Families of Antebellum Missouri
James Gaines Foster
1837 - 1. James Gaines Foster was born on 20 Oct 1837 in New Wells, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri (son of Elison Foster and Edith Byrd). James married Mildred VeachTexas. Mildred was born in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas; died in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Robert Pinkney Foster was born on 9 Oct 1884 in Neely's Landing, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri ; died on 13 Aug 1962 in Thebes, Alexander County, Illinois; was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Thebes, Alexander County, Illinois.
2. Elison Foster was born on 22 Jan 1813 in North Carolina; died in 1861 in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri . Elison married Edith Byrd on 19 Jul 1836 in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. Edith (daughter of Moses Byrd and Ellender Hughes) was born on 16 Oct 1811 in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri ; died on 11 Nov 1883 in New Well, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Edith Byrd was born on 16 Oct 1811 in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri (daughter of Moses Byrd and Ellender Hughes); died on 11 Nov 1883 in New Well, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri . Children:
- 1. James Gaines Foster was born on 20 Oct 1837 in New Wells, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri .
Generation: 3
6. Moses Byrd was born in 1781 in Virginia (son of Amos Byrd and Sarah Ruddell); died in Feb 1835 in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri . Moses married Ellender Hughes on 21 Feb 1805 in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. Ellender was born in 1786; died in 1830 in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Ellender Hughes was born in 1786; died in 1830 in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri . Children:
- 3. Edith Byrd was born on 16 Oct 1811 in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri ; died on 11 Nov 1883 in New Well, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri .
Generation: 4
12. Amos Byrd was born in 1737; died on 5 Jun 1818 in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri ; was buried in Wheeler Cemetery, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri . Amos married Sarah Ruddell in 1760 in Virginia. Sarah was born in Bef. 1745; died in Aft. 1799 in Missouri ; was buried in Wheeler Cemetery, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. Sarah Ruddell was born in Bef. 1745; died in Aft. 1799 in Missouri ; was buried in Wheeler Cemetery, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri . Children:
- 6. Moses Byrd was born in 1781 in Virginia; died in Feb 1835 in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri .