Sarah (Buttram) Foster (1833 - 1883)

Born 28 May 1833 in McMinn, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Andrew Foster — married 4 Sep 1850 in Tennessee, United States

Died 24 Mar 1883 at age 49 in McMinn, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Sarah Buttram was born on May 27, 1833 in McMinn Co., Tennessee.^[1] She was the daughter of Larkin Buttram and Elizabeth Hurt.

She married Andrew Foster (1827-1900) on September 4, 1850, in Mc Minn Co., Tennessee. They had 7 children.

1. William Thomas Foster (1851-1935)
2. Mary Elizabeth Foster (1856-19320
3. Nancy 'Jane' Foster (1859-1901)
4. Henry C foster (1862-1909)
5. Joseph "Joe" Foster (1865-1926)^[2]
6. Margaret "Maggie" Foster (1868-)
7. Moses Hilton Foster (1871-1951)^[3]

She was in her parents home just after the marriage, in 1850. ^[4] Andrew and Sarah lived in McMinn Co., Tennessee where Andrew was a farmer. In 1860 they were on their farm with William T-7, Mary E-4, and Baby Nancy.^[5] In 1880, She was age 45 she and Andrew-49 were in their home with Jane-20, Maggie-11, Henry-18, Joe-16, and Hilton-9, in the home.^[6]

She died on March 24, 1883, at the age of 49, in Tennessee, and was buried in the Buttram Methodist Cemetery.^[1]

inscription on Head Stone " sarah wife of Andrew Foster, Born May 27, 1833l died March 24, 1883."

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave, database and images, memorial page for Sarah Buttram Foster (27 May 1833–24 Mar 1883), Find A Grave: Memorial #17308376, citing Buttram Methodist Cemetery, McMinn County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Theron Dowell (contributor 25215792) .
2. ↑ "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSKQ-XXN : 26 August 2019), Sarah Buttram in entry for Joe T. Foster, 25 Nov 1926; Death, McMinn, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
3. ↑ "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSGK-WFL : 26 August 2019), Sarah Buttram in entry for Moses Hilton Foster, 5 Aug 1951; Death, Athens, McMinn, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDG-J8J : 4 April 2020), Sarah Foster in household of Larken Butram, McMinn county, McMinn, Tennessee, United States; citing family 1031, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8TP-LXX : 11 November 2020), Sarah Foster in entry for Andrew Foster, 1860.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD75-4R5 : 14 November 2020), Sarah Foster in household of Andrew Foster, McMinn, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district ED 65, sheet 351C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,268.

See Also:

• Ancestry.com, OneWorldTree (Provo, UT, USA, The Generations Network, Inc.), www.ancestry.com, Database online. Record for Larkin Buttram..

Acknowledgement

Buttram-185 was created by Anthony Young through the import of Young2.ged on Mar 8, 2014.