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Thornton Foster (Mason County, Kentucky, cooper)

b. 1814?

Mason County, Kentucky, cooper. Maryland native. Married to Elizabeth Biddle Foster. Father of Amanda C. Foster, Martha Foster, Henry B. Foster, Charles P. Foster, Florence Foster, and Mary Foster. Cooper in Mason County, Kentucky, in 1850. Cooper in Mason County, Kentucky, in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, p. 110B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 2, p. 113-114.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville Ward 5, p. 453A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Orangeburg Precinct, p. 488B.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File 7394.

Citation

Foster, Thornton. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197918 (November 12, 2026).

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