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The Family Garden
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George Washington FOSTER
George W. Foster was born in Virginia in 1810. He is not known when he came to Tenn. He was in Hickman County, Tenn in 1840. By then he had married Parmelia Ann Mobley. Probably around 1833. He had two sons born in Hickman County, John W. born 1834, and William Jefferson, born in 1838, and one daughter, Mary C. born in 1836. In 1850, he was in Lawrence County, Tenn. Three more sons were born, Daniel M. born in 1840, James A, born in 1845, George W, born in 1849 and two more daughters, Sarah C born in 1842 and Nancy J, born in 1847. Nothing is known by this writer about George Foster's children except for William Jefferson Foster. He was my Great-Grandfather. Known as Jeff Foster, he married Annie Elizabeth Wooten in Lawrence County, Tenn, the 5th of Sep 1858. She was born 31 December, 1840 in Maury County, Tenn, daughter of Shadrick O and Elizabeth Wooten. Shadrick and Elizabeth were both born in North Carolina. The 2nd of Sept, 1859, my Grandmother, Martha Elizabeth Alice Foster (Bettie) was born in Lawrence County, Tenn. Bettie's brothers and sisters were Sam Houston, Sidney A., Albert S., Arris E., Celia, Nelle and Hautie. Jeff Foster enlisted in the infantry the spring of 1862. He served during the Civil War with the 48th Tenn. regiment until the end of the war. He served under Col. George Nixon and Captain Newt Carroll. A lifelong friend of Jeff's knew him in 1855 while they were both in Lawrence County, Tenn. He served honorably during the war until he was discharged. Jeff held the rank of private for the three and a half years he served. Jeff and Annie Foster's children:
Bettie Foster, married Jacob Lee Karnes the 10th of Sept 1876 inMontgomery County, Tenn.
Arris Eldridge Foster married Emma M. Penny the 28th of Sept 1899 inCorsicana, Texas.
Sam Houston married Meitha Zewer.
Sidney Foster married Ida B. Layton in Corsicana, Texas.
Celia Foster died at a young age.
Nelle Foster married Willis M. Layto in Corsicana, Texas.
Hautie Foster married Rufus Wigley in Corsicana, Texas.
Albert S. Foster married but divorced The name of the lady is notknown.
Jeff and Annie Foster moved from Clarksville, Tenn to Texas in 1883. They first settled in Ellis County in a small community called Creechfield. It was about four miles outside of Ennis. there is nothing there now showing there was ever a community except for thecotton gin still standing. Down farm road 1181, the first cross roadsyou come to passed the cotton gin - that is where the old Creechville school stood. The Foster family lived in Creechfield until 1890 when they moved to Navarro County. They lived on a rented farm for several years outside of Corsicana. Sometime between 1890 and 1900, they moved into the city limits of Corsicana and lived in what was calledthe Thorpe addition. Jeff did carpentry work the rest of his life, as did his sons.
One little anecdote abut Jeff Foster - his wife, Annie, had made apeach cobbler for dinner. Back then that was the noon meal - the mainmeal of the day. As was the custom the, the men were fed first, thenthe women and next the children. After the men had eaten, Jeff tookthe peach cobbler and hid it. He told his wife that was for his supper and the kids couldn't eat it up at dinner.
Annie said, "Jake, you are not going to hide that cobbler from the kids, they can certainly have some of it too."
In 1913, the Foster family had moved to a section of Corsicana called String town. There, Jeff became ill and died the 23rd of August, 1913. Annie moved back to Thorpe addition and lived with her married daughter Nelle for awhile, and also lived with her daughter BettieKarnes. She was living with Bettie when she died the 9th of November,1930.
Jeff and Annie are both buried beside each other in Oakwood Cemetery, in Corsicana, Texas.
