The oldest Confederate soldier in Callahan County, possibly Texas, and one of the last in the United States was Wiley Wood Foster. He was born in Jasper County, Texas on December 31, 1844 and died in Cross Plains, Calahan County, Texas, on October 27, 1946 at the age of 101.
Wiley was one of eleven children born to John Clayborn and Jane Amanda Nugent Foster who had migrated from Wilkerson County, Mississippi to Fort Bend County, Texas, by 1838. By the early 1840s the Fosters had settled near Buna, a farming and logging community in Jasper County that was Wiley's birthplace and boyhood home.
After spending a brief time farming in Llano County, at the young age of sixteen Wiley volunteered to join the Confederate Army and was actually enlisted one week after his seventeenth birthday on January 8, 1862. He participated in some of the most heated battles of the war. During the battle of Arkansas Pas, Wiley was captured and became a prisoner of war in Camp Douglas, Illinois. After being exchanged he fought under General Joseph Johnsonton and later under General John Hood. Wiley was wounded in the battle of Chickamauga and again captured in the Battle of Atlanta. After being in the Union prison camp at Camp Chase, OHio for eight months, Wiley was paroled soon after General Lee surrendered.
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The following obit was left by Debra LaMel, a relative.
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Wiley Wood Foster
Wiley Wood Foster Passes Here Sunday At Age 101 years. Wiley Wood Foster, Cross Plains only centenarian, and a resident of Callahan county for 45 years, passed away at the home of his son, J C Foster, October 27, at 3:00 o'clock. Born in Jasper County December 31, 1844, he was at the time of his death one hundred and one years, nine months and 27 days of age. His health had been falling rapidly since last summer and death was attributed to natural causes.
Funeral services were held at the Atwell Primitive Baptist Church Monday afternoon at 2:30 with Rev. W J Jackson of Muleshoe and Rev. J L Collins of Abilene officiating. Burial was made in the Atwell cemetery.
Wiley Wood Foster enlisted in the Confederate Army at Belton as a member of the Texas Cavalry at the age of 16, engaged in numerous battles, was wounded in the side during the battle of Chicamungee and captured twice by the Yankees. After the first capture he was exchanged for a northern soldier, rejoined his forces and was retaken prisoner. Following the second capture, he was place in prison at Camp Chase, Ohio where he remained until the close of the war.
Two years following the war he was married to Clarissy Crockett, twice a widow, in 1866 in Jasper County. Mrs. Foster was first married to Allen Richardson and to them two sons where born. After his death she married David Crockett, five boys and two girls being born to them. Following the death of Crockett she married W. W. Foster and five boys were born to the union. One son, William Crockett, survives her and lives in Buna, Texas. Mrs. Foster died in 1922 at the age of 92 years. Since her death Mr. Foster had made his home with a son. In July 1867 Mr. Foster united with the Primitive Baptist Church and was ordained a Deacon in the Antioch church in 1872, which place he faithfully filled during his life. Both Mr. and Mrs. Foster were members of the Lebanon church at Atwell, where their son, J C Foster and nephew D C Foster, are joint pastors at the (con'td on page 2)Page 2 present time. Coming to Callahan county with his family in 1901, the Fosters settled on a 130 acre cotton farm near Atwell and later became owners of the Atwell Grocery Store. He operated the business until 1917 when the building and merchandise was destroyed by fire.
Survivors include two sons, J C and A G Foster; 27 grandchildren, 140 great grandchildren, 35 great grandchildren and one great great great grandchild.
Pall bearers at the funeral services were Andy Foster, Alvie Foster, S N Foster, C E Foster, E P Foster, and D C Foster. Flower girls where Doice Purvis, Billie Joyce Bentley, Hazel Miller, Roxie and Doxie Pillans, Leona Bailey, Juanita Harlow, Emily Gray Foster, Georgia May Hutchins and Dixie Bounds.
- Debra LaMel
Added: Mar. 31, 2009
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Note received 1-20-12 through findagrave.com:
Kenneth Roland Trout, I am the great great grandson of Wiley W. Foster, the family is still going strong!
