Jane
John Little Foster
--b. January 1, 1861 Troup Co., GA
--d. June 5, 1841 Denton Co., Texas
--m. Dorothy Roxanne 'Roxy' EDWARDS
--February 18, 1892 Tyler, Smith Co., Texas
----b. May 1858 Coosa Co., Alabama
----d. 1944 Texas
------d/o John Franklin Edwards and Elizabeth Jane ROBINSON
--------gd/o Asa Edwards and Nancy Cartwright JOHNSON
----------gt gd/o John Edwards and Elizabeth BUSSEY
----------gt gd/o Bartholomew Johnson and Sarah CARTWRIGHT
- 1870 Kaufman Co., Texas
--listed as John Foster, age 8 - 1880 Kaufman Co., Texas
--listed as John Foster, age 19 with the W. L. Boykin family - 1900 Smith Co., Texas
- listed as John L. Foster, age 39
- 1910 Denton Co., Texas
--listed as John Foster, age 48 - 1920 Denton Co., Texas
--listed as John L. Foster, age 58 - 1930 Denton Co., Texas
--listed as John L. Foster, age 67
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Children of John and Roxie
Thomas Bell 'Jack' Foster
--b. December 1892 Smith Co., Texas
--d. February 15, 1980 Houston, Harris Co., Texas
--m. Addie ---
Doretha Janie Lou (Foster) Fletcher
--b. November 11, 1896 Tyler, Smith Co., Texas
--d. May 1, 1985 Kaufman Co., Texas
----buried I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Denton Co., Texas
--m. Carney Burwell FLETCHER, Sr.
--1920-1924
----b. September 19, 1889 Shiloh, TN
----d. April 22, 1938
------buried I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Denton Co., Texas
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- 1870 Kaufman Co., Texas
Susan Amy 'Susie' (Edwards) Rhodes
--b. August 2, 1862 Troup Co., GA
--d. April 22, 1896 Kaufman Co., Texas
--m. John Starke RHODES
--November 30, 1879 Kaufman Co., Texas
----b. March 1, 1857 MS
----d. June 4, 1912 Prairieville, Van Zandt Co., TX
------buried Fields Cemetery, Van Zandt Co., Texas
- 1870 Kaufman Co., Texas
--listed as Susan Foster, age 61880 Kaufman Co., Texas
--listed as Susan Rhoads, age 18 - 1900 Kaufman Co., Texas
--Widower, now remarried to Julia - 1910 Kaufman Co., Texas
--Widowner, now remarried to Julia
Children of Susie and John
Maggie B. Rhodes
--b. November 1882 Kaufman Co., Texas
Lee J. Rhodes
--b. December 1884 Kaufman Co., Texas
Elsie Rhodes
--b. March 1887 Kaufman Co., Texzas
John Foster Rhodes
--b. October 1, 1889 Kaufman Co., Texas
--d. March 29, 1970 Dallas Co., Texas
----buried Restland Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas, TX
--m. Vera Carolyn MARTIN
----b. 1894 Texas
----d. December 28, 1971 Dallas Co., Texas
George M. Rhodes
--b. May 1892 Kaufman Co., Texas
- 1870 Kaufman Co., Texas
Edward Clayton Foster
--b. August 5, 1865 probably Alabama
--d. June 27, 1494 TX)
----buried I. O. O. F. Cemetery, Denton Co., Texas
--m/1 Mary Elizabeth Leslie 'Liza' EDWARDS
--December 26, 1886 Smith Co., Texas
----b. August 1863 Coosa Co., Alabama
----d. 1916 Texas
------d/o John Franklin Edwards and Elizabeth Jane ROBINSON
--------gd/o Asa Edwards and Nancy Cartwright JOHNSON
----------gt gd/o John Edwards and Elizabeth BUSSEY
----------gt gd/o Bartholomew Johnson and Sarah CARTWRIGHT
--m/2 Lillian B. BAXTER
--1916/20 vicinity of Crockett Co., TX
----b. September 1, 1881 TN
----d. July 2, 1971
------buried I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Denton Co., Texas
- 1870 Kaufman Co., Texas
--listed as Clayton Foster, age 4 - 1880 Kaufman Co., Texas
--listed as E. C., age 14 - 1900 Parker Co., Texas
--listed as Dr. Edward C. Foster, age 36 - 1910 Denton Co., Texas
--listed as Ed C. Foster, age 45 - 1920 Crocket Co., Texas
--listed as Dr. Edward C. Foster, age 54 - 1930 Lubbock Co., Texas
--listed as Edward C. Foster, age 64
The 1920 census of Crockett Co., Texas, lists Edward Clayton as as a physician.
