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Joseph Adkins Foster & Sarah Jane Hixson

Joseph Adkins Foster b. 3 Jan 1840 Green Co., TN d. abt 1880 1st marriage: 13 Dec 1866 2nd marriage: 29 Dec 1881 Buried: Ellsworth Cemetery, Logan Co., AR Father: Zopher Foster Mother: Margaret Ann McCurry

1st wife: Sarah (Sahra) Jane Hickson/Hixson b. 15 Mar 1850 TN d. 1903 Buried: Ellsworth Cemetery, Logan Co., AR 2nd marriage: 29 Dec 1881 Logan Co., AR Father: James Hixson Mother: Mildred Wheeler

2nd husband: John Wilson Lowe b. 1855 d. 16 Feb 1935 Johnson Co., AR 1st marriage: 17 May 1878 Logan Co., AR Buried: Coal Hill Cemetery, Coal Hill, Johnson Co., AR Father: Hamilton C. Lowe, TN Mother: Barbara A. X

1st Wife: Mary L. Wright b. 16 Apr 1858 AR d. 25 Sep 1899 Logan Co., AR Buried: Ellsworth Cemetery, Logan Co., AR Father: Newton F. Wright Mother: Nancy Malinda Badget



Children of Joseph Foster & Sarah Hixson



Mallissa "Lissa" Jane Foster b. 22 Oct 1867 Ellsworth, AR d. 16 Sep 1896 St. Louis, MO Married: 15 Aug 1889 Logan Co., AR Buried: Ellsworth Cemetery, Logan Co., AR

Husband: Jasper L. Lasater b. Dec 1862 Johnson Co., AR d. 9 Jun 1910 St. Louis, MO Father: David Jasper Lasater (NY) Mother: Mary Elizabeth Ann Plunkett (IL)

2nd Wife: Sarah "Sattie" Levantia Newcomb b. 1 Sep 1872 Clinton Co., NY Married: 26 Aug 1899 St. Louis, MO Father: John Wesley Newcomb (NY) Mother: Helen Rayhill (IL)


Riley Zopher Foster b. 27 Aug 1869 d. 29 Jun 1953 Married: 7 Feb 1892 Logan Co., AR. Buried: Ellsworth Cemetery, Logan Co., AR

Wife: Tennessee "Tennie" Virginia Trusty b. 17 Feb 1871 d. 8 Jul 1954 Buried: Ellsworth Cemetery, Logan Co., AR


James Elmos Foster (Druggist) b. 14 Jan 1872 Midway, Logan Co., AR d. 1 Apr 1954 Gorman, Eastland Co., TX Married: 16 Dec 1902 Buried: Jewel Cemetery, Gorman, Eastland Co., TX

Wife: Mary Maud Lasater b. b. 5 Jan 1880 Precinct 7, Parker, TX Henderson Co., TX d. 22 Oct 1966 Gorman, Eastland Co., TX Buried: Jewell Cemetery, Gorman, TX Father: William S. Lasater (TN) Mother: Sarah A. Gurnsey (NY)


Omah Edith "Edi" Foster b. 17 Feb 1879 AR d. 9 Sep 1937 Buried: Ellsworth Cemetery, Logan Co., AR

Husband: John "Jack" P. Bennett b. 10 Mar 1878 AR d. 1939 Clark Twp., Logan Co., AR Buried: Ellsworth Cemetery, Logan Co., AR



1870 USFC: Hamilton C. Lowe b. abt 1838, TN residence: Johnson Co., AR

Children of Mary L. Wright & John W. Lowe:

Robert D. Lowe b. 11 Jul 1879 d. 1954 Coal Hill Cemetery, Johnson Co., AR

Mark W. Lowe b. 25 Nov 1880

Frances D. Lowe

Newton E. Lowe b. 7 Mar 1885 d. 1969 Coal Hill Cemetery, Johnson Co., AR

Cecil H. Lowe b. 30 May 1887

Audley F. Lowe b. 29 Nov 1890

Doshia Lowe b. 23 Jul 1893

John Bunyon Lowe b. 21 Dec 1896 d. 1970 Coal Hill Cemetery, Johnson Co., AR

Mary Lowe b. 7 Feb 1899

Atha Lee Lowe b. 3 oct 1883


Newton F. Wright b. 24 Jan 1827 SC. Nancy Malinda Badget b. Aug 1833 TN



1870 Federal Census, Spadra Township, Johnson Co., AR:

Foster, Joseph, 27

Sarah Jane, 20


Mildred's mother: Mildred Wheeler b. TN, father: James Hixson b. 1810 Bledsoe Co., TN d. 11 Nov 1864 Logan Co., AR Buried: Hickory Grove Cemetery, Logan Co., AR