Wiley was one of eleven children born to John Clayborn and Jane Amanda Nugent Foster who had migrated from Wilkerson County, Mississippi to Fort Bend County, Texas, by 1838. By the early 1840s the Fosters had settled near Buna, a farming and logging community in Jasper County that was Wiley's birthplace and boyhood home.
After spending a brief time farming in Llano County, at the young age of sixteen Wiley volunteered to join the Confederate Army and was actually enlisted one week after his seventeenth birthday on January 8, 1862. He participated in some of the most heated battles of the war. During the battle of Arkansas Pas, Wiley was captured and became a prisoner of war in Camp Douglas, Illinois. After being exchanged he fought under General Joseph Johnsonton and later under General John Hood. Wiley was wounded in the battle of Chickamauga and again captured in the Battle of Atlanta. After being in the Union prison camp at Camp Chase, OHio for eight months, Wiley was paroled soon after General Lee surrendered.
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Obit I found ended here......hope to find the remainder.
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The following obit was left by Debra LaMel, a relative.
Date and Name of Newspaper unk
Wiley Wood Foster
Wiley Wood Foster Passes Here Sunday At Age 101 years. Wiley Wood Foster, Cross Plains only centenarian, and a resident of Callahan county for 45 years, passed away at the home of his son, J C Foster, October 27, at 3:00 o'clock. Born in Jasper County December 31, 1844, he was at the time of his death one hundred and one years, nine months and 27 days of age. His health had been falling rapidly since last summer and death was attributed to natural causes.
Funeral services were held at the Atwell Primitive Baptist Church Monday afternoon at 2:30 with Rev. W J Jackson of Muleshoe and Rev. J L Collins of Abilene officiating. Burial was made in the Atwell cemetery.
Wiley Wood Foster enlisted in the Confederate Army at Belton as a member of the Texas Cavalry at the age of 16, engaged in numerous battles, was wounded in the side during the battle of Chicamungee and captured twice by the Yankees. After the first capture he was exchanged for a northern soldier, rejoined his forces and was retaken prisoner. Following the second capture, he was place in prison at Camp Chase, Ohio where he remained until the close of the war.
Two years following the war he was married to Clarissy Crockett, twice a widow, in 1866 in Jasper County. Mrs. Foster was first married to Allen Richardson and to them two sons where born. After his death she married David Crockett, five boys and two girls being born to them. Following the death of Crockett she married W. W. Foster and five boys were born to the union. One son, William Crockett, survives her and lives in Buna, Texas. Mrs. Foster died in 1922 at the age of 92 years. Since her death Mr. Foster had made his home with a son. In July 1867 Mr. Foster united with the Primitive Baptist Church and was ordained a Deacon in the Antioch church in 1872, which place he faithfully filled during his life. Both Mr. and Mrs. Foster were members of the Lebanon church at Atwell, where their son, J C Foster and nephew D C Foster, are joint pastors at the (con'td on page 2)Page 2 present time. Coming to Callahan county with his family in 1901, the Fosters settled on a 130 acre cotton farm near Atwell and later became owners of the Atwell Grocery Store. He operated the business until 1917 when the building and merchandise was destroyed by fire.
Survivors include two sons, J C and A G Foster; 27 grandchildren, 140 great grandchildren, 35 great grandchildren and one great great great grandchild.
Pall bearers at the funeral services were Andy Foster, Alvie Foster, S N Foster, C E Foster, E P Foster, and D C Foster. Flower girls where Doice Purvis, Billie Joyce Bentley, Hazel Miller, Roxie and Doxie Pillans, Leona Bailey, Juanita Harlow, Emily Gray Foster, Georgia May Hutchins and Dixie Bounds.
- Debra LaMel
Added: Mar. 31, 2009
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Note received 1-20-12 through findagrave.com:
Kenneth Roland Trout, I am the great great grandson of Wiley W. Foster, the family is still going strong!
