Born in Broad Top, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Richard Lewis Foster
and Charity (Johnstone) Foster
Sister of
Wealthy A (Foster) Horton, Ephraim Foster, Eli Foster, Richard Foster, Lewis Foster, Thomas Foster, Ruth (Foster) Negley and Septimus Hillary Foster
Wife of
Thomas I. Horton
— married
1816 in Broadtop, Montgrney, Pennsylvania
Descendants 
Mother of
Elizabeth (Horton) Foster, Charity (Horton) Fisher, Martha (Horton) Osborn, Eli Horton, Simon Horton, Wealthy (Horton) Anderson, Sarah (Horton) Hamilton, Andrew Horton and Noah Horton
Died
at age 89
in Buda, Bureau, Illinois, United States
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Biography
Sarah (Foster) Horton was born on September 26, 1795 in Broad Top, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States, daughter of Richard Lewis Foster and Charity (Johnstone) Foster.[1]
Sarah married Thomas I. Horton (born in Broad Top City, Huntingdon) in 1816 in Broadtop, Montgrney, Pennsylvania. Their children were:
- Charity (Horton) Fisher (1817–1875)
- Martha (Horton) Osborn (1819–1853)
- Eli Horton (1824–1894)
- Simon Horton (1829–1873)
- Wealthy (Horton) Anderson (~1831–1922)
- Sarah (Horton) Hamilton (1833–1882)
- Andrew Horton (1835–1853)
- Noah Horton (1840–1879)
In 1850, Sarah was living in Broad Top, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA. [2]
Sarah moved to Buda, illinois in 1855.
Sarah died on May 10, 1885 in Buda, Bureau, Illinois, United States.[1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Burial: "U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current"
Original data: Find a Grave. Find a Grave®. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi; URL: Find A Grave: Memorial #34090598
Ancestry Record 60525 #9391492 (accessed 28 July 2023)
Sarah Horton burial (died in 1885) in Bunker Hill Cemetery, Buda, Bureau County, Illinois, United States of America. - ↑ 1850 Census: "1850 United States Federal Census"
The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Broad Top, Bedford, Pennsylvania; Roll: 751; Page: 268a; Line Number: 23
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8054 #1523214 (accessed 28 July 2023)
Thomas J Horton (53), Farmer, in Broad Top, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA. Born in Pennsylvania.
See also:
- History of the Foster Family by David L. Foster, page 16
- Family members passed down info...Chris Jaques
- U. S. Federal Census 1870 and 1880
- notebook left to me by Grandma Gertrude Philhower Horton of Buda, Bureau Co., IL
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
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~3.12%
Chris (Horton) Jaques
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member msjakes04
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~1.56%
Carol Baillie :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A747846 [compare]
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~1.56%
Janice Poush :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member thoja1942
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~0.78%
Doug Summers :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch MB2591956 [compare], Ancestry member dougsummers1966
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~0.78%
Krista Adams :
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Cari (Ebert) Starosta
Cari (Ebert) Starosta
Chris (Horton) Jaques
Abby (Brown) Glann
Cari (Ebert) Starosta
Foster-18712 and Foster-14285 appear to represent the same person because: same parents, sibling
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by Cari (Ebert) Starosta
Cari (Ebert) Starosta
Foster-20178 and Foster-14285 appear to represent the same person because: same birth, parents, married surname, death
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by Cari (Ebert) Starosta
Chris (Horton) Jaques
I have added sources and ref but still states lacking source info...what am I doing wrong????
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by Chris (Horton) Jaques
Abby (Brown) Glann
Foster-15208 and Foster-14285 appear to represent the same person because: These ladies match dates and families; please merge. Thank you!
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by Abby (Brown) Glann
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