James Hixson & Mildred Wheeler's children:

Taylor Hixson

Leroy Hixson

Nancy Hixson

Madison Hixson b. 25 Dec 1843 in TN

Sarah Jane Hixson b. 15 Mar 1850

Rufus Hixson b. 1853

Susan Rebecca Hixson b. 1863


David Jasper Lasater b: Abt. 1831 in Bledsoe Co., TN d. 1890 Married: 12 Sep 1860 in Johnson Co. ARFather: William Merritt Lasater (Burrell) Mother: Nancy X

Wife: Mary Elizabeth Ann Plunkett b. 25 Jan 1842 Prairie View, Johnson (now Logan) County, Arkansas d. 29 Sep 1870 Clark Township, Johnson Co. AR Buried: Clark Township, Johnson Co. AR Father: Ellison Plunkett b. 26 Aug 1805 d. 17 Apr 1867 in Johnson Co. AR Married: Nov 1834 Mother: Jane Stringer b. 5 Oct 1812

Romanda Caroline Plunkett b. 28 Aug 1836

James Calvin Plunkett b. 18 Nov 1837

John Riley Plunkett b. 24 Aug 1839

Mary Elizabeth Anne Plunkett b. 25 Jan 1842 Johnson Co. AR

Ellison Jasper Plunkett b. 17 Dec 1843

Allen Newton Plunkett b. 19 Nov 1845

Sheridan Wesley Plunkett b. 15 Jul 1848

Ginevra Jane Plunkett b. 14 Jul 1850

Francis Marrion Plunkett b. 12 Jun 1852

Phebe Angeline Plunkett b. 21 Sep 1854

Martha Adaline Plunkett b. 15 Dec 1856 Buried: Clark Township, Johnson Co. AR


1860 Federal Census, Shoal Creek Township, Johnson Co., AR:

Hixson, James, 50, TN, farmer, $1000 - $300

Milly, 42, TN

Madison, 16, TN

Taylor, 14, TN

Sarah J., 11, TN

Leroy, 8, AR

Rufus, 6, AR

Nancy, 3, AR


1870 USFC: David J. Lasater b. 1860 TN Residence: Johnson Co., AR

1870 USFC: Jasper L. Lasater b. 1863 (7 y.o.)residence: Johnson Co., AR


1880 Federal Census, Ellsworth Township, Logan Co., AR:

Foster, Joseph A., 41, TN TN TN

Sarah J., 30 TN TN TN

Malissa, 12, AR TN TN

Riley, 10, AR TN TN

James, 8, AR TN TN

Oma, 2, AR TN TN

Hixson, Mary, 54, Mother-in-law, TN VA TN


Children of Sarah "Sattie" Levantia Newcomb & Jasper Lasater:

Atherton Lasater b. Jul 1890

Foster Lasater b. 11 Feb 1894 d. 18 Sep 1980 Panhandle, TX

Marion Newcomb Lasater b. 26 Aug 1899 St. Louis, MO d. 15 Feb 1974 Washington, DC

1900 USFC: Jasper Lasater b. Dec 1862 AR residence: St. Louis, St. Louis County, MO


1880 USFC: James Foster, Wife: Maud Lasater

James Foster & Mary Maude Lasater's child: Herman Foster b. 20 Oct 1903 d. 20 Jun 1941 DeLeon Cemetery, De Leon, Comanche Co., TX. Wife: Ina Mae Cogburn


Children of Omah Foster & Jack Bennett:

Foster Bennett

Lewis Bennett

Ruth Bennett

1910 USFC: Omah E. Bennett, age 32, b. 1878, reside: Washington, AR. John P. b. 1871, 39, Foster, 11, Lewis 7, Ruth E., 2

1920 USFC: Omah E. Bennett, b. 1879, Husb: John P. b. 1871, reside: White, AR

1930 USFC: Omah E. Bennett b. 1876, reside: Pulaski, AR

Omah Edith Bennett in Pulaski, 1937: death date from Arkansas Death Index. Census records ancestry.com, and rootsweb.com


Some information provided by Nila Mae Foster. Rootsweb.com, genealogy.com, ancestry.com, and ssdi.

Information from Logan County cemeteries tombstone project, Logan Co., AR marriage records, AR death index book.

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