The oldest Confederate soldier in Callahan County, possibly Texas, and one of the last in the United States was Wiley Wood Foster. He was born in Jasper County, Texas on December 31, 1844 and died in Cross Plains, Calahan County, Texas, on October 27, 1946 at the age of 101.
Wiley was one of eleven children born to John Clayborn and Jane Amanda Nugent Foster who had migrated from Wilkerson County, Mississippi to Fort Bend County, Texas, by 1838. By the early 1840s the Fosters had settled near Buna, a farming and logging community in Jasper County that was Wiley's birthplace and boyhood home.
After spending a brief time farming in Llano County, at the young age of sixteen Wiley volunteered to join the Confederate Army and was actually enlisted one week after his seventeenth birthday on January 8, 1862. He participated in some of the most heated battles of the war. During the battle of Arkansas Pas, Wiley was captured and became a prisoner of war in Camp Douglas, Illinois. After being exchanged he fought under General Joseph Johnsonton and later under General John Hood. Wiley was wounded in the battle of Chickamauga and again captured in the Battle of Atlanta. After being in the Union prison camp at Camp Chase, OHio for eight months, Wiley was paroled soon after General Lee surrendered.
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Obit I found ended here......hope to find the remainder.
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The following obit was left by Debra LaMel, a relative.
Date and Name of Newspaper unk
Wiley Wood Foster
Wiley Wood Foster Passes Here Sunday At Age 101 years. Wiley Wood Foster, Cross Plains only centenarian, and a resident of Callahan county for 45 years, passed away at the home of his son, J C Foster, October 27, at 3:00 o'clock. Born in Jasper County December 31, 1844, he was at the time of his death one hundred and one years, nine months and 27 days of age. His health had been falling rapidly since last summer and death was attributed to natural causes.
Funeral services were held at the Atwell Primitive Baptist Church Monday afternoon at 2:30 with Rev. W J Jackson of Muleshoe and Rev. J L Collins of Abilene officiating. Burial was made in the Atwell cemetery.
Wiley Wood Foster enlisted in the Confederate Army at Belton as a member of the Texas Cavalry at the age of 16, engaged in numerous battles, was wounded in the side during the battle of Chicamungee and captured twice by the Yankees. After the first capture he was exchanged for a northern soldier, rejoined his forces and was retaken prisoner. Following the second capture, he was place in prison at Camp Chase, Ohio where he remained until the close of the war.
Two years following the war he was married to Clarissy Crockett, twice a widow, in 1866 in Jasper County. Mrs. Foster was first married to Allen Richardson and to them two sons where born. After his death she married David Crockett, five boys and two girls being born to them. Following the death of Crockett she married W. W. Foster and five boys were born to the union. One son, William Crockett, survives her and lives in Buna, Texas. Mrs. Foster died in 1922 at the age of 92 years. Since her death Mr. Foster had made his home with a son. In July 1867 Mr. Foster united with the Primitive Baptist Church and was ordained a Deacon in the Antioch church in 1872, which place he faithfully filled during his life. Both Mr. and Mrs. Foster were members of the Lebanon church at Atwell, where their son, J C Foster and nephew D C Foster, are joint pastors at the (con'td on page 2)Page 2 present time. Coming to Callahan county with his family in 1901, the Fosters settled on a 130 acre cotton farm near Atwell and later became owners of the Atwell Grocery Store. He operated the business until 1917 when the building and merchandise was destroyed by fire.
Survivors include two sons, J C and A G Foster; 27 grandchildren, 140 great grandchildren, 35 great grandchildren and one great great great grandchild.
Pall bearers at the funeral services were Andy Foster, Alvie Foster, S N Foster, C E Foster, E P Foster, and D C Foster. Flower girls where Doice Purvis, Billie Joyce Bentley, Hazel Miller, Roxie and Doxie Pillans, Leona Bailey, Juanita Harlow, Emily Gray Foster, Georgia May Hutchins and Dixie Bounds.
