Lucy (Stribling) Foster (1799 - 1874)

Born 28 Jan 1799 in Union County, South Carolina, USA

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Died 12 Jan 1874 at age 74 in Reilly Springs, Hopkins County, Texas, USA

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Biography

Lucy Stribling, daughter of Clayton Stribling and Mary Beckham, was born at South Carolina, 28 January 1799.^[1] She died 12 January 1874, and was buried at Reilly Springs Cemetery, Reilly Springs, Hopkins Co., Texas.^[2]

Lucy married William T Foster, probably in South Carolina before 1824.^[3]

Children

• John Foster b. 1824
• William Cornelius Foster b. 7 Feb 1826, d. 16 Jun 1911
• Josiah Foster b. 1831
• Ruth Foster b. 1834
• Nancy Foster b. 1835
• James Foster b. 1840

Sources

1. ↑ Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-land-warrant Application Files, microfilm publication M0804, (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1969), Clayton Stribling file no. W6208, family record pages from a bible
2. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=24655581
3. ↑ based on the birth place and age of their first child as shown in the 1850 census: Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Census [on-line database and images] (http://www.ancestry.com), Neshoba Co., Missississippi, population schedule, sheet #115B, dwelling #26, family #28, W. Foster household.