Foster Family Photographs

These photographs are of persons mentioned in D. I. Foster's History of the Foster Family.  If you can contribute additional photographs, please contact Ed Marshall at ELeoM@comcast.net .

 

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Richard Foster 1801-1888

Richard Foster 1801-1888
(a son of Richard Lewis Foster)
Photo copy received in 1983 from Leone (Foster) Combs, g-granddaughter of Richard

 

Manuel & Sarah (Shockley) Foster
(Manuel was a son of Richard)

John Madison Worth Foster
(a son of Manuel Foster)

Children of J M W Foster
(and others - circa 1902)

John Best Foster
(circa 1895)
(a son of J M W Foster)

Ascenath Foster
(a daughter of Richard Foster)

Joseph & Charity (Foster) Wadsworth
(Charity was a daughter of Richard Foster)
Photo Courtesy of Charles Cook

Weller & Hannah (Barnett) Foster
(Weller was a son of Manuel)

Photo Courtesy of Charles Cook

Rachel (Best) Foster 
(wife of J M W Foster)

Leo B Foster
(circa 1909)
(a son of J M W Foster)

Lewis & Susan (Barnett) Foster
(with daughter)
(Lewis was a son of Richard Lewis Foster)
Photo Courtesy of Charles Cook

Elvira (Foster) Brown
(a daughter of Richard Foster)

Photo Courtesy of Charles Cook


Weller & Hannah (Barnett) Foster
family in front of their home
Photo Courtesy of Charles Cook

Chris & Armina (Foster) Schlueter
(Armina was a daughter of Weller Foster)

Photo Courtesy of Rick Slater

Four children of J M W Foster:
Top: Grace, Ed Gurwell (Sadie's husband), Sadie, Alva McFarland (Grace's husband), Leona  (Leo's daugher), Leo, Margaret (Leo's wife), Keith (Grace's son), Etheyl (Jim's wife), Jim
From Leona F Marshall's album

Broad Top people who went to Seward, Nebraska
Including Henry Clay
Foster (back row, 3rd from left) and wife Platina Anderson (front row, 2nd from left)
Henry Clay was a son of Lewis and Susan Barnett Foster
Photo Courtesy of Charles Cook

James Henry Brown
(Husband of Elvira)

Photo Courtesy of Charles Cook

Joseph & Annie (Brown) Barnett family in the Oklahoma Territory, 1897
(Annie was a daughter of Elvira)

Photo Courtesy of Charles Cook

Joseph Barnett with his father David,and his daughter Ida Bell & grand-daughter Hazel Ann, 1897
(David Barnett was born at Broad Top in 1817)

Photo Courtesy of Charles Cook

John Madison Worth & Rachel (Best) Foster family
(a composite photo assembled by son John Best Foster)

 

Barton Shreeve's Gravestone
Barton was the father of Nancy (Shreeve) Foster, wife of Richard Foster
Noted quote: "Work or freeze says Barton Shreeve"

Photo Courtesy of Charles Cook

Manuel & Sarah (Shockley) Foster family
From left to right, bottom row: Manuel, Stella, Nancy, Eva, Sarah
Middle row: John, Weller, Rebecca, Frank
Top row:  Chas. E., Manuel S., Douglas, Wayne

Alonzo Douglas & Lavina (Holmes) Foster family
(Doug was a son of Manuel)

From left to right: Clyde, Lavina, Guy, Doug, Roscoe, Candace

Children of Elvira (Foster) Brown
(Top: Sophia, Elvira, Daisy, Annie. Bottom: Richard, Frank, Charles, Thomas, James)
Photo Courtesy of Charles Cook

Children of Charles W & Jane ( Johnston) Brown
Photo Courtesy of Charles Cook

 

James Madison & Fannie (Kay) Foster family
(James was a son of Richard)
From left to right, bottom row: Fannie, Harry, James Madison
Top row: Flora Belle, Richard, Samantha

John R & Rebecca Jane (Foster) Johnston family
(Jane was a daughter of Manuel)

 

