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Robert Montgomery Foster

Male 1832 - 1917  (85 years)

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  • Name Robert Montgomery Foster  [1, 2] 
    Birth 6 Sep 1832  Macon County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1850  Macon, Macon, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Residence 1860  Macon County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Military Service Abt 1863  Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    discharged as Captain 116th Illinois Infantry 
    Residence 1870  Mount Zion, Macon, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1880  Fredonia, Wilson, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Residence 1900  Fredonia, Wilson, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1910  Fredonia, Wilson, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Ward 2 
    Burial 1917  Fredonia, Wilson, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Fredonia City Cemetery
    Death 22 Sep 1917  Fredonia, Wilson, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I16841  MontyHistNotes_2014 | JMMM_son James Montgomery
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

    Father John Carson Foster,   b. 7 Nov 1809, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Dec 1858, Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Emiline Montgomery,   b. 5 Feb 1809, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jan 1835, Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 25 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 13 Sep 1831  Mount Zion, Macon, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Family ID F1609  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Gabriella Penelope Traughber,   b. 23 Dec 1838, Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Apr 1913, Fredonia, Wilson, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 4 Feb 1858  Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    >1. William Anderson Foster,   b. 7 Apr 1861, Macon County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Dec 1863, Macon County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 2 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >2. Thomas McPherson Foster,   b. 1 Jan 1865, Macon County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jun 1951, Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Lilly May Foster,   b. 29 May 1867, Macon County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1948, Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Mary Jane "Jennie" Foster,   b. 17 Dec 1868, Macon County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1950, Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >5. Edwin Daniel Foster,   b. 24 Jul 1870, Macon County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Apr 1951, Pierce, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >6. John A Logan Foster,   b. 2 Jan 1874, Fredonia, Wilson, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Dec 1941, Ozark, Christian, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F8315  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 6 Sep 1832 - Macon County, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1850 - Macon, Macon, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 4 Feb 1858 - Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1860 - Macon County, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary Service - discharged as Captain 116th Illinois Infantry - Abt 1863 - Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1870 - Mount Zion, Macon, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1880 - Fredonia, Wilson, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1900 - Fredonia, Wilson, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Ward 2 - 1910 - Fredonia, Wilson, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1917 - Fredonia, Wilson, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 22 Sep 1917 - Fredonia, Wilson, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2931] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online. Year: 1880; Census Place: Fredonia, Wilson, Kansas;Roll: 399; Family History Film: 1254399; Page: 77A; Enumeration District: 183; Image: 0634.
      Record for Robert M. Foster

    2. [S11] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2005;;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Macon, Macon, Illinois; Roll: M432_118; Page: 166A; Image: 91.
      Record for Robert M Foster
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=16414701&indiv=try

    3. [S3398] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online. Year: 1910; Census Place: Newton Ward 3, Harvey,Kansas; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: .
      Record for Thomas H Foster

    4. [S298] Brett, Charlotte M, Charlote Brett notes from Charlotte NC, (Name: Date: 8 Oct 1971;;), Notes found in Charlotte, NC, Library written by Charlotte Brett.

    5. [S780] Ware, Johnsie Pettus, Montgomery Notes on Gamewell Line, (Name: Date: About 1974;;), These are notes found in the files of Mrs. Moffatt Ware in Shelby, NC. Perhaps she typed them; another possible author would be Curtis Montgomery, since most of the information involves his line. Another potential writer of these notes is Charlotte Brett.



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