Ancestry of
John Foster Dulles

52nd U.S. Secretary of State

Eleanor Johnson

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• • Great-grandmother of John Foster Dulles — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 13 
  • Father:
  • John Johnson 
  • Mother:
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  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1811 
  • Birth Location:
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  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 22 Sep 1849 
  • Death Location:
  • Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Oak Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Matthew Watson Foster
  • Marriage Date:
  • 18 Jun 1829 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Petersburg, Pike, Indiana 
  • Child:

  John Watson Foster (Ahnentafel No:6 )

  • Notes: 

  • In 1849, the steamer Embassy exploded on the river just above Evansville, Indiana. Eleanor Johnson was among those who volunteered to tend to the wounded passengers and crew. During this time, she contracted a cold and a few weeks later died.

• Sources for Eleanor Johnson

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 04/23/2015).
  • ² Foster, John W., Biographical Sketch of Matthew Watson Foster, 1800-1863, Astor Place, New York: F. F. Little and Co. (1896), 25, 53.
  • ³ 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.
  • ⁴ Wikipedia, "John W. Foster", (accessed 04/21/2015).