NameSamuel Foster, 2C3R
BirthMay 1860, Kentucky
Deathbef Jul 1922
FatherRobert ("Bob") L. Foster (1842-1918)
MotherMary Ellen Ferrand (~1851-)
Marriage22 Sep 1897, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseNancy Jane Gregory, 2C3R
Birth31 Mar 1876, Rowan Co., Kentucky
FatherRev. James Henry Gregory (1843-1918)
MotherSarah Ann ("Sally") Caudill (1849-1920)
Children
BirthMar 1899, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseWilliam Goebel Smedley , Half 2C4R
Notes for Samuel Foster
Although both of his marriages were in Rowan County, Samuel is not listed in the 1880 census of Rowan Co. He might be the same person as the Samuel Jones age 10 living with the family of Robert and Mary Ellen (Ferrand) Foster in the 1870 census, if he adopted the name of his foster father.

One bit of evidence supporting that hypothesis is the fact that the death certificate of Beatrice Amburgey, daughter of Lige Amburgey and Dora Foster, gave her mother’s maiden name as Dora Jones. So Samuel may have gone by both surnames.
Census
1900 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Pearce precinct, records as family #102:
Foster, Samuel, 40, b. May 1860, 2nd marriage, married 2 years; Nancy, wife, 24, b. Mar 1876, married 2 years, mother of 1 child, 1 living; Rosa E., dau, 14, b. Apr 1876; Nancy V., dau, 12, b. Mar 1888; Wm T., son, 6, b. Dec 1893; Sarah F., dau, 1, b. Mar 1899. All born in Ky.

Rosa, Nancy and William are children of Samuel’s first marriage, to Barbara Jones.
Notes for Nancy Jane Gregory
Rowan Co., Ky birth records list the birth on 31 Mar 1876 of Nancy J. Gregory, father James H. Gregory, mother’s maiden name Sarah Caudill.
Notes for Samuel & Nancy Jane (Family)
Rowan Co. marriage register A, p. 112, records the marriage of Samuel Foster and Jane Gregory on 22 Sep 1897.
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