Generation 2 - The Family of Fountain Tinsley Foster and Malinda White.

The Tinsley name remains a source of intrigue. Since it was common practice to give names of ancestors or other relatives as a middle name, it is believed that the Tinsley family are somehow related. There were several Tinsley/Foster marriages in South Carolina, where Fountain's father, Isaac, was born. However, as of this writting, no evidence has been found to show a link between this line of the Fosters and the Tinsley family.

Until further evidence to the contrary is presented, it is believed that Fountain is the only boy born to Isaac and Elizabeth. Early census records indicate Fountain had several sisters. Several sources of evidence strongly suggests one sister was named Jane Connie Foster. We have seen Jane with Isaac and Elizabeth on the 1850 census for Schuyler County, Missouri.

Sometime after Fountain's birth on April 3, 1815, and before the fall of 1839, Isaac and Elizabeth moved to Illinois, probably as part of the exodus from Kentucky. If, by this time, Isaac's occupation was a minister, it would have meant that he would move with the population as it moved west. Go where the congregation goes.

In Menard County, Illinois, on October 6, 1839, Isaac's son, Fountain, married Malinda White. Malinda was born in Kentucky and was the daughter of William G. White. Fountain was 19 years old at the time, not much older than his father when he married. The marriage license was obtained on September 28, 1839, signed by Nathan Dresser (not Drepper). The marriage was conducted on October 6, 1839, with the consent of Malinda's father.

By the winter of 1841, Fountain and Malinda moved to Randolph County, Missouri. It was here, on December 20, 1841, where Malinda gave birth to Isaac William Foster.

On June 1, 1848, in Randolph County, Missouri, it is recorded in a land patent that Fountain T. Foster purchased forty acres of land. However, the land map obtained for this county indicates that the section of land was granted to Fountain on January 22, 1844.

Sometime after the land purchase in Randolph County, Missouri, in 1844, and before the taking of the 1850 Federal Census, the Fosters had moved north from Randolph County, Missouri and settled into Schuyler County, Missouri.

The basis for making the link between the elder Isaac Foster and his son, Fountain Tinsley Foster.

Descendants of Fountain Tinsley Foster

Generation No. 2

2. FOUNTAIN TINSLEY FOSTER (ISAAC) was born April 03, 1815 in Sulphur Well, Jessamine County, Kentucky, and died January 02, 1853 in Schuyler County, Missouri. He married MELINDA WHITE October 06, 1839 in Menard County, Illinois, daughter of WILLIAM WHITE. She was born January 03, 1823 in Jessamine County, Kentucky, and died February 16, 1891 in Montery, Davis County, Iowa.

Notes for FOUNTAIN TINSLEY FOSTER:
STATE OF MISSOURI
COUNTY OF RANDOLPH
ORIGINAL LAND PURCHASES OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, MISSOURI
Fountain T. Foster purchased 40 acres on Jan 22, 1844. Location recorded as 26-54-13.

STATE OF MISSOURI
COUNTY OF SCHUYLER
Isaac Foster being duly sworn by me clerk of the county court of said county ????? and says to the best of his knowledge and belief the names of the heirs of F. Foster are Amanda M. Foster, I.W. Foster, Alonzo Foster Elizabeth A. Foster, L. Foster & Elizabeth Foster who resides in the county of Schuyler State of Missouri...... and that said F. Foster died without a will that he will make a perfect inventory of and faithfully administer all of the estate of the said F. Foster and pay the debts as far as the debts will extend and the law direct and account for and pay all debts which shall come to his possession or knowledge.
Isaac Foster

Sworn to and Subscribed before
Me this 7 day of May AD 1853
N. H. Weatherford ??
By ?B. Alverson Dept

Fountain Foster, intestate, Administrator is Isaac Foster; Sec. Simon Foglesong and John Jones May 1, 1853

1853, Probated will in Schuyler Co., Missouri

Notes for MELINDA WHITE:
1891, Buried in Johnson Cemetery in Davis County, Iowa
Stella Flowers says she was born in 1823

Children of FOUNTAIN FOSTER and MELINDA WHITE are:
i. AMANDA M. FOSTER, b. August 09, 1840, Illinois; d. December 11, 1903; m. WILLIAM EVANS, January 12, 1860.
ii. ISAAC WILLIAM FOSTER, b. December 20, 1841, Randolph County, Missouri; d. June 05, 1920, Portland, Oregon; m. EDITHA JANE MARTIN, February 02, 1862; b. November 12, 1843, Washington County, Indiana; d. November 01, 1907, Drakesville, Iowa.

More About ISAAC WILLIAM FOSTER:
Occupation: Farm Laborer

iii. ALONZO TINSLEY FOSTER, b. August 27, 1842, Randolph County, Missouri; d. November 02, 1901, Paris Twp, Davis County, Iowa; m. LUCY ANN NOGGLE, September 27, 1868, Davis County, Iowa; b. April 16, 1852, Iowa.

Notes for ALONZO TINSLEY FOSTER:
Died at this place November 2, 1901, Alonzo Foster. He had a paralystic stroke and died in a short time. He was the first man to start a business house at this place and has lived here ever since. He has a wide circle of friends who sympathize with the bereaved family.

Buried West Union, Bunch, Davis Co., Iowa

iv. ELIZABETH JANE FOSTER, b. March 27, 1846, Davis County, Iowa; d. May 25, 1924; m. GEORGE W. MCGEE, 1874; b. 1848, Davis County, Iowa.

Notes for ELIZABETH JANE FOSTER:
From Iowa Elizabeth's family moved to Walla Walla, Washington. This information comes from John McGee and as of September of 1999, John is living in Alaska.

v. MARY BEVELINE FOSTER, b. July 06, 1850, Schuyler County, Missouri; d. January 27, 1889; m. JAMES LEWIS DUNN, March 07, 1871; b. Decatur County, Indiana.

Notes for JAMES LEWIS DUNN:
1st and 2nd wives were aunt and niece.

vi. ZELICA L. FOSTER, b. December 01, 1852, Davis County, Iowa; d. October 1853.