JOSEPH FOSTERJackson Township Bio, Pike County, Ohio
Joseph Foster , son of John and Rebecca (Russel) Foster, was born in Franklin Township, Ross County, Ohio, December 16, 1822, in the same house where his father was born, his grandfather, Thomas Foster, having bought it in 1800. His father in later life sold the old homestead and removed to Clinton County, where he died March 27, 1880. Joseph Foster was married September 04, 1845 to Amanda, daughter of Alexander McMillin. They have had nine children - Mary E., Eliza J., Emma V., Rebecca (deceased), Alice, Newton P., Laura B., Dudley H. and Franklin. Mr. Foster has made farming his life's work and is one of the most thrifty and substantial farmers of Pike County. Politically he is a Republican. Mr. Foster's father, Colonel John Foster, died March 27, 1880 in Reesville, Clinton County, Ohio in the seventy-ninth year of his age. He was born, reared and lived till a few years prior to his death about seven miles above Waverly in Franklin Township, Ross County. He and his wife had been for a few years making their home with a son-in-law, James Davis, in Clinton County, and both died there, his wife preceding him but a few months. Colonel Foster held a number of positions of trust and honor, in every one of which he fully met the expectations of his friends. He was an able exponent of the Whig party, and represented Ross County in the Legislature, his associate being Honorable Chauncey N. Olds, but refused a second nomination. He was modest and unpretending in his manners, but in his opinions was firm as a rock. He could feel a wrong done him but never resented it. His motto was "Malice toward none, charity for all". Mrs. Foster's grandparents, Robert and Mary Hampton, came to Ohio from York County, Pennsylvania, in 1800 and settled in either Pickaway or Ross County, but subsequently moved to Pike County to the farm now owned by Joseph Foster. They had a family of four sons and two daughters - : William, Dudley, Eleanor, Robert, Jane and Frank. Dudley and Jane died after reaching maturity and Frank in childhood. After the father's death, William remained on the homestead with his mother, then owning half of the farm. He was Judge of Court at Piketon a number of years. He was a well-educated man and assisted many young men in their studies. After his mother's death in 1837, he kept young men through the winter, and one winter had twelve or fourteen with him. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church. He died in 1841. Robert married Elizabeth Brown. They had six children - Sarah, Mary, Wilson, William, Eliza and James. He moved to Indiana where he and his wife and four children died. His daughter, Sarah, married George Shipley, now of Independence, Kansas. James is living in Olathe, Kansas. Eleanor Hampton married Alexander McMillin in March 1817. They lived several years on a part of the old homestead and then moved to the farm now owned by Condon, living there four years. They then bought Robert's share of the Hampton homestead, and after William's death the remainder. They had four children - William in1819, died in his fourteenth year; Mary, born in1821, married Henry Renicke, November 14, 1844 and died in 1857, leaving five children - Eliza born September 09, 1823, married J. N. Poage on April 17, 1851 and has one child - Alice; Amanda born November 11, 1825, now Mrs. Joseph Foster. Mr. McMillin, when a boy, worked for farmers in the summer for $6 per month, and in the winter when not in school worked at whatever he could find to do. After his marriage, he rented land and raised corn, at that time worth but .06 1/4 cents per bushel. It was worth 20 cents in New Orleans and Natchez, and Mr. McMillin built flatboats and after buying all the corn that would fill them floated down the river and after selling his corn and boats, took steamboat passage to Louisville, and from there, with the men he had hired to help him, walked home. After making several trips, he had money enough to buy a little farm. About 1830 or 1831 he bought the place where Joseph Foster now lives. In 1858 he bought the "Gregg place", but remained there only eight months, when he went to Bou`rneville, where he died in January 1865. His widow died at the home of her son-in-law, J. N. Poage, near Cincinnati in July 1877. They are both buried in the family cemetery on the old homestead in Pike County.
, son of John and Rebecca (Russel) Foster, was born in Franklin Township, Ross County, Ohio, December 16, 1822, in the same house where his father was born, his grandfather, Thomas Foster, having bought it in 1800. His father in later life sold the old homestead and removed to Clinton County, where he died March 27, 1880. Joseph Foster was married September 04, 1845 to Amanda, daughter of Alexander McMillin. They have had nine children - Mary E., Eliza J., Emma V., Rebecca (deceased), Alice, Newton P., Laura B., Dudley H. and Franklin. Mr. Foster has made farming his life's work and is one of the most thrifty and substantial farmers of Pike County. Politically he is a Republican. Mr. Foster's father, Colonel John Foster, died March 27, 1880 in Reesville, Clinton County, Ohio in the seventy-ninth year of his age. He was born, reared and lived till a few years prior to his death about seven miles above Waverly in Franklin Township, Ross County. He and his wife had been for a few years making their home with a son-in-law, James Davis, in Clinton County, and both died there, his wife preceding him but a few months. Colonel Foster held a number of positions of trust and honor, in every one of which he fully met the expectations of his friends. He was an able exponent of the Whig party, and represented Ross County in the Legislature, his associate being Honorable Chauncey N. Olds, but refused a second nomination. He was modest and unpretending in his manners, but in his opinions was firm as a rock. He could feel a wrong done him but never resented it. His motto was "Malice toward none, charity for all". Mrs. Foster's grandparents, Robert and Mary Hampton, came to Ohio from York County, Pennsylvania, in 1800 and settled in either Pickaway or Ross County, but subsequently moved to Pike County to the farm now owned by Joseph Foster. They had a family of four sons and two daughters - : William, Dudley, Eleanor, Robert, Jane and Frank. Dudley and Jane died after reaching maturity and Frank in childhood. After the father's death, William remained on the homestead with his mother, then owning half of the farm. He was Judge of Court at Piketon a number of years. He was a well-educated man and assisted many young men in their studies. After his mother's death in 1837, he kept young men through the winter, and one winter had twelve or fourteen with him. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church. He died in 1841. Robert married Elizabeth Brown. They had six children - Sarah, Mary, Wilson, William, Eliza and James. He moved to Indiana where he and his wife and four children died. His daughter, Sarah, married George Shipley, now of Independence, Kansas. James is living in Olathe, Kansas. Eleanor Hampton married Alexander McMillin in March 1817. They lived several years on a part of the old homestead and then moved to the farm now owned by Condon, living there four years. They then bought Robert's share of the Hampton homestead, and after William's death the remainder. They had four children - William in1819, died in his fourteenth year; Mary, born in1821, married Henry Renicke, November 14, 1844 and died in 1857, leaving five children - Eliza born September 09, 1823, married J. N. Poage on April 17, 1851 and has one child - Alice; Amanda born November 11, 1825, now Mrs. Joseph Foster. Mr. McMillin, when a boy, worked for farmers in the summer for $6 per month, and in the winter when not in school worked at whatever he could find to do. After his marriage, he rented land and raised corn, at that time worth but .06 1/4 cents per bushel. It was worth 20 cents in New Orleans and Natchez, and Mr. McMillin built flatboats and after buying all the corn that would fill them floated down the river and after selling his corn and boats, took steamboat passage to Louisville, and from there, with the men he had hired to help him, walked home. After making several trips, he had money enough to buy a little farm. About 1830 or 1831 he bought the place where Joseph Foster now lives. In 1858 he bought the "Gregg place", but remained there only eight months, when he went to Bou`rneville, where he died in January 1865. His widow died at the home of her son-in-law, J. N. Poage, near Cincinnati in July 1877. They are both buried in the family cemetery on the old homestead in Pike County. History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - 1884
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