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Nathan C. Foster Veteran

Birth
Simpson County, Kentucky, USA
Death
2 Mar 1903 (aged 69–70)
Christian County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Christian County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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Hopkinsville Kentuckian March 6, 1903
Nathan C. Foster
Well Known Pon Planter, Dies After Long Illness
Mr. N. C. Foster, a farmer who lived in the Pon neighborhood, died Monday night, after an illness of several months. He was 69 years old and a most excellent citizen. The interment took place at Antioch Wednesday.

Records per military indicate per Ancestry that NC Nathan Foster was a Civil War Confederate soldier.

Name: N. C. Foster
Side: Confederate
Regiment State/Origin: Kentucky
Regiment Name: Helm's 1 Ky. Cav.
Regiment Name Expanded: 1st Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Helms')
Company: B
Film Number: M377 roll 5

Name: N. C. Foster
Birth Date: 1833
Age: 27
Spouse's Name: M. J. Blanks
Spouse's Birth Date: 1835
Spouse's Age: 25
Event Date: 24 Apr 1860
Event Place: Trigg,Kentucky

1860 Trigg Co, KY
Blanks, Wm age 51 b. VA
Blanks, Dolly age 54 b. VA
Blanks, John W. age 19 b. KY
Blanks, Wm A. age 15 b. KY
Blanks, Sarah E. age 13 b. KY
Foster, N. C. age 26 b. KY
Foster, Martha J. age 20 b. KY

September 30, 1870 Greenleaf Springs, Trigg Co, KY
Foster, Nathan age 39 b. TN
Foster, Martha J. age 36 b. VA

Nathan C. Foster married Mary Frances Peeler, daughter of Albert J. Peeler and Margaret Matilda Page on November 6, 1878 in Christian Co, KY

June 11, 1880 Fruit Hill, Christian Co, KY
Foster, Nathan age 43 b. KY farmer
Foster, Mary F. age 18 b. KY (2nd wife)
Foster, Lucy A. age 19 b. KY
Foster, John H. age 15 b. KY
Foster, James C. age 11 b, KY
Foster, William M. age 9 b, KY
Foster, Nathan C. age 1 m b. KY

1900 Crofton, Christian Co, KY
Oats, William age 68 b. KY
Oats, Hester C. age 55 b. KY
Percell, Maude stepdau age 24 b. KY
Foster, Nathan boarder Divorced (no age entered) b. TN
(His wife Fannie appears in the 1900 Christian Co, KY census with four of her children. She is listed as widowed)

Per my family records my Aunt Louise Foster stated Mary aka Fannie Peeler Foster raised their 4 children on her own moved to Evansville with her daughter Mae Foster Fryer. She passed in 1940. Buried in Springhill Cemetery. Nashville Tenn.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian March 6, 1903
Nathan C. Foster
Well Known Pon Planter, Dies After Long Illness
Mr. N. C. Foster, a farmer who lived in the Pon neighborhood, died Monday night, after an illness of several months. He was 69 years old and a most excellent citizen. The interment took place at Antioch Wednesday.

Records per military indicate per Ancestry that NC Nathan Foster was a Civil War Confederate soldier.

Name: N. C. Foster
Side: Confederate
Regiment State/Origin: Kentucky
Regiment Name: Helm's 1 Ky. Cav.
Regiment Name Expanded: 1st Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Helms')
Company: B
Film Number: M377 roll 5

Name: N. C. Foster
Birth Date: 1833
Age: 27
Spouse's Name: M. J. Blanks
Spouse's Birth Date: 1835
Spouse's Age: 25
Event Date: 24 Apr 1860
Event Place: Trigg,Kentucky

1860 Trigg Co, KY
Blanks, Wm age 51 b. VA
Blanks, Dolly age 54 b. VA
Blanks, John W. age 19 b. KY
Blanks, Wm A. age 15 b. KY
Blanks, Sarah E. age 13 b. KY
Foster, N. C. age 26 b. KY
Foster, Martha J. age 20 b. KY

September 30, 1870 Greenleaf Springs, Trigg Co, KY
Foster, Nathan age 39 b. TN
Foster, Martha J. age 36 b. VA

Nathan C. Foster married Mary Frances Peeler, daughter of Albert J. Peeler and Margaret Matilda Page on November 6, 1878 in Christian Co, KY

June 11, 1880 Fruit Hill, Christian Co, KY
Foster, Nathan age 43 b. KY farmer
Foster, Mary F. age 18 b. KY (2nd wife)
Foster, Lucy A. age 19 b. KY
Foster, John H. age 15 b. KY
Foster, James C. age 11 b, KY
Foster, William M. age 9 b, KY
Foster, Nathan C. age 1 m b. KY

1900 Crofton, Christian Co, KY
Oats, William age 68 b. KY
Oats, Hester C. age 55 b. KY
Percell, Maude stepdau age 24 b. KY
Foster, Nathan boarder Divorced (no age entered) b. TN
(His wife Fannie appears in the 1900 Christian Co, KY census with four of her children. She is listed as widowed)

Per my family records my Aunt Louise Foster stated Mary aka Fannie Peeler Foster raised their 4 children on her own moved to Evansville with her daughter Mae Foster Fryer. She passed in 1940. Buried in Springhill Cemetery. Nashville Tenn.

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