The 1930 census of Lubbock Co., Texas lists Edward Clayton as an undertaker. He apparently owned the funeral home as his real estate was valued at $12,500.
He is also listed as being in WW1, where he was a physician in his 50's.
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Children of Edward and Liza
Clarence E. Foster
--b. October 19, 1889 Texas
--d. March 7, 1891 Texas
----buried Sand Flat Cemetery, Smith County, Texas
Edward Clayton Foster, Jr.
--b. August 1892 Texas
--m. Ruby ---
--1917
----b. 1894 Texas
Beula Foster
--b. 1904 Denton Co., Texas
Children of Jack and Mary Elizabeth
- 1870 Kaufman Co., Texas
Frank Lindsey Edwards
--b. August 17, 1868
--d. bef July 11, 1870
Anna Belle (Foster) Jack
--b. June 21, 1870 College Mound, Kaufman Co., TX
--d. Jan 5, 1855 Coriscana, Navarro Co., TX)
--m. Spencer Houston JACK
--October 31, 1888 Kaufman Co., TX
----b. February 22, 1859 MS
----d. Nov 25, 1928 Coriscana, Navarro Co,. TX)
------buried Oakwood Cemetery, Coriscana, Navarro Co., Texas- 1880 Kaufman Co., Texas
--listed as Annie B. Foster, age 9 - 1900 Kaufman Co., Texas
--listed as Anna B. Jack - 1910 Navarro Co., Texas
--listed as Annie B. Jack, age 39 - 1920 Navarro Co., Texas
--listed as Annie B. Jack, age 49 - 1930 Navarro Co., Texas
--listed Annie B. Jack, age 59
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Children of Anna Belle and Spencer
Lucille Jack
--stillborn Coriscana, Navarro Co., Texas
Spencer Houston Jack, Jr.
--b. May 2, 1891 Kaufman Co., Texas
--d. January 20, 1934 Coriscana, Navarro Co., Texas
----buried Mount Rose Cemetery, Waco, McLennan Co., TX
--m. Clara E. STELL
--abt 1917
----b. 1896 Texas
Elwood Foster Jack
--b. April 12, 1894 Kaufman Co., Texas
--d. 1974
--m. Nettie Ann HOOVER
----b. November 17, 1896 Lamar Co., Texas
----d. September 13, 1983 Tom Green Co., Texas
Mary Kate (Jack) Pinchbeck
--b. August 22, 1896 Kaufman Co., Texas
--m. Dacus C. PINCHBECK
--abt 1919 probably Navarro Co., Texas
----b. December 22, 1889 Montgomery Co., TX
Coriscana Lee Elementary School
1929 - George Washington Day
Photo - Courtesy of Brian McDaniel
The school group photo is of my cousin, Elinor "Teta" Pinchbeck (Moore). She and my mother (Annie Lee Jack Marr (McDaniel), were raised (like sisters) in the same house
Annie Lee (Jack) Marr
--b. November 25, 1898 Kaufman Co., Texas
--d. May 31, 1989 Coriscana, Navarro Co., Texas
--m. Hugh Donald MARR
--May 1918
----b. January 20, 1900 Texas
----d. June 30, 2000 Coriscana, Navarro Co., Texas
* * ** * Grandchildren of Anna Belle (Foster) Jack
1926 - Coriscana, Navarro Co., Texas
Photo - Courtesy of Brian McDaniel
Front row: Evelyn Faye Jack, Norma Jack, Jack (Sissy) Marr, Elinor (Teta) Pinchbeck & Carol Jack. Back row: Asa Donald (Sonny) Marr, Louise Jack, Mary Beth Jack & Anita Belle Jack.
Photo taken circa 1926 in Mary Kate Pinchbeck’s front yard, in the 3200 block of Park Row Blvd, Corsicana, Texas, facing east with Spencer H. & Anna Belle (Foster) Jack’s (Papa & Mama Jack) house (420 S. 31st St.) in left background. Papa Jack & Spencer (son) are shown walking toward camera.
