ID: I1151
Name: James McGovney FOSTER
Sex: M
Birth: 17 MAY 1824 in Coalburg, Kanawha, West Virginia
Death: 5 AUG 1895 in Orange, Boone, West Virginia
Event: McGovney INDEX pg3
Event: Some info from James Edmond McGovney Research Files
Event: Some info from Mary Jane Czap
Event: Compiled info by Betty Lou Riley
Burial: White Oak, Comfort, Boone, West Virginia
Change Date: 24 JUN 2000
Reference Number: 26
Note:
[JoAnn'sMcGovney.FTW]
!RESEARCH: Some notes I have indicate he died at Coalburg, Kanawha, WV or Comfort, Boone, WV.
Father: Thomas FOSTER b: 17 MAR 1775 in VA
Mother: Jane MCGOVNEY b: 19 OCT 1779 in PA
Marriage 1 Elizabeth WILLIAMS b: 2 MAR 1852
Marriage 2 Elizabeth WILLIAMS b: 1832 in White Oak, Boone, West Virginia
Married: 2 MAR 1852
Children
Rufina FOSTER b: 3 FEB 1853 in ,,West Virginia
Fry FOSTER b: 9 NOV 1854 in ,,West Virginia
Leander FOSTER b: 12 APR 1856 in ,,West Virginia
Van FOSTER b: 21 MAY 1860 in ,,West Virginia
David FOSTER b: 2 APR 1862
Marriage 3 Sarah Jane FARLEY b: 4 JAN 1842 in ,Boone, West Virginia
Married: ABT. 1864
Note:
[JoAnn'sMcGovney.FTW]
Sarah Jane FARLEY was married to Seth FOSTER. They had no children. He died during Civil Wa r. After his death, she "married" Seth's Uncle James McGovney FOSTER. She had several child ren by him. James McGovney FOSTER was married first to Elizabeth WILLIAMS. They had children . We have not been able to locate a marriage record. However, James' first wife Elizabet h was deceased.
