Person

William A. Foster (Boyd County, Kentucky, merchant and clerk.)

b. 1804 d. 1883-06-22

Boyd County, Kentucky, merchant and clerk. Pennsylvania native. Married to Maria Hurst Foster. Father of Henry H. Foster, Genoa Foster, and Alice Isabella Foster. Merchant in Lawrence County, Kentucky, in 1850. Clerk in Boyd County, Kentucky, in 1860.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lawrence County, p. 89A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, Catlettsburg, p. 801.

"William A. Foster (1804-1883)," Find A Grave, Memorial 48034616, accessed September 6, 2024, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48034616/william-a-foster.

Citation

Foster, William A.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208177 (November 12, 2026).

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