Eva Cornelia (Foster) Righter (1879 - 1946)

Born 8 May 1879 in Canada

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Died 8 Jan 1946 at age 66 in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA

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Biography

Eva was born about 1879. She is the daughter of Volney Foster and Eva Hill. ^[1]

Eva A. Hill married Volney W. Foster, of Evanston, Ill., in 1876, and died in 1887. She had two children, Albert V., and Eva C. [Landmarks of Orleans County, New York]

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Sources

• Landmarks of Orleans County, New York: Orleans County, NY Biographies; Ezra N. Hill. Edited by Hon. Isaac C. Signor, Assisted by H. P. Smith and others, D. Mason & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1894
• ’’Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books (152 Vols.)’’: No. 26003, Mrs. Eva Cornelia Foster Righter, descendant of Wilson Torrey and Sgt. John Torrey, daughter of Volney William Foster and Eva Adelle Hill. Vol. 27, 1898.^[2]
• 1880 US Census: South Evanston, Cook County, IL, ^[3]
• Find A Grave: Memorial #32069065; Eva Foster Righter, Mauch Chunk Cemetery, Jim Thorpe PA, Plot 1153, Section 5

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Footnotes

1. ↑ Information from Beardsley family researcher Nick Dann, 6 Jul 2017.
2. ↑ National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution. Lineage Books of the Charter Members of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Vol. I-CLII (152). Note on Publishing: Since this database represents a compilation of 151 volumes, the years and locations of copyright information varies, according to each volume, i.e. Volume 8 was published in 1899 in Washington, D.C., volume 63 was published in 1923, also in Washington, D.C., and volume 152 was published in 1938, also in Washington, D.C.
3. ↑ Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Roll: 201; Page: 271B; Enumeration District: 217; Image: 0541; FHL microfilm: 1254201