- 1880 Kaufman Co., Texas
George Thadeus 'Thad' Foster
--b. August 30, 1877 College Mound, Kaufman Co., TX
--d. Dec 21, 1961 Los Angeles Co., CA)
--m/1 Sally Evelyn (PRITCHETT) OTTER
--January 30, 1901 Tyler, Smith Co., TX
----b. abt 1877 LA
----d. March 4, 1923 Los Angeles Co., CA
--m/2 Tula Leslie LINDSEY
--July 24, 1928 Englewood, Los Angeles Co. CA
----b. July 15, 1888 Kentucky
----d. February 8, 1971 Los Angeles Co., CA
- 1880 Kaufman Co., Texas
--listed as G. T. Foster, age 2 - 1900 Smith Co., Texas
--listed as Geroge T., age 22 - 1910 Smith Co., Texas
--listed as Thad Foster, age 32 - 1919 World War 1 Draft Registration - Wichita Co., Texas
--listed as George Thaddeus Foster born August 30, 1877 - 1930 Orange Co., California
--listed as George Foster, age 52
Children of Thad and Sally
Thaddeus Clifford Foster
--b. September 5, 1902 Tyler, Smith Co., Texas
--d. abt 1903 Tyler, Smith Co., Texas
John Edward Foster III
--b. May 6, 1904 LA
--d. 1953
--m. Helen ---
----b. 1903 Illinois
Cecil Langston Foster
--b. August 1906 Tyler, Smith Co., Texas
--d. Decmeber 29, 1959 Phoenix, Arizona
--m. Eunice ---
----b. 1910 Texas
Robert Francis Foster
--b. 1912 Texas
- 1880 Kaufman Co., Texas
Martha Elizabeth Foster
--b. June 1880 Kaufman Co., Texas
--d. unknown
Mary Lucille (Foster) Robertson
--b. January 20, 1885 Kaufman Co., TX
--d. January 5, 1969 Dallas Co., TX
--m. William Pinckney ROBERTSON
--December 24, 1905 Rosser, Kaufman Co., TX
----b. Nov 20, 1879 Bolivar Co., MS
----d. May 26, 1943 Rosser, Kaufman Co., TX
------s/o John Alfred Robertson and William Mirah HUDSON
* * * * * Mary Lucille Foster
Take in 1897 (age 12) and 1905 (marriage)
Special thanks to Dr. Penny Gamble Laing for above photos
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--listed as Lucille M. Foster, age 15 - 1910 Kaufman Co., Texas
--listed as Mary L. Robertson, age 25 - 1920 Red River Co., Texas
--listed as Lucille Robertson, age 35
Per research of Houston S. Foster
Family lore was that Mary Lucille was born during the winter, prematurely. Her half brother, Edward Clayton Foster, was 20 years old and had studied medicine. Mary Lucille was so small that Edward put some flannel in a shoe box and placed her in it to keep her warm. He was her nurse and without him she probably would not have survived. She grew up to be an extraordinary person, and positively influenced the lives of everyone who knew her.
Children of Mary Lucille and William
Willie Beth (Robertson) Gamble
--b. September 29, 1906 Houston, Harris Co., Texas
--d. November 29, 2000 Dallas Co., Texas
----buried Restland Cemetery, Dallas Co. Texas
--m. William Oscar GAMBLE
----buried Restland Cemetery, Dallas Co. Texas
Lucille Foster (Robertson) Ellston
--b. June 17, 1909 Rosser, Kaufman Co., Texas
--m. Jeff ELLSTON
Mary Doris (Robertson) Duff
--b. August 25, 1912 Rosser, Kaufman Co., Texas
--d. October 1994 Grand Prairie, Dallas Co., Texas
--m. Gordon Peyton DUFF
Jonalee (Robertson) Dempsey
--b. December 30, 1914 Rosser, Kaufman Co., Texas
--d. June 16, 2000 Arlington, Tarrant Co., Texas
------buried Dallas-Ft. Worth National Cemetery, Texas
--m. Volney Velpo DEMPSEY
--December 22, 1944 Pocomoke City, Maryland
----b. July 22, 1914 Spartanburg, South Carolina
----d. April 10, 2008
------buried Dallas-Ft. Worth National Cemetery, Texas
------s/o Volney Velpo Dempsey and Sadie W. ANDREWS
Joanlee and I corresponded many times in the early 1970's. Jonalee and her husband, Volney, were very avid genealogists and did much to preserve our family history.
Voleny's Photo From his Obituary
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Christy Robertson
--b. November 23, 1816 Rosser, Kaufman Co., Texas
--d. August 1917 Rosser, Kaufman Co., Texas
----buried Cottonwood Cemetery, Kaufman Co., Texas
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William Pinckney Robertson, Jr.
--b. September 29, 1919 Bagwell, Red Rivr Co., Texas
--d. October 1975
Joel Alford Robertson
--b. August 18, 1922 Bagwell, Red River Co., Texas
--d. September 1986 Grand Prairie, Dallas Co., Texas
- 1900 Smith Co., Texas
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