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Dewitt Foster

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Scott, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 12, 1942 (42)
Scott, Tennessee, United States
Place of Burial: Leoma, Lawrence County, Tennessee, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Isaac Foster and Sirilda "Rilda" Jane Foster
Husband of Vanella Foster
Brother of Minda Jane Thomas; Martha Ann Smith; Emily Smith; George Littleton Foster; Rosa Addie West and 1 other

Find A Grave No.: 24927636
Managed by: Robert Jerome Jeffers
Last Updated:

About Dewitt Foster

Inscription: Husband

Parents:
Isaac Foster 1859–1941

Sirilda Jane Forbis Foster 1865–1941

Spouse
Vanella West Foster 1900–1978✔️

Siblings
Minda Jane Foster Thomas 1872–1917

Martha Ann Foster Smith 1883–1960

Emily Foster Smith 1888–1980

George Littleton Foster 1890–1962

Rosa Addie Foster West 1892–1986

Stella Foster 1894–1896

Children
Corneal Foster Phillips 1918–1939

Antha Myrthel Foster 1922–1944

Dorcia Wilburn Foster 1923–1977

Elizabeth Foster 1928–1929

Billie Jean Foster 1932–1933

Margaret R Foster Sizemore 1937–2009


GEDCOM Note

Biography

Burial in Smith Cemetery in Scott County, Tennessee

Sources

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Citation"United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNPW-VL6 : 3 February 2021), Dewitt Hoster in entry for Isaac Hoster, 1920.

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ6G-5D9

Citation"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ6G-5D9 : 23 February 2021), Dewitt Foster, 1917-1918. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKPB-C5X2

Citation"United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKPB-C5X2 : accessed 7 April 2021), Dewitt Foster in entry for Mrs Margaret Sizemore, Maysville, Kentucky, United States, 25 Oct 2009; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Ledger Independent, The, born-digital text.

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKM-PKPY

Citation"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKM-PKPY : 13 September 2020), DeWitt Foster, ; Burial, , Scott, Tennessee, United States of America, H. C. Smith Cemetery; citing record ID 24927636, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSCK-JX6

Citation"Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSCK-JX6 : 1 March 2021), Dewitt Foster, 12 Mar 1942; Death, Scott, Tennessee, United States, TennesseeState Library and Archives, Nashville.

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSS9-V31

Citation"Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSS9-V31 : 1 March 2021), Dewitt Foster in entry for Cornelis Foster Phillips, 14 Nov 1939; Death, Rockwood, Roane, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSF2-86T

Citation"Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSF2-86T : 1 March 2021), Dewey Dewitt Foster in entry for Antha Marthel Foster, 29 Jan 1944; Death, Oneida, Scott, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGFD-G63

Citation"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGFD-G63 : accessed 7 April 2021),Dewitt Foster in household of Isaac Foster, Civil District 8, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 170, sheet 5B, family 93, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1515; FHL microfilm 1,375,528.

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4ZP-GMZ

Citation"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4ZP-GMZ : 11 January 2021), Dewitt Foster, Civil District 4, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 76-10, sheet 1A, line 22, family 5, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3932.

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKGS-PGBP

Citation"United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKGS-PGBP : accessed 7 April 2021), Dewitt Foster in entry for Margaret Sizemore, Kentucky, United States, 28 Oct 2009; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Cynthiana Democrat, born-digital text.

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDMY-3S6

Citation"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDMY-3S6 : 8 March 2021), Dewitt Foster in entry for Donald E Porch and Clara L Foster, 14 Oct 1953; citing Marriage, Montgomery, Ohio, United States, , Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.

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Dewitt Foster's Timeline

1899
June 7, 1899
Scott, Tennessee, United States
1942
March 12, 1942
Age 42
Scott, Tennessee, United States
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H. C. Smith Cemetery, Leoma, Lawrence County, Tennessee, United States