*Source: Notes from Laurie Jeanne Karnes Graves
Shadrick Oliver WOOTEN
1850 Census, 12th Civil District, Maury County, Tennessee, Enumerated 24 Sep 1850, Household # 428
Wooten, Shadrick O., age 43, Occupation: Hatter, Real Estate Value $600, b. North Carolina
Elizabeth, age 42, b. North Carolina
James C., age 18, Occupation: Hatter, b. North Carolina
Samuel O., age 14, b. Tennesssee
Sarah J., age 11, b. Tennessee
Ann E., age 10, b. Tennessee
Martha N., age 5, b. Tennessee
Louisa H., age 3, b. Tennessee
*Information provided by Linda Talkington
Elizabeth BLAKE
Year of birth and birth location are from the 1850 census:
1850 Census, 12th Civil District, Maury County, Tennessee, Enumerated 24 Sep 1850, Household # 428
Wooten, Shadrick O., age 43, Occupation: Hatter, Real Estate Value $600, b. North Carolina
Elizabeth, age 42, b. North Carolina
James C., age 18, Occupation: Hatter, b. North Carolina
Samuel O., age 14, b. Tennesssee
Sarah J., age 11, b. Tennessee
Ann E., age 10, b. Tennessee
Martha N., age 5, b. Tennessee
Louisa H., age 3, b. Tennessee
*Information provided by Linda Talkingto
Alice Myrtle FOSTER
My mother called her Aunt Myrtle. It's the only name I ever knew her by. I remember going to her house. She was a school teacher and the story is that she never married because school teachers couldn't be married when she started teaching and education was more important to her than anything else. Supposedly her father was very wealthy and she inherited a lot of money. Her house was very lavish as I recall. She had a lot of books and wonderful old bookshelves with glass doors. The walls looked like they were covered with silk. Probably just wallpaper, but I thought it was silk. She had a huge silver serving set in the dinning room. Very ornate. Seems like her father had gotten it for something, or in another country, but I can't remember the story. It was enormous. A mysterious young man lived upstairs. At least he seemed mysterious to me. We never saw him. We could hear him up there sometime, or going up and down the stairs. He may have been a relative, but I'm not sure. She liked to read to us and talked a lot about wanting people in the family to be teachers. I found her warm and very interesting to be around. When she died, she left her estate to an education fund for relatives. When I was in high school, she told us that she wanted to leave her estate as a perpetual teachers fund. For people to go to school to be teachers, and then contribute back to the fund as they could to keep it going. But, that is not quite the way her final will was worded. Her estate was left in the care of a bank and no one could receive any of the funds until it was established exactly who the "relatives" were. We all received several notifications from the bank about the status of the fund. The bank spent several thousand dollars on genealogists and lawyers over the next 10 years or so. Most of the money went to the lawyers and genealogists and bank administration fees. A few years ago, one descendent tried to get copies of the genealogy done by the bank, but they would not release it. My understanding is that they considered it to contain private information about families. My understanding is that very little of the money actually went toward's anyone's college education. It was mostly gone before they ever released any of the funds. This is based on my limited knowledge of the facts. If any of this is incorrect, please let me know! I sure would like to have the genealogy reports though!
Linda Walker 2002
Sammie Allen FOSTER
Info compiled by my mother, Laurie Jeanne Karnes Graves. I do not know her souce for this information, unless it was my Grandmother.
Charles Sebastian MASINI
Ellis Island Immigrant
Name: Carlo Masini
Ethnicity: Southern Italian
Residence: Torre del Benaco, Italy
Age on Arrival: 3
Ship: Imperator
Point of Departure: Cherbourg, Manche, France
Date of Arrival: 8 Aug 1920
Marital Status: Single
NOTE: Son Kevin Robinson Masini had never heard his father referred to as Carlo, but given birthdate and other family members, we are confident this is indeed Charles S. Masini.
Connecticut Death Index, 1949-1996
Masini, Charles S.
Death Date: 6 Mar 1967
Death Place: Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut
Spouse: Mari
Race: White
Age: 49 years
Residence: Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut
State File Number: 04854
*Info generously provided by Linda Talkington
Jane MASINI
Died as an infant.
