Nebraska, Military, Biography, Mexican War, Martin Parmer Foster

                          MARTIN PARMER FOSTER; 
                       MEXICAN WAR VETERAN BIOGRAPHY

      
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Nebraska Archives, February, 1998, by James R. Baker,Jr. 
(jim@jrbakerjr.com). 
  

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                               BIOGRAPHY:
                          MARTIN PARMER FOSTER  
              
MARTIN PARMER FOSTER was born 3 Nov. 1822 in Glasgow, Howard Co., 
Missouri, son of Pethuel and Margaret (Bones) Foster. His father,
Pethuel Foster, was a disabled War of 1812 Veteran who came to Missouri
in 1820. Pethuel was born in Massachusetts, but lived in New Hampshire.
Martin's grandfather was Revolutionary War Veteran John Foster, who
married Anna Beard. Martin's mother, Margaret Bones, was born in
Tennessee, daughter of William and Jane (Bogard) Bones.
 
Martin Foster married on 1 Jan. 1850 in  Johnson Co. Mo ( the marriage
was recorded in Cass Co.)  to (Polly) Mary Delia Carpenter, daughter of
William and (Polly) Mary Margaret (Warren)  Carpenter. Mary Margaret was
the Daughter of Revolutionary war veteran, Martin Warren, founder of
Warrensburg, Mo. Mary's other grandfather, Adam Carpenter, also fought
in the Revolutionary War, and his father, George (Zimmerman)
Carpenter, was killed in that war.. The Carpenter and Warren families
both had forts in Lincoln Co., Kentucky as early as 1780 and both
families came from Virginia.  

Martin's brother, William P. Foster, married Eveline Lusby in Johnson
Co.,Mo.,10 May 1852. He died in Johnson Co. 17 Mar.1864 and is buried in
Pemberton Cemetery. His sister, Nancy Jane Foster, married  Samuel
Smith, 25 Dec. 1854 in Johnson Co., Mo. She died 14 Aug. 1859 in Johnson
Co. 

Martin served as a teamster for three months during the War With Mexico,
traveling from Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas to Sante Fe.  He received 160
acres of bounty land for his service but his application for a pension (
#SA2279 ) was rejected, stating that he had been a civilian employee of
The Quartermaster Department.

Between 1850 and 1883, Martin and Mary lived in Jackson Co. Mo., Gunn
City in Cass Co., and Kingsville in Johnson Co., Missouri.
 
In 1883 they moved to  Fremont, Dodge Co., Nebraska, then on to
Fontenelle, Cass Co. Nebraska.  They can be found there on the 1885
state census. In 1886 they moved to  Box Butte County and homesteaded
near Alliance. They lived in a "dugout" home. In 1895 they moved into
the town of Alliance, where their daughter Cynthia and her husband,
William Wiley Baker were living.  W.W. and Cynthia moved on to
Coffeyville, Kansas, and later to Nevada, Missouri,  but Martin and Mary
stayed in Alliance.

Martin died 17 Feb. 1897 in Alliance and was buried in Alliance
Cemetery. His gravestone says  "G.A.R. 1860-1865"  but there is no
record found of his civil war military service in the National Archives,
Missouri State Archives or the Nebraska state G.A.R. records. The G.A.R.
probably furnished their standard gravestone because of his War With 
Mexico service.
 
Mary died 27 July 1907 at nearby Scottsbluff,  Nebraska, where she had
been living with her daughter, Pearl for five years. She was taken to
Alliance and buried beside Martin.

Martin and Mary Foster's children were: Elizabeth Jane, Cynthia Azem,
Horace Gaines, Nancy A.C., Mary, Lola, Columbia and Pearl Ellen.        

SOURCES:	
1850/60/70/80 federal census for Missouri - 1885 Nebraska state census -
1900 Nebraska federal census -  1881 "History of Johnson Co., Mo." -
1900-1910 Federal census (Nevada, Mo.) - Marriage, land, probate and tax
records of Cass and Johnson Counties, Mo. - Alliance cemetery records -
The "Nevada Daily Mail"  - The
"Alliance Times Herald" and "Pioneer Grip" - Mary's death certificate -
Military Pension Records.
Note: Alliance Cemetery is sometimes called "Greenwood Cemetery". It is
the property of the city of Alliance,Nebraska
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Researched by James R. Baker,Jr. 3560 Homestead Dr. Columbus OH 43224