Person:Henry Foster (22)

1850 census-PA-Westmoreland-Greensburg-24 Jul 1850-H D Foster; attorney; $25,000 real estate; Mary J; 36; Mary; 9; Lizzie; 7; Fanny; 6; Emily; 4; Catherine Reich; 19; Caroline Reich; 16; all born PA

1860 census-PA-Westmoreland-Greensburg-8 Jun 1860-Henry D; 59; attorney at law; Mary J; 44; Mary D; 18; Elizabeth D; 16; Fanny F; 15; Emily F; 13; Hitty B; 9; Annie Everett; 25; servant; William Johnston; 16; black; servant; Statira Young [the daughter of John Young and his first wife, Maria Barclay, thus the half-sister of Mary Jane (Young) Foster]; 49; $15,000 real estate; all born PA

Henry Donnel Foster (December 19, 1808 - October 16, 1880) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Henry D. Foster (cousin of John Cabell Breckinridge) was born in Mercer, Pennsylvania. He pursued classical studies, and graduated from the College of Meadville. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1829 and commenced practice in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.

Foster was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1857 and 1858. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to Congress in 1858. He was also an unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1860. He unsuccessfully contested the election of John Covode to the Forty-first Congress. Foster was again elected to the Forty-second Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1872. He resumed the practice of law in Greensburg. He moved to Irwin, Pennsylvania, in 1879 and died there in 1880. Interment in St. Clair Cemetery in Greensburg

2011-found picture of tombstone-This stone is located in the Old St. Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Westmoreland, PA. The photograph was taken by F. Petras. Henry Donnell Foster; 19 Dec 1809-16 Oct 1880; Mary Jane Young Foster; 27 Jun 1815-16 Oct 1872; Frances Forrester Foster; 12 Apr 1844-26 Sep 1862

2011-27 Aug-contacted by Arthur Humphrey of Coral Gables, FL. He has great pics of John Young; Henry Donnell Foster, etc.