*Source: Personal knowledge of Kevin Robinson Masini
Arris Eldridge FOSTER
Notes from my mother, Laurie Jeanne Karnes Graves:
Arris Foster was born in Clarksville, Tennessee in 1875. He was the son of William Jefferson and Annie Wooten Foster. He had three borthers, Sam Houston, Sidney and Albert. Three sisters, Nelle, Hautie and Martha Elizabeth (Bettie). Arris's family moved from Tennessee to Navarro County, Texas in 1883. They lived on a rented farm outside of Corsicana for a few years, then moved into what was then known as Thorpe Additon, a section of Corsicana. Jeff Foster worked as a carpenter and raised his family there. As the children grew up and married, they all stayed in Corsicana with the exception of Sam Foster. Some time after he married, he moved to Dallas. Arris married Emma Penny the 28th of Sep 1899 in Corsicana. They lived in Thorpe additon until 1918 when they rented a house at 741 W. Park {Corsicana}. In 1925, Arris bought the house on Park and that is where his children finished growing up. Arris continued his contracting and carpenter business until he passed away the 2nd of Jan, 1953. He is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery in Corsicana.
Emma lived in the house on Park until just a few months before she died in 1986 at the age of 104 years. She also is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Corsicana.
Arris was a Justice of the Peace in Corsicana for twelve years.
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1908 Corsicana City Directory
Foster Arri E (Emma), carp, r Oak Grove addn.
1922 City Book Store (Directory)
Foster, Arris (Emma), carp, r 741 W. Park av
Foster, Maude, student, b. 741 W Park Av
Death Certificate
Arris E. Foster
Date of Birth: 21 May 1875
Date of Death: 2 Jan 1953
Age: 76 years, 7 months, 11 days
Place of Death: Memorial Hospital, Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas
Usual Occupation: Retired
Kind of Business: Justice of the Peace
Birthplace: Tenn.
Father's Name: Jeff Foster, Birthplace: Tenn.
Mother's Maiden Name: Fannie E. Wooten, Birthplace: Tenn.
Conditon directly leading to death: Myelogenous Lukemia
Emma Mariah PENNY
My mother's notes say she was 104 when she passed away.
Maudie Estelle FOSTER
In my mother's notes: She married William Paul Moore. He was born 23 Nov 1900 and died 8 Mar 1924 in Corsicana, Navarro County, Tennessee.
Occupation: Daily Sun They had one daughter named Marylnn.
George Washington FOSTER
George W. Foster was born in Virginia in 1810. He is not known when he came to Tenn. He was in Hickman County, Tenn in 1840. By then he had married Parmelia Ann Mobley. Probably around 1833. He had two sons born in Hickman County, John W. born 1834, and William Jefferson, born in 1838, and one daughter, Mary C. born in 1836. In 1850, he was in Lawrence County, Tenn. Three more sons were born, Daniel M. born in 1840, James A, born in 1845, George W, born in 1849 and two more daughters, Sarah C born in 1842 and Nancy J, born in 1847. Nothing is known by this writer about George Foster's children except for William Jefferson Foster. He was my Great-Grandfather. Known as Jeff Foster, he married Annie Elizabeth Wooten in Lawrence County, Tenn, the 5th of Sep 1858. She was born 31 December, 1840 in Maury County, Tenn, daughter of Shadrick O and Elizabeth Wooten. Shadrick and Elizabeth were both born in North Carolina. The 2nd of Sept, 1859, my Grandmother, Martha Elizabeth Alice Foster (Bettie) was born in Lawrence County, Tenn. Bettie's brothers and sisters were Sam Houston, Sidney A., Albert S., Arris E., Celia, Nelle and Hautie. Jeff Foster enlisted in the infantry the spring of 1862. He served during the Civil War with the 48th Tenn. regiment until the end of the war. He served under Col. George Nixon and Captain Newt Carroll. A lifelong friend of Jeff's knew him in 1855 while they were both in Lawrence County, Tenn. He served honorably during the war until he was discharged. Jeff held the rank of private for the three and a half years he served. Jeff and Annie Foster's children:
Bettie Foster, married Jacob Lee Karnes the 10th of Sept 1876 inMontgomery County, Tenn.
