Martha Caroline (Roach) Foust (1846 - 1932)

Born 16 Nov 1846 in Knox, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Jacob Foust — married 18 Aug 1872 in Knox County, Tennessee

Descendants

Died 21 Aug 1932 at age 85 in Knox, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Martha Caroline Roach, daughter of James Roach and Louisa Gibbs, was born on 16 Nov. 1846, in Knox Tennessee, where she would live the rest of her life. ^[1]

She and Jacob Foust were married on 18 Aug. 1872, in Knox Tennessee.^[2] They had at least two children, a daughter, Vesty b.1877 who died in 1950.^[3] and a son, Jacob Victory (1875-1929).^{[4] [5]}

Martha died on 21 Aug. 1932, in Knox Tennessee.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8TG-PBD : 12 December 2017), Martha Roach in entry for James Roach, 1860.
2. ↑ "Tennessee, State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNCN-TL7 : accessed 15 August 2015), Jacob Foust and Martha Caroline Roach, 18 Aug 1872; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 105, Knox, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
3. ↑ "Tennessee, Death Records, 1914-1955," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSPM-32W : accessed 15 August 2015), Martha C. Roach in entry for Vesta Carolyn Foust, 13 Sep 1950; citing Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States, cn 50-20230, State Library and Archives, Nashville; FHL microfilm 2,241,020.
4. ↑ "Tennessee, Death Records, 1914-1955," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSV5-4D4 : accessed 15 August 2015), Martha Roach in entry for Jacob Victory Faust, 29 May 1929; citing Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, cn 13242, State Library and Archives, Nashville; FHL microfilm 1,876,753.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD72-7RZ : 15 July 2017), Caroline Foust in household of Jacob Foust, District 5, Knox, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district ED 152, sheet 242C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,265.
6. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images memorial page for Martha Caroline Roach Foust (16 Nov 1846–21 Aug 1932), Find A Grave: Memorial #44360547, citing Lynnhurst Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA.

See also:

• Nicholas Gibbs and His Descendants 1733-1977 by Nicholas Gibbs Historical Society, 1977, Ohio Historical Society Library

• Year: 1850; Census Place: Subdivision 15, Knox, Tennessee; Roll: M432_886; Page: 176B; Image: 354 -Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDDC-K7W : accessed 15 August 2015), Caroline Roach in household of James Roach, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 4, family 26, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,040.