- Debra LaMel
Added: Mar. 31, 2009
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Note received 1-20-12 through findagrave.com:
Kenneth Roland Trout, I am the great great grandson of Wiley W. Foster, the family is still going strong!
Wiley was one of eleven children born to John Clayborn and Jane Amanda Nugent Foster who had migrated from Wilkerson County, Mississippi to Fort Bend County, Texas, by 1838. By the early 1840s the Fosters had settled near Buna, a farming and logging community in Jasper County that was Wiley's birthplace and boyhood home.
After spending a brief time farming in Llano County, at the young age of sixteen Wiley volunteered to join the Confederate Army and was actually enlisted one week after his seventeenth birthday on January 8, 1862. He participated in some of the most heated battles of the war. During the battle of Arkansas Pas, Wiley was captured and became a prisoner of war in Camp Douglas, Illinois. After being exchanged he fought under General Joseph Johnsonton and later under General John Hood. Wiley was wounded in the battle of Chickamauga and again captured in the Battle of Atlanta. After being in the Union prison camp at Camp Chase, OHio for eight months, Wiley was paroled soon after General Lee surrendered.
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Obit I found ended here......hope to find the remainder.
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The following obit was left by Debra LaMel, a relative.
Date and Name of Newspaper unk
Wiley Wood Foster
Wiley Wood Foster Passes Here Sunday At Age 101 years. Wiley Wood Foster, Cross Plains only centenarian, and a resident of Callahan county for 45 years, passed away at the home of his son, J C Foster, October 27, at 3:00 o'clock. Born in Jasper County December 31, 1844, he was at the time of his death one hundred and one years, nine months and 27 days of age. His health had been falling rapidly since last summer and death was attributed to natural causes.
Funeral services were held at the Atwell Primitive Baptist Church Monday afternoon at 2:30 with Rev. W J Jackson of Muleshoe and Rev. J L Collins of Abilene officiating. Burial was made in the Atwell cemetery.
Wiley Wood Foster enlisted in the Confederate Army at Belton as a member of the Texas Cavalry at the age of 16, engaged in numerous battles, was wounded in the side during the battle of Chicamungee and captured twice by the Yankees. After the first capture he was exchanged for a northern soldier, rejoined his forces and was retaken prisoner. Following the second capture, he was place in prison at Camp Chase, Ohio where he remained until the close of the war.
Two years following the war he was married to Clarissy Crockett, twice a widow, in 1866 in Jasper County. Mrs. Foster was first married to Allen Richardson and to them two sons where born. After his death she married David Crockett, five boys and two girls being born to them. Following the death of Crockett she married W. W. Foster and five boys were born to the union. One son, William Crockett, survives her and lives in Buna, Texas. Mrs. Foster died in 1922 at the age of 92 years. Since her death Mr. Foster had made his home with a son. In July 1867 Mr. Foster united with the Primitive Baptist Church and was ordained a Deacon in the Antioch church in 1872, which place he faithfully filled during his life. Both Mr. and Mrs. Foster were members of the Lebanon church at Atwell, where their son, J C Foster and nephew D C Foster, are joint pastors at the (con'td on page 2)Page 2 present time. Coming to Callahan county with his family in 1901, the Fosters settled on a 130 acre cotton farm near Atwell and later became owners of the Atwell Grocery Store. He operated the business until 1917 when the building and merchandise was destroyed by fire.
Survivors include two sons, J C and A G Foster; 27 grandchildren, 140 great grandchildren, 35 great grandchildren and one great great great grandchild.
Pall bearers at the funeral services were Andy Foster, Alvie Foster, S N Foster, C E Foster, E P Foster, and D C Foster. Flower girls where Doice Purvis, Billie Joyce Bentley, Hazel Miller, Roxie and Doxie Pillans, Leona Bailey, Juanita Harlow, Emily Gray Foster, Georgia May Hutchins and Dixie Bounds.
- Debra LaMel
Added: Mar. 31, 2009
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Note received 1-20-12 through findagrave.com:
Kenneth Roland Trout, I am the great great grandson of Wiley W. Foster, the family is still going strong!
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