Arris Eldridge Foster married Emma M. Penny the 28th of Sept 1899 inCorsicana, Texas.
Sam Houston married Meitha Zewer.
Sidney Foster married Ida B. Layton in Corsicana, Texas.
Celia Foster died at a young age.
Nelle Foster married Willis M. Layto in Corsicana, Texas.
Hautie Foster married Rufus Wigley in Corsicana, Texas.
Albert S. Foster married but divorced The name of the lady is notknown.
Jeff and Annie Foster moved from Clarksville, Tenn to Texas in 1883. They first settled in Ellis County in a small community called Creechfield. It was about four miles outside of Ennis. there is nothing there now showing there was ever a community except for thecotton gin still standing. Down farm road 1181, the first cross roadsyou come to passed the cotton gin - that is where the old Creechville school stood. The Foster family lived in Creechfield until 1890 when they moved to Navarro County. They lived on a rented farm for several years outside of Corsicana. Sometime between 1890 and 1900, they moved into the city limits of Corsicana and lived in what was calledthe Thorpe addition. Jeff did carpentry work the rest of his life, as did his sons.
One little anecdote abut Jeff Foster - his wife, Annie, had made apeach cobbler for dinner. Back then that was the noon meal - the mainmeal of the day. As was the custom the, the men were fed first, thenthe women and next the children. After the men had eaten, Jeff tookthe peach cobbler and hid it. He told his wife that was for his supper and the kids couldn't eat it up at dinner.
Annie said, "Jake, you are not going to hide that cobbler from the kids, they can certainly have some of it too."
In 1913, the Foster family had moved to a section of Corsicana called String town. There, Jeff became ill and died the 23rd of August, 1913. Annie moved back to Thorpe addition and lived with her married daughter Nelle for awhile, and also lived with her daughter BettieKarnes. She was living with Bettie when she died the 9th of November,1930.
Jeff and Annie are both buried beside each other in Oakwood Cemetery, in Corsicana, Texas.
*Source: Notes from Laurie Jeanne Karnes Graves
Richard Singleton FOSTER
Richard was born near Keysville, Charlotte Court House County, Virginia on 15 August 1784. He was the son of Josiah Foster, Jr., a well-to-do plantation owner. Charlotte Court House County is located in Southern Virginia in what is called the Peidmont District. There are rolling hills, many streams, and generally pleasant climate. Charlotte Court House County was known for tobacco production as well as cotton, corn, wheat, oats, etc. Charlotte Court House County was formed from part of Luneburg County which goes back through several counties back to old Charles City County. The new counties were formed as settlers moved into the back country areas and needed more services. Richard Foster was born as the Revolutionary War was winding down. Tragedy came early in the life of Richard. His father, Josiah, died at an early age (41) in 1796, leaving one daughter who shortly married and five dependent children. The mother of the family must have preceded her husband in death because we have no record of her in the estate settlement. The children were placed with relatives as wards. His early life must have been one of peace and security because of his Father's sizeable estate with many slaves. Many relatives lived in the area including Richard's Grandfather. I am sure he had good care and training because of the prominence of his later life. The children continued schooling, which was unusual, since a voucher for hiring a school teacher is listed in the estate papers. Our first record of Richard after the death of his Father and the estate settlement is his marriage to Elizabeth (Betsy) Mann Foster on 28 August 1804. (They were second cousins). On the marriage application, George Foster is listed as Father of the bride. Her mother was Sarah (Sally) Wilkes who came from an old Virginia Family. We don't know when Richard and Betsy moved to Tennessee. We know that Richard served in the War of 1812 against the British. He was an officer (Ensign) in the 27th Regiment of the Tennessee Militia, so apparently they moved to Tennessee before 1812. Their daughter Julia was born in Tennessee in 1811 (from the 1850 census). Richard prepared his will in 1859. The will was probated in 1868 and proved March 2, 1868. WILL OF RICHARD SINGLETON FOSTER
I, Richard S. Foster, of the County of Maury and the State of Tennessee, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, though feeble in body, do hereby constitute and ordain this to be my last will and testament. Revoking all other made by me at any time previous.
