Generation No. 1


1.  JAMES TAYLOR1 FOSTER was born November 11, 1848 in Kentucky Bend, Obion 
County, Tennessee, and died March 16, 1920 in Ridgely, Tennessee.  He married 
(1) MATILDA JANE BROWN January 25, 1876 in Enroute to Texas.  He married 
(2) SALLIE MOORE March 30, 1902, in Lake County, Tennessee.  He married 
(3) FLORENCE MOORING September 18, 1912 in Lake County, Tennessee.  He married 
(4) ANNIE MORRIS Abt. 1918.

	"At age 28 James left Kentucky Bend and went to Texas.  On the way to Texas 
     he met Matilda Jane Brown, who was traveling to Texas with her grandfather, grandmother, 
     and brother, John D. Brown, who was 11 years old.  They traveled in covered wagons.  
     Matilda had to work at a spinning wheel from five to seven times a day.  She spun and 
     wrove lindsey cloth for clothes.  She married Mr. Foster at the age of 14 years, after her 
     grandparents gave their consent.  They stopped at Waco, Texas, where they made their 
     home for a short time before settling at Atlanta, Texas.  Mr. Foster drove a team of oxen 
     from Waco to Fort Worth which took him three months."

	"Mr. Foster sold his interest in the timber and lumber business in Atlanta, Texas, 
     to Mr. Ed Rand, who built the Marx building in San Antonio"

	Mr. Foster and his wife with six children came to Tennessee in 1895.  They 
     took a steamboat from Memphis to Tiptonville, Tennessee."

	"Mr. Foster bought a 100 acre farm at Horn Ridge, Tennessee.  No school 
     building was here at that time and Mr. Foster built the first one-school-room building."

	"Several buildings are still here (Ridgely, Tennessee) that Mr. Foster built.  
     Mr. P.F. Imlow built the First Baptist Church in 1911, to which Mr. Foster gave liberally.  
     Mrs. Foster's funeral was the second one held in First Baptist Church, December 8, 1911."

               Quotes above from Ridgely Panorama by Ruby Callis, 1967.

	Children of JAMES FOSTER and MATILDA BROWN are:

	i.	ELLA2 FOSTER, b. Abt. 1877; d. Abt. 1877.
	ii.	VAN FOSTER, b. Abt. 1878; d. Abt. 1878.
2.	iii.	NORMIE RIVERS FOSTER, b. March 23, 1879; d. July 12, 1907.
	iv.	GEORGE POMPEY FOSTER, b. September 07, 1882; d. 1948; m. 
                IASSIE CLAY HOLMES, May 25, 1905.
	v.	EDGAR MARVIN FOSTER, b. August 04, 1887; d. January 07, 1910.
	vi.	CLEMENTINE FOSTER, b. January 15, 1889; d. 1969; m. (1) HARRY 
                MARBERRY HOLMES, January 02, 1908; m. (2) V. R. LANTHRIP, 
                November 21, 1943.
	vii.	MARY FOSTER, b. June 09, 1892; m. LUCIAN T. MOORE, 
                January 21, 1912.
	viii.	RUBY RAND FOSTER, b. February 26, 1895; d. October 1951; m. 
                (1) EDWARD T. MILHORN, September 14, 1914; m. (2) LESTER 
                SHIPLEY, 1925.
3.	ix.	PAULINE FOSTER, b. September 08, 1897.
	x.	BROWN FOSTER, b. June 19, 1900; m. DELLIAH MIKE, 1960.
	xi.	MILDRED LOUISE FOSTER, b. October 31, 1902; d. January 13, 
                1977; m. (1) BILL BROWER; m. (2) JODIE GARDNER, December 30, 1922.
4.	xii.	HOUSTON RICE FOSTER, b. January 24, 1905, Ridgely, Tennessee; 
                d. March 26, 1980, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee.
	xiii.	DENNISON FOSTER, b. Abt. 1891.



 Generation No. 2


2.  NORMIE RIVERS2 FOSTER (JAMES TAYLOR1) was born March 23, 1879, and 
died July 12, 1907.  He married ANNIE WHITE BARKER 1898.

	Children of NORMIE FOSTER and ANNIE BARKER are:

5.	i.	ELVA3 FOSTER.
	ii.	CATHLEEN FOSTER, m. MAXWELL ZUCCARELLO.


