Joseph Foss (1765 - 1852)

Born Jun 1765 in Lee, Strafford, New Hampshire

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Died 30 Dec 1852 at age 87 in Brighton, Somerset, Maine, United States

Biography

Joseph was born in 1765.

Rev. Joseph Foss was an ordained Free Will Baptist minister.

Foss, Rev. Joseph, of Brighton, Me., died Dec. 29,1852, in his 88th year. He was born in Lee, N. H. , and was converted about sixty years before his death. Ten years later he began to preach the gospel, and continued in the ministry for half a century. He moved to Brighton about 1812. Working on the new land through the week, he went out to preach guided by spotted trees. He lived beloved and died lamented. He left eighty-three grandchildren at the time of his death.

Joseph Foss married Elizabeth "Betsey" Tufts (1765–1853). They had the following children:

Joseph Foss 1795–1850

Thomas Tufts Foss 1801–1892

Matilda Foss 1802–1857

John Foss 1805–1879

Heman N. Foss 1810–1896

Betsey Foss 1812–

He passed away in 1852. Rev. Joseph Foss. Burial: Mount Rest Cemetery, Athens, Somerset Co., Maine.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave. Joseph Foss

• Free Baptist Cyclopedia by Rev. Burgess and Rev. Ward, published 1889. Rev. Joseph Foss

• Find A Grave. Joseph Foss