(1) May desire is that my beloved wife, Elizabeth M. Foster shall have of my Negroes a man Bill (blacksmith), a woman named Manda, a young man named Ned and a girl named Louvina. My will is that my wife shall have possession of my house and so much of my land where I now live as she may need for her force to work and for pasture for her stock, or if she prefers, shall have the use of so much of my land on the turnpike where my son Richard S. Foster now lives as she can use to advantage and live with him and family free of charge. My will is that she keep for her use all the household property that she may desire, and three horses, her choice out of my stock and as many cattle as she may need together with tock hogs and ample supply of provisions of all kinds to last her and hers twelve months after my decease.
(2) To my daughter Margaret S. Pipkins, I have heretofore given property to the amount of six hundred dollars, viz: a Negro girl named Rose, which I loaned her, and which I now will and her increase to the lawful heirs of her body. The balance in stock amounting to two hundred - making in all six hundred to her and her heirs.
(3) To my son, Josiah Foster, I have heretofore given property to the amount of six hundred dollars - two hundred in property, and a Negro boy named Alfred for four hundred dollars, which Negro I have since bough back from him for four hundred dollars paid him, making in all six hundred dollars.
(4) To my son Minor W. Foster, I have heretofore given Negro boy named Henry, which I bough back from him for three hundred dollars cash paid him and enough other property worth three hundred dollars more, making six hundred dollars.
(5) To my daughter Julia B. Foster, I now give a Negro girl named Leathy which I value to her at four hundred dollars, also a bed, bedstead, and furniture, and a horse or mare, her choice, after my wife has taken hers. All to be worth six hundred dollars to her and her lawful heirs if she has any, and if not, at her death all to return to all by other children equally.
(6) To my Son, George W. Foster, I have heretofore given in cash three hundred dollars and property amounting to two hundred more, in all five hundred dollars.
(7) To my daughter Sarah B. Tomlinson, I have heretofore given property to the amount of six hundred dollars - viz: a Negro girl named Caroline which I value at four hundred dollars, and other property to the amount of two hundred dollars, making in all six hundred dollars. (8) To my daughter, Elizabeth B. Taylor, I have heretofore given property to the amount of six hundred dollars, viz: a Negro girl named Martha which I value at four hundred dollars and other poperty to the amount of two hundred dollars.
(9) To my son Jonathan A. Foster, I have heretofore given property to the amount of six hundred dollars, viz: a Negro boy named Jim which I value at four hundred dollars and other property worth two hundred dollars.
(10) To my daughter Nancy J. Caskie (Gaskie - Caskey?), I heretofore given to her amount of seven hundred dollars, viz: a Negro girl named Fran which I value at five hundred dollars and other property to the amount of two hundred dollars, making in all seven hundred dollars.
(11) To my son Richard S. Foster, I now give a Negro boy named Nate, which I value at four hundred dollars and other property heretofore given worth two hundred dollars, making in all six hundred dollars.
My will is that my daughter, Julia B. Foster remain with and live with my wife until her death and that she shall have a life similar to my wife, and have the use of so much of my land as she may need as long as my wife lives and at her death she is to shift for herself, like my other children.
After my death, my will is that all my just debts shall be paid out of any money I may died possessed of, or may first come into the hands of my executors. After all my funeral expenses are paid.
