William M. Foster

Birth Date

c1830

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Owen County, Kentucky, cooper, farmer, and soldier. Gallatin County, Kentucky, native. Son of Susan Foster. Married to Nancy E. Foster. Father of Alice B. Foster, Armilda Foster, James M. Foster, John M. Foster, William C. Foster, Julia Foster, and Marcellus Foster. Cooper in Owen County, Kentucky, in 1860. Farmer in 1862. Served in the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a sergeant from September 22, 1862 to March 20, 1863. Discharged on account of disability on March 20, 1863.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, District 1, p. 33.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, Owenton, p. 265B.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0107.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 278-9.

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