Wayne & Frances (Barnett) Foster & three of their daughters in front of their sod house
(Wayne was a son of Manuel)
Photo Courtesy of Charles Cook

Wayne Foster & sons-in-law
Carl Hefner (m. Iva), Harlan Victor (m. Bernice), Ernest Dora (m. Bessie), & Charles Threlkeld (m. Alma)


Photo Courtesy of Charles Cook

 

Susan Jane FOSTER Blair (1854-1943), daughter of Thomas and Eliza Foster, grand-daughter of Richard Lewis Foster
Photo Courtesy of Robert D Gates (g-grandson)

Elizabeth FOSTER Duckworth (1834-1931) and three of her great-grandchildren (circa 1930). Elizabeth was a daughter of Lewis and Susanah (Barnett) Foster
Photo Courtesy of Charles Cook & Skip Mihoover

John Wesley Foster (1832-1916) son of Lewis and Susanah (Barnett) Foster

Photo Courtesy of Linda Johnson

Four Generation Photo:
John Wesley Foster, daughter Annabel (Foster) Peterson, grandson Frank Ellwood Peterson, wife Mary Angeline (Dachenbach) Foster, & great-grandson Arthur Elwood Peterson.  Taken in Chariton, Lucas County Iowa 1911.


Photo Courtesy of Linda Johnson

Annabel (Foster) Peterson (1857-1949)
Annabel was the daugher of
John Wesley and Mary Angeline (Dachenbach) Foster.
Taken circa 1930.

Photo Courtesy of Linda Johnson
(gg-grand-daughter)

Frank & Annabel (Foster) Peterson Family Portrait - circa 1888
Nettie, Annabel, Warren (in front), Arthur, Frank, Howard & Cora.

Photo Courtesy of Linda Johnson

Frank & Annabel (Foster) Peterson Family Portrait - circa 1902
Standing - Cora, Arthur, Warren & Howard.  Sitting - Vernon, Frank, Edith, Annabel & Charles.
Portrait likely taken in Bancroft, Cuming County Nebraska prior to move to Alberta Canada about 1902 or 1903.

Photo Courtesy of Linda Johnson

Joseph  & Josie (Foster) Shore Family Portrait
Veda, Joseph, Cora, Ernest (sitting in front), Josie, Edna (on Josie's lap), & Ethel
.
Josie was a daughter of John Wesley and Mary Angeline (Dachenbach) Foster.

Photo Courtesy of Linda Johnson

Josephine 'Josie' Isemiah (Foster) Shore Memorial Card - 1905

Photo Courtesy of Linda Johnson

Joseph  & Josie (Foster) Shore Family Portrait - after 1905
This photo was taken after mother Josie (Foster) Shore passed away.  A cut out image of her has been inserted into the photo. Standing - Edna, Veda, Josie (inset), Cora & Ernest.  In front - Joseph, Ora and Ethel.

Photo Courtesy of Linda Johnson

Charles Elmer & Clara (Brennamin) Foster Family
Charles was a son of Manuel

Christina FOSTER (Graffice) McKnight family (Nov. 1900 Bedford County, Penn.)
From left:  Christina holding Lawrence McKnight, Margaret Jane Graffice (5), Dolly FOSTER (Christina's sister), Mary Ellen Graffice (4) , Della Gaffice (14), George Gaffice (12)
Christina & Dolly were daughters of Thomas E & Annie DACHENBACH Foster (and grand-daughters of Thomas & Eliza HORTON Foster)
Photo received in 1980 from Russell T. Ford, grandson of Christina

Updates

28 December 2008:  Added John Wesley Foster, Peterson, & Shore photos.  Deleted Counter.

19 October 2008:  Added earlier Weller Foster home photo.

6 July 2008:  Updated Richard Foster and Manuel Foster photos.

13 April 2008;: Christina FOSTER McKnight family photo added.

12 April 2008:  Charles Elmer Foster family photo added.

10 April 2008:  Elizabeth FOSTER Duckworth photo added.

30 March 2008:  Susan Jane FOSTER Blair photo added.

25 March 2008:  Doug Foster & John R Johnson family photos upgraded.

27 November 2003:  Updated links.

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