HARDEMAN COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES - FOSTER CEMETERY
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FOSTER CEMETERY
Charlotte & James Holloway
May 31 2002

Take highway 125 south to highway 57 turn right.  Turn left at an old
silo and then take the dirt road till you cross the old railroad tracks
go .4 miles and turn right onto a field road go .5 miles and the
cemetery is on the left.  It is overgrown and weedy.



Foster, Amanda L. Slayden 7 Nov 1857-29 Jan 1926 w/o Green Berry Foster
Foster, Amos            23 Mar 1804-26 Aug 1875 h/o Eliza Parks Foster 
                        born in NC m 3 Oct 1826 in Hardeman Co., TN. 
Foster, Amos Franklin   24 Jun 1887-22 Oct 1948
Foster, Benjamin L.     21 Jun 1875-15 Feb 1924 h/o Evie Fortune Foster 
                        s/o Green Berry & Amanda L. Slayden Foster 
Foster, Eliza Park      15 Jan 1809-23 Jun 1880 w/o Amos Foster m 3 Oct 1826 
                        d/o Robert Parks born in NC
Foster, Elizabeth Jane  4 Apr 1829-2 Oct 1845 d/o Amos & Eliza Foster
Foster, Ellen           15 Aug 1893-11 Jun 1896 d/o G.B. & A.L. Foster
Foster, Green Berry     2 Jul 1851-30 Dec 1929 h/o Amanda L. Slayden m 2 Aug 1874 
                        s/o Amos & Eliza Foster
Foster, Infant          b&d 31 Dec 1910 c/o Amos Foster
Foster, Margaret A.     9 Aug 1841-6 Oct 1845 d/o Amos & Eliza Foster
Foster, Martha          b&d 1 Aug 1913 d/o Amos Foster
Foster, Mary            b&d 25 Mar 1912 d/o Amos Foster
Foster, Robert L.       1827-1829 s/o Amos & Eliza Foster
Foster, William Jasper  1832-1863 h/o Lavinia Craven Foster m 28 Dec 1854 
                        s/o Amos & Eliza Foster  father of Eliza, James A., 
                        Mary & W.I. Foster erected by J.A. Foster Sr.
Hensley, Margaret C.    14 Feb 1865-7 Sep 1898 
Kizer, Dave             no dates
Little, Eliza E.        11 Dec 1835-25 Aug 1856 w/o J.T. Little


From research done by Charlotte Holloway for another Adams family.
Amos & Eliza came with their families in covered wagons over the old
state line road.  They settled near Porters Creek where roses brought by
them still bloom.  Their children were:

1.  Elizabeth Jane b 1829 d 1845
2.  Robert L. b 1827 d 1829
3.  Taletha Eliza b 1830
4.  William b 1832 d 1863 m Eliza Rogers 1 May 1851
5.  John b 1834 m Samira Craven 22 Dec 1854
6. Wiley B. b 1836 m Martha Lamers 2 Sep 1860
7.  Margaret A. b 1841 d 1845
8.  Daniel D. b 1840 m Martha A. Jennings 27 Dec 1860
9.  Isiah J. b 1843
10. Charles b 1846
11. Elijah F. b 1848 m Martha C. Rainey 2 Jan 1869
12. Green Berry b 2 July 1851 m Amanda L. Slayden 2 Aug 1874
13. Nancy A. b 1852 m John C. Shelley 13 Oct 1870
14. L. a daughter b 1856
15. James W. b 1858 m Amanda U. Mullen 19 Dec 1878
16. Mary b 1860
17. J.J. a son b 1862
18. Amos

Green Berry Foster and Amanda had eight children;
1. Benjamin 21 Jun 1875-15 Feb 1924 m Evie Fortune
2. Molly b 1879 d 1974 m Joe Luna
3. Elma b 1881 m Tony Deen
4. Wilma b 1883 m Ernest Rackley
5. James m Jean Coffman
6. Richard N b 1885 m Viola Fleming
7. William m Betty Grogan
8. Walter Kirby b 11 Mar 1877 d 1966