Person:John Foster (240)

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m. 1859
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Name John Watson Foster, Esq.
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1836 Pike, Indiana, United States
Marriage 1859 to Mary Parke McFerson
Military[1] 1861 Indiana, United StatesMajor, 25th Indiana Infantry (Civil War) and promoted to Lieutenant Colonel after battle of Fort Donelson
Military[1] Indiana, United Statespromoted to Colonel of 65th Indiana Infantry (Civil War)
and 136th Indiana Infantry (Civil War)
after the battle of Shiloh
Death[2] 1917 Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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  2. Reilly, Mary F, and Indiana) Walnut Street Presbyterian Church (Evansville. History of Walnut Street Church: sketches of its pastors, elders and prominent members, with reminiscences of Evansville in early times. (Evansville, Indiana: The Courier Co., 1891)
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