3.  PAULINE2 FOSTER (JAMES TAYLOR1) was born September 08, 1897.  She 
married BERT YARBRO June 02, 1918.

	Children of PAULINE FOSTER and BERT YARBRO are:

6.	i.	BERT3 YARBRO.
	ii.	TOMMY YARBRO.


4.  HOUSTON RICE2 FOSTER (JAMES TAYLOR1) was born January 24, 1905 in 
Ridgely, Tennessee, and died March 26, 1980 in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee.  
He married ELLA ROBENA WOFFORD November 16, 1927 in Dyersburg, Tennessee, 
daughter of JOHN WOFFORD and ZULA MCCLARAN.

	Children of HOUSTON FOSTER and ELLA WOFFORD are:

7.	i.	ROBERT HOUSTON3 FOSTER, b. Memphis, Shelby County, 
                Tennessee.
	ii.	RONALD LEE FOSTER, b. Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee.




 Generation No. 3


5.  ELVA3 FOSTER (NORMIE RIVERS2, JAMES TAYLOR1).  She married HENRY 
DAMON HEADDEN 1922.

	Child of ELVA FOSTER and HENRY HEADDEN is:

	i.	DAMON RIVERS4 HEADDEN, b. December 17, 1926, Ridgely, 
                Tennessee; d. July 03, 1958.

	He graduated from Ridgely High School in 1944, entered Columbia Military 
Academy in Columbia, Tennessee, in 1944, and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, 
where he gratuated in 1949.  He served as an enlisted man in the army from 1951 to 1953.  
He was appointed to Lake County Quarterly Court in 1953 to fill the unexpired term of his 
father, Damon Headden.  He followed in his father's footsteps, serving on the court until 
his death July 3, 1958.  He served three terms as Lake County representative to the 
Tennessee General Assembly.  During the past two sessions he served as administration 
floor leader in the House.  He was charter member of the Legislative Council.


6.  BERT3 YARBRO (PAULINE2 FOSTER, JAMES TAYLOR1).  He married 
LILLIAN RUSSELL ARMSTRONG 1946.

	Child of BERT YARBRO and LILLIAN ARMSTRONG is:

	i.	JANIS KAY4 YARBRO, m. WYATT ROBERT ALGEE.


7.  ROBERT HOUSTON3 FOSTER (HOUSTON RICE2, JAMES TAYLOR1) was born 
in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee.  He married DOROTHY ELAINE MCDANIEL 
August 18, 1951 in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, daughter of JOSEPH 
MCDANIEL and MARY GRANTHAM.

	Children of ROBERT FOSTER and DOROTHY MCDANIEL are:

	i.	MARGIE LYNN4 FOSTER, b. Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee.
8.	ii.	DONALD LOUIS FOSTER, b. Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee.
9.	iii.	DAVID MARK FOSTER, b. Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee.
	iv.	KATHY ANN FOSTER, b. Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee.



 Generation No. 4


8.  DONALD LOUIS4 FOSTER (ROBERT HOUSTON3, HOUSTON RICE2, 
JAMES TAYLOR1) was born in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee.  He married 
CYNTHIA LANE SMITH July 28, 1979.

	Children of DONALD FOSTER and CYNTHIA SMITH are:

	i.	AMANDA LEIGH5 FOSTER, b. Miami, Dade County, Florida.
	ii.	BRITTANY LAYNE FOSTER, b. Miami, Dade County, Florida.


9.  DAVID MARK4 FOSTER (ROBERT HOUSTON3, HOUSTON RICE2, JAMES 
TAYLOR1) was born in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee.  He married SUSAN 
ROSE DADIN June 26, 1982 in Annapolis, Anne Arundal County, Maryland, daughter 
of LOUIS DADIN and MARY HACKMANN.

	Children of DAVID FOSTER and SUSAN DADIN are:

	i.	ROBERT LOUIS5 FOSTER, b. Bethesda, Montgomery County, 
                Maryland.
	ii.	MARK DAVIS FOSTER, b. Fort Belvoir, Fairfax County, Virginia.
	iii.	SARAH ELIZABETH FOSTER, b. Woodbridge, Prince William 
                County, Virginia.
	iv.	KATHERINE MICHELLE FOSTER, b. Memphis, Shelby County, 
                           Tennessee.

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