Seth C FosterJackson Township Bio, Pike County, Ohio
Seth Clark Foster was born in Jackson Township, Pike County, Ohio in 1821, a son of Richard and Rachel (Browning) Foster, and the only representative of a once large family now living in Pike County. He was married in 1850 to Maria, daughter of James and Mary (Condon) Day. Three children have been born to them - a daughter, Nancy, died in infancy, and two sons, James Richard and Thomas Day. Mr. Foster is one of the most prominent farmers in the county, and has held some of the responsible offices of his township; has been School Director eighteen years. He has a farm of 217 acres, and is surrounded by all the comforts of a good home. Mr. Foster's grandfather, John Foster, came to Ohio from Maryland with his two youngest sons, Joseph and Richard, in 1796. He had been twice married, but at the time of coming to Ohio was a widower. He had a family of eight children - Lewis, Cassandra, Thomas, Rachel, John, Benjamin, Joseph and Richard. The six elder children were married, but followed their father to Ohio and settled near him. John Foster was a local Methodist preacher in Maryland, and was the earliest pioneer preacher in this part of Ohio. He purchased 300 acres of land, all but twenty acres of it heavily timbered, which he cleared and cultivated, residing on it till his death in 1800, four years after coming to the county. Although he had lived here so short a time, he was widely known and loved. His last sermon was preached from the text "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith". His children became scattered and are now all deceased. His youngest son, and the father of our subject, Richard, was born in 1779 and resided with his father till manhood, when he went to Hagerstown, Maryland, and married Rachel Browning, remaining there till after the birth of two sons. He then returned to Ohio, having inherited the homestead of 300 acres, to which he afterward added 130 acres. To him were born ten children - Jeremiah, John, Eliza, Zebulon, Cassandra, Lemuel G., Aseneth, Thomas, Seth Clark and Rachel. Jeremiah married Elizabeth Johnston; John married Jane Brown; Eliza married Samuel Wilson; Zebulon married Caroline Ostrander; Cassandra married Rufus Libbey; Lemuel married Barbara Hults; Aseneth married Marshal Cumpton; Thomas married Susan Burke; Seth C. married Maria Day; and Rachel married William A. Jones. Richard Foster died June 07, 1831, and his wife March 23, 1858. He was a man of frugal habits, and with the assistance of a kind father, became one of the most prosperous men in the county. He was Justice of the Peace eighteen years. He was a member of no church, but his influence was always on the side of Christianity and morality. His wife was a member of the Methodist Church.
was born in Jackson Township, Pike County, Ohio in 1821, a son of Richard and Rachel (Browning) Foster, and the only representative of a once large family now living in Pike County. He was married in 1850 to Maria, daughter of James and Mary (Condon) Day. Three children have been born to them - a daughter, Nancy, died in infancy, and two sons, James Richard and Thomas Day. Mr. Foster is one of the most prominent farmers in the county, and has held some of the responsible offices of his township; has been School Director eighteen years. He has a farm of 217 acres, and is surrounded by all the comforts of a good home. Mr. Foster's grandfather, John Foster, came to Ohio from Maryland with his two youngest sons, Joseph and Richard, in 1796. He had been twice married, but at the time of coming to Ohio was a widower. He had a family of eight children - Lewis, Cassandra, Thomas, Rachel, John, Benjamin, Joseph and Richard. The six elder children were married, but followed their father to Ohio and settled near him. John Foster was a local Methodist preacher in Maryland, and was the earliest pioneer preacher in this part of Ohio. He purchased 300 acres of land, all but twenty acres of it heavily timbered, which he cleared and cultivated, residing on it till his death in 1800, four years after coming to the county. Although he had lived here so short a time, he was widely known and loved. His last sermon was preached from the text "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith". His children became scattered and are now all deceased. His youngest son, and the father of our subject, Richard, was born in 1779 and resided with his father till manhood, when he went to Hagerstown, Maryland, and married Rachel Browning, remaining there till after the birth of two sons. He then returned to Ohio, having inherited the homestead of 300 acres, to which he afterward added 130 acres. To him were born ten children - Jeremiah, John, Eliza, Zebulon, Cassandra, Lemuel G., Aseneth, Thomas, Seth Clark and Rachel. Jeremiah married Elizabeth Johnston; John married Jane Brown; Eliza married Samuel Wilson; Zebulon married Caroline Ostrander; Cassandra married Rufus Libbey; Lemuel married Barbara Hults; Aseneth married Marshal Cumpton; Thomas married Susan Burke; Seth C. married Maria Day; and Rachel married William A. Jones. Richard Foster died June 07, 1831, and his wife March 23, 1858. He was a man of frugal habits, and with the assistance of a kind father, became one of the most prosperous men in the county. He was Justice of the Peace eighteen years. He was a member of no church, but his influence was always on the side of Christianity and morality. His wife was a member of the Methodist Church. History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - 1884
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