Lewis Foster (1760 - 1852)

Born 26 Dec 1760 in Cumberland, Allegany, Maryland

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy Ann (Davis) Foster — married 1780 in Pennsylvania [uncertain]

Descendants

Died Sep 1852 at age 91 in Fairview, Fulton, Illinois

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Biography

Lewis was born in 1760 and passed away in 1852. ^{[1] [2]}

"Through a cold and windy night I hear the voices of an accappela chorus coming through a chilling Lake Erie wind. I draw closer to a crude and old log cabin and peering through one small candle-lit window I see a small group of men, woman, and children singing "Jesus, Lover of My Soul" an old Methodist hymn written by Charles Wesley. They are Methodists, fresh from Pennsylvania, pioneers to the Ohio region. It is Lewis Fosters cabin and the year is 1808...." ^[3]

See R. C. Brown's book for much more on the early days of the Foster family in Ohio ^[4]

Lewis Foster and many of his kin are buried in Foster Cemetery, in Fairview, Fulton County, Illinois. The cemetery still exists, but is surrounded on 3 sides by strip-mining waste ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #11361741
2. ↑ Alabama Department of Archives and History. Public Information Subject Files—Surname files, 1901-1984 available via microfilm in reference, SG002624-2652 and 13361-13362, containing the materials added from 1984-2005. Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama.
3. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L5X5-MDK (Original source uncredited)
4. ↑ Brown, Robert Charles, The History of Madison County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County, Its Townships, Towns Etc., (Chicago, Illinois: W. H. Beers, 1883).
5. ↑ https://www.google.com/maps/place/E+Co+Rd+24,+Middlegrove,+IL+61531/@40.6427625,-90.1382502,1174m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x87e1d37d283927bf:0x7d140d006c1ff1e1!8m2!3d40.6655543!4d-90.0711242