Ancestry of
John W. Foster
32nd U.S. Secretary of State
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- 1st Generation
- Ahnentafel No:
- 1
- Father:
- Matthew Watson Foster
- Mother:
- Eleanor Johnson
- Birth Date:
- 2 Mar 1836
- Birth Location:
- Petersburg, Pike, Indiana
- Christening Date:
- Christening Location:
- Death Date:
- 15 Nov 1917
- Death Location:
- Washington, D.C.
- Burial Date:
- Burial Location:
- Oak Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana
- Notes:
32nd United States Secretary of State
John Watson Foster
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Marriages for John Watson Foster
- Spouse:
- Mary Parke McFerson
- Marriage Date:
- ABT 1859
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Sources for John Watson Foster
- 1 Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A094220.
- 2 Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 04/21/2015).
- 3 The Midland Monthly, 1895, Vol. 4, pp. 534-535.
- 4 Washington, D.C., U.S., Select Deaths and Burials Index, 1769-1960, Death record for spouse Mary Parke Foster.
- 5 Carey, Patrick W., Avery Cardinal Dulles, SJ: A Model Theologian 1918-2008, Mahwah, New Jersey: Published by Paulist Press (2010), 4.
- 6 Foster, John W., Biographical Sketch of Matthew Watson Foster, 1800-1863, Astor Place, New York: F. F. Little and Co. (1896), 42.
- 7 Motter, H. L., editor, The International Who's Who: Who's Who in the World, 1912, New York: The International Who's Who Publishing Co. (1911), 470.
- 8 Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 79-80.
- 9 Wikipedia, "John W. Foster", (accessed 04/21/2015).