After the death of my wife, my will is that all the property she may die possessed of shall be sold to the highest bidder, on a credit of one year and equally divided amongst all my heirs, share and share alike.
All the balance of my estate, no included in this bequest above named my will is….shall be sold to the highest bidder after giving full and extensive notice of the day of days of sale, via: my tract of land on which I now living containing some three hundred and forty acres, and my tract of land known by the name of Hogan and Hyatt tract shall be sold on a credit on one and two years, and all my Negroes and other property on a credit of one year. The purchases giving bonds and approved securities retaining liens on the lands until the purchase money is paid.
When all my estate is in condition to divide, my will is that my ten children shall share equal..each family receiving one share. I hereby nominate and appoint my two sons, Josiah Foster and Richard S. Foster my executors to this my last will and testament. Witness my hand and seal this fourteenth day of November 1859.
Richard Foster
Many of the items Richard deeded in 1859 would be meaningless in 1868 at his death. The slaves would all be freed by the time of his death. Note the character of the man as displayed by the wording of his will….a rather strict, disciplined man, used to directing and managing. He was bound to manage everything even after his death. His strict character is further borne out by excerpts from court trials he must have instituted. Some details: "Richard Foster of Maury County vs. Benjamin Wiles filed 25 Jan 1839…..Richard says in few words and right to the point". Judith Barrett had died and Wilkes can now pay this judgment. Betsy Mann Foster survived her husband by two years, passing away 15 August 1870. She was buried in the Foster Cemetery near Stiversville, Maury County, TN.
(This Foster Cemetery is located on Smiser-Hickman Road in Stivrsville which is South of Maury County about 1/8 mile off of US 31. This cemetery is the final resting place of Richard Singleton Foster, Elizabeth Mann Foster, Richard Singleton Foster, Jr., Sarah Ann Fleming and several others in unmarked graves.)
As I near the end of reporting Richard Foster's life, I will report some controversy about his ancestry. Between 1835 and 1840 several law suits were filed in Chancery Courtn, Maury Co, TN among the heirs of William Wilkes. In the court records, Richard Foster is listed as an heir to George Foster and Sally Wilkes Foster. The court papers say: "In April 1837, Judith Barrett died in Hickman County, having made her will in Charlotte Co., VA duly register in Hickman County. George, William H. Foster appointed administrators. She left a considerable estate, containing Negroes and 120 acres on Duck River. She left her estate to be divided among her five brothers and sisters, but at her death only one was alive and that was Sally Wilkes Foster, who died shortly thereafter, leaving George Foster, her husband, and their children William H. Foster, Richard Foster and Benjamin W. Foster…..Also among the court papers was a slip of paper on which was written "Children of G. Foster: - Elizabeth Foster, Benjamin Foster and William H. Foster." I believe Richard handled this matter in place of his wife Elizabeth, and was listed in the Court action as descending from George Foster.
I am sure Richard was the son of Josiah Foster Jr. of Charlotte County, Virginia. Confirmation: (1) the slip of paper in the court records which list Elizabeth as the daughter of George. (2) Marriage record of Richard and Elizabeth which states "Besty Mann Foster, daughter of George Foster. (3) Administration records following the death of Josiah Foster which list Richard as his son. Some descendants of Richard Foster have used the Richard Foster to George Foster link to prove admittance to the Daughters of the American Revolution. They were wrong I believe, and could have used Elizabeth, his wife, for the same purpose to prove descent from George Foster, a Revolutionary War Soldier. (Also, Richard was born 15 August 1784 and George Foster married Sarah Wilkes on 29 September 1785. Richard was already 13 months old when George and Sarah were married.)
*Source: Foster....Foster.....Foster Compiled by Henry Ashcroft, 1989
Retitled and retyped by Bill & Eva Roberts "Richard Singleton Foster & Elizabeth Mann Foster of Keysville, Charlotte County, Virginia and Stiversville, Maury County, Tennessee", generously shared with me by Bill & Eva Roberts.
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