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Tennessee Virginia Trusty & Riley Zopher Foster

Tennessee "Tennie" Virginia Trusty b. 17 Feb 1871 d. 8 Jul 1954 Married: 7 Feb 1892 Logan Co., AR Buried: Ellsworth Cemetery Father: Hansel B. Trusty Mother: Martha D. Hardy

Husband: Riley Zopher Foster b. 27 Aug 1869 Ellsworth, AR d. 29 May 1953 Ellsworth Cemetery Father: Joseph Adkins Foster Mother: Sarah Jane Hixson




Curtis Omega Foster b. 2 May 1894 d. 22 Jun 1967 Subiaco, Logan Co., AR. Buried: Ellsworth Cemetery, Logan Co., AR Married: 17 May 1914 Logan Co., AR

Wife: Nettie A. Wise b. 20 Sep 1896 d. 19 Sep 1982 Buried: Ellsworth Cemetery Logan Co., AR


Druey "Dent" Denton Foster b. 12 Jan 1898 Ellsworth, AR d. 17 Sep 1963 (heart attack) Married: 23 Sep 1917 Logan Co., AR. Buried: Horn Cemetery, Logan Co., AR

Wife: Grace Horn b. 6 Jun 1900 d. 19 Jul 1946 Buried: Horn Cemetery, Logan Co., AR Father: Samuel Horn Mother: Rusena Lasater


Master Murray Foster b. 13 Oct 1898 d. 14 Jun 1982 Buried: Ellsworth Cemetery, Subiaco, Logan Co., AR. 1st marriage: ? 2nd marriage: 20 Nov 1920 Logan Co., AR

1st Wife: Daisy Bowles b. 8 May 1895 d. 16 Feb 1990----d. Polk Co., AR 1930 USFC: Daisy Bowles b. abt 1895 resided: Christian Co., KY

2nd Wife: Lizzie Thompson b. 1902 (18, from Subiaco on marriage date)


Sarah Jane Foster b. 2 Aug 1903 d. 15 Jan 1997 Ocklawaha, Marion Co., FL [ssdi: MO] 1st Marriage: ? 2nd marriage: 1924 Buried: Joplin, Jasper Co., MO

1st Husband: (Reverend) Houston Hamilton Scrudder b. 28 Apr 1895 Logan Co., AR d. 18 Apr 1967 Booneville, Logan Co., AR Buried: Oak Hill Memorial Cemetery, Booneville, Logan Co., AR

2nd Husband: Edgar T. Parker [Banker] b. 27 Nov 1900 d. Sep 1974 [ssdi: AR] Buried: Forest Park Cemetery, Joplin, Jasper Co., MO Father: Louis J. Parker Mother: Edna M. X


Atha "Athie" Laverne Foster b. 29 Oct 1913 d. 16 Jun 1983 Little Rock, Pulaski Co., AR Buried: Ellsworth Cemetery, Logan Co., AR

Husband: Dave C. Robinson b. 10 Mar 1901 d. 17 Jul 1992 White Oak, Gregg Co., TX Buried: White Oak Cemetery, White Oak, Gregg Co., TX

2nd? Wife: Lois X b. 16 Apr 1911 d. 11 Aug 1983 Buried: White Oak Cemetery, White Oak, Gregg Co., TX


Agnes Elizabeth Foster b. 24 Nov 1916 d. 30 Jan 2005 Russellville, Pope Co., AR (ssdi:AR; Last Benefit: Fresno, CA) Buried: Elsworth Cemetery, Midway, Clark Co., AR married: Sep 1939 Paris, Logan Co., AR

1st Husband: **Dennis? H. Duryea b. abt 1918

2nd Husband: William Troy Estep (ssdi) b. 23 Mar 1914 d. Aug 1982 (leukemia) Fresno, Fresno Co., CA Father: O. D. Estep Mother: Maggie May Sexton


Riley became head of the family at 10 years of age when his father died. His dad left him with the order to care for his mother and Riley did. Riley was energetic and a people-person. He had his own blackshop, raised cattle, hogs, chickens, a garden, fuit trees, sugar cane, corn and cotton. He resoled shoes. He was also an overseer on road work, ran for county judge in 1938-1939. He was ordained Cumberland Presbyterian minister on 29 Feb 1920. In physical appearance, he had a long, black beard, then shaved it and left a mustache.

Some information provided by Nila Mae Foster.


Tennie worked on a spinning wheel, washed on a old crank washer.

Wilmer Foster, son of Druey Denton Foster, stated, "He worked in the mines and worked on the farm raising cotton on the old homestead of Zopher Foster's across from "Dent's house". He took cotton to Subiaco and provided seeds for the cattle to eat."

Some information provided by Nila Mae Foster


O. D. Estep b. 3 Feb 1886 Magazine, Logan Co., AR d. 1 Jul 1958 (stroke) Clovis, Fresno Co., CA (more info. on rootsweb) Father: Frank Asberry Estep Mother: Mary Elizabeth White

1st Wife: Maggie Mae Sexton b. 15 Mar 1892 AL d. 22 Feb 1957 Clovis, Fresno Co., CA

Children of O.D. Estep & Maggie M. Sexton:

Otis, William Troy, Roy Tilman, Mattie Mae, Cleveland Porter, Claud Gordon. (all born at Coal Hill, Johnson Co., AR).


1870 Federal Census lists: Riley Zopper Foster b. abt 1869 residing in: Johnson, AR

1880 Federal Census lists: Riley Foster b. abt 1870 AR, residing in: Ellsworth, Logan, AR

1900 Federal Census lists: Riley Z. Foster and wife: Tennie

1920 Federal Census lists: Riley Z. Foster b. abt 1870, wife: Tennie, residing in: Logan, AR

1930 Federal Census lists: Riley C. Foster b. abt 1870, wife: Tennie residing in: Logan, AR

Sam Horn, 21, Ellsworth to Lasater, Sugie, 18, Shoal Creek, 11 Sep 1894, Logan Co., AR marriage records

Cemetery records from Logan County, AR tombstone project and Carroll County, AR burial records. Marriage information from Logan County, AR marriage records

Druey Denton Foster and Grace Horn's children: X Foster, Wilmer Advern, Gladys Fern.


1910 Federal Census lists: Edgar T. Parker, 8, b. abt 1902 residing in: Jasper, MO. Lists other family members: Louis J., 38, Edna M. 21, Lera E. 7, Leonard P. 4, Harold L., 7/12

1930 Federal Census lists: Edgar T. Parker, age 28, b. abt 1902, wife: Janie, residing: Jasper, MO.

SS Death Index: Edgar Parker d. 1973 in Jasper, MO


1920 Federal Census lists: Athie Foster b. abt 1914 residing in Logan, AR

1930 Federal Census lists: Athie Foster b. abt 1914 residing in Logan, AR


1920 Federal Census lists: Agnes Foster b. abt 1916 residing in Logan, AR

1930 Federal Census lists: Agnes Foster b. abt 1916 residing in Logan, AR

Children of Agnes Foster & Dennis H. Duryea: on child

1920 Federal Census lists Dennis Duryea b. abt 1918, 1 4/12 y.o., residing in: Yell, AR

WWII Enlistment Records 1938-1946, Dennis H. Duryea enlisted in AR, residing in Dawson, TX

Children of Agnes Foster & Troy Estep: X Estep, Martha Jane, Ricky Troy


Hansel B. Trusty & Martha D. Hardy
Joseph Adkins Foster & Sarah Jane Hixson
Druey Denton Foster & Grace Horn
Wilmer Foster & Nila Mae Davison

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