Nelson's biographical dictionary and historical reference book of Erie County, Pennsylvania: containing a condensed history of Pennsylvania, of Erie County, and of the several cities, boroughs and townships in the county: also portraits and biographies of the governor's since 1790, and of numerous representative citizens Erie, Pa.: S.B.Nelson, 1896, 1031 pgs.
page 549
Colonel Thomas Forster (deceased), son of John Forster, born near Harrisburg, Pa., May 16, 1762; brought up as a surveyor; served during the Revolutiion in defence of the frontier, was a colonel of volunteers during the whisky insurrection; appointed associate judge of Dauphin county in 1793; member of the assembly one term; came to Erie county as agent of the Harrisburg and Presque Isle Land Company in 1796 or 1797; moved his family to the county in the spring of 1799, settling in Erie; commissioned collector of the port of Erie in March, 1799, a position he filled until his death in 1836, meanwhile acting as government agent for the construction of the breakwater in Erie harbor; serving as captain and brigade inspector in the war of 1812, and holding numerous town and county offices. He married, October 5, 1786, Sarah Pettit, daughter of Rev. Joseph Montgomery, who was a chaplain in the Revolutionary army, and first member of Congress from Lancaster county under the Constitution of the United States. She died in Erie, July 27, 1808. Among her children were the wives of General E. V. Sumner, General George W. Wright, Colonel John Harris, Major Herron and Captain Bailey, U.S. Army. Colonel Forster and Rev. Mr. Montgomery were both educated at Princeton College, New Jersey.
his son Thomas JR follows on pages 549 and 550
page 549
Colonel Thomas Forster (deceased), son of John Forster, born near Harrisburg, Pa., May 16, 1762; brought up as a surveyor; served during the Revolutiion in defence of the frontier, was a colonel of volunteers during the whisky insurrection; appointed associate judge of Dauphin county in 1793; member of the assembly one term; came to Erie county as agent of the Harrisburg and Presque Isle Land Company in 1796 or 1797; moved his family to the county in the spring of 1799, settling in Erie; commissioned collector of the port of Erie in March, 1799, a position he filled until his death in 1836, meanwhile acting as government agent for the construction of the breakwater in Erie harbor; serving as captain and brigade inspector in the war of 1812, and holding numerous town and county offices. He married, October 5, 1786, Sarah Pettit, daughter of Rev. Joseph Montgomery, who was a chaplain in the Revolutionary army, and first member of Congress from Lancaster county under the Constitution of the United States. She died in Erie, July 27, 1808. Among her children were the wives of General E. V. Sumner, General George W. Wright, Colonel John Harris, Major Herron and Captain Bailey, U.S. Army. Colonel Forster and Rev. Mr. Montgomery were both educated at Princeton College, New Jersey.
his son Thomas JR follows on pages 549 and 550
Nelson's biographical dictionary and historical reference book of Erie County, Pennsylvania: containing a condensed history of Pennsylvania, of Erie County, and of the several cities, boroughs and townships in the county: also portraits and biographies of the governor's since 1790, and of numerous representative citizens Erie, Pa.: S.B.Nelson, 1896, 1031 pgs.
page 549
Colonel Thomas Forster (deceased), son of John Forster, born near Harrisburg, Pa., May 16, 1762; brought up as a surveyor; served during the Revolutiion in defence of the frontier, was a colonel of volunteers during the whisky insurrection; appointed associate judge of Dauphin county in 1793; member of the assembly one term; came to Erie county as agent of the Harrisburg and Presque Isle Land Company in 1796 or 1797; moved his family to the county in the spring of 1799, settling in Erie; commissioned collector of the port of Erie in March, 1799, a position he filled until his death in 1836, meanwhile acting as government agent for the construction of the breakwater in Erie harbor; serving as captain and brigade inspector in the war of 1812, and holding numerous town and county offices. He married, October 5, 1786, Sarah Pettit, daughter of Rev. Joseph Montgomery, who was a chaplain in the Revolutionary army, and first member of Congress from Lancaster county under the Constitution of the United States. She died in Erie, July 27, 1808. Among her children were the wives of General E. V. Sumner, General George W. Wright, Colonel John Harris, Major Herron and Captain Bailey, U.S. Army. Colonel Forster and Rev. Mr. Montgomery were both educated at Princeton College, New Jersey.
his son Thomas JR follows on pages 549 and 550
page 549
Colonel Thomas Forster (deceased), son of John Forster, born near Harrisburg, Pa., May 16, 1762; brought up as a surveyor; served during the Revolutiion in defence of the frontier, was a colonel of volunteers during the whisky insurrection; appointed associate judge of Dauphin county in 1793; member of the assembly one term; came to Erie county as agent of the Harrisburg and Presque Isle Land Company in 1796 or 1797; moved his family to the county in the spring of 1799, settling in Erie; commissioned collector of the port of Erie in March, 1799, a position he filled until his death in 1836, meanwhile acting as government agent for the construction of the breakwater in Erie harbor; serving as captain and brigade inspector in the war of 1812, and holding numerous town and county offices. He married, October 5, 1786, Sarah Pettit, daughter of Rev. Joseph Montgomery, who was a chaplain in the Revolutionary army, and first member of Congress from Lancaster county under the Constitution of the United States. She died in Erie, July 27, 1808. Among her children were the wives of General E. V. Sumner, General George W. Wright, Colonel John Harris, Major Herron and Captain Bailey, U.S. Army. Colonel Forster and Rev. Mr. Montgomery were both educated at Princeton College, New Jersey.
his son Thomas JR follows on pages 549 and 550
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