NameMilton Jonathan Foster
Birth13 Jan 1839, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death11 May 1896, Rowan Co., Kentucky
BurialJones Cemetery, Lower Lick Fork, Rowan Co., Ky
FatherEli S. Foster (1816-)
Other spousesSarah J. Carpenter
Marriageabt 1861, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseEmily Ellen Jones, GGGG Aunt
Birth8 Jan 1845, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death14 Apr 1883, Rowan Co., Kentucky
BurialJones Cemetery, Lower Lick Fork, Rowan Co., Ky
FatherJames William Jones Sr. (~1799->1870)
MotherLucinda Brown (~1802->1870)
Children
Birth22 Oct 1860, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Birth Memodate from death certificate; censuses are more consistent with 1861
Death22 Feb 1943, Bangor, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Birth1863, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death30 Sep 1932, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Birthabt 1868, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death30 Oct 1946, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseDavid Milton Jones , 1C4R
BirthApr 1870, Rowan Co., Kentucky
DeathJun 1933, Morehead, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Birth24 May 1872, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death25 Apr 1936, Middletown, Butler Co., Ohio
Birth13 Jun 1876, Putnam Co., Indiana
SpouseNellie Pettit , 1C3R
Birth25 Feb 1879, Morgan or Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death12 Feb 1964, Morehead, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseDella Jane Smedley , Half 2C4R
Birth19 Feb 1883, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseNancy Emma Ferrand , 2C3R
Notes for Milton Jonathan Foster
He was recorded in the 1850 census as Jonathan M. Foster age 11, but all later records refer to him as simply Milton, so I am flipping the order of his given names.

From an article in the Ashland Independent.

10 Nov 1881, page 2 - Intense excitement reigned in Grayson on Wednesday of the 2nd instance because of a bloody shooting between Steve Stamper, Milton Foster and Bruce Alfrey, all Rowan County citizens. A dispute arose over the correctness of statements made under oath in a trial of moonshiners before U.S. Commissioner Bowling. Alfrey called Stamper a liar; Stamper drew a revolver and fired on Alfrey, shooting him in the hand. Foster started to run, Stamper shot him, the ball taking effect between the elbow and shoulder in the muscles of Foster’s left arm. Stamper started to run. Foster and Alfrey fired on him at the same time. Foster missed, but the ball from Alfrey’s .32 caliber revolver struck Stamper between his tenth and eleventh rib, passing through his body and out below the lower end of his breast bone. Stamper is recovering in the Grayson Hotel. Dr. Louis Prichard is in attendance. Foster was before the court for illicit distilling.

A week later there is an addendum:

17 Nov 1881, page 2 - Bruce Alfrey was tried in Grayson last Thursday. All charges against him were dismissed because of insufficient proof. Stamper has recovered from his wounds.

From censuses, this would be Stephen Stamper, born about 1845 in Letcher Co., son of Isaac Daniel Stamper and Mary “Polly” Adams. He married Elizabeth Merrill. In the 1880 census, they were living in Blairs Mills, Morgan Co., Ky. (Contrary to the article, there was no Stephen Stamper living in Rowan Co. But the altercation took place in Carter Co.) Stephen Stamper died 5 April 1882 in Morgan Co. at age 37, five months after he was shot by Bruce Alfrey. I do not know his cause of death.
Notes for Emily Ellen Jones
She went by her middle name Ellen.
Census Notes for Milton Jonathan & Emily Ellen (Family)
1870 census of Rowan Co., Kentucky, Pearce prec., taken 15 June, lists on p. 3/123, family #16 (next door to Ellen's parents, James & Lucinda Jones):
Foster, Milton, 31; Ellen, 25; Mary, 8; Sally, 6; Lucinda, 4; William, 2/12, b. April. All born in Kentucky.

1880 census of Rowan Co., Kentucky, Pearce precinct, lists as family #200 (next door to Ellen's brother, William & Barbara Jones):
Foster, Milton, 40; Ellen, 35; Sarah A., 15; Annie, 11; James, 10; Robert, 8; John, 4; Jessee, 3/12. All born in Kentucky.

James is the same son listed as William age 2 months in 1870. Annie is probably the same daughter listed as Lucinda in 1870, since she is recorded here as older than James.
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