West Virginia Pioneers

Ruhama Foster

Female 1825 - 1881  (~ 56 years)


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  • Name Ruhama Foster 
    Born CA 1825  Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Died 30 Nov 1881  [2
    Buried Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I102015  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2013 

    Father Daniel Foster,   b. 6 Nov 1796, Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Apr 1862, Wirt County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Mother Jane Hart,   b. 23 Sep 1794,   d. 31 Aug 1879, Wirt County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Notes 

    • 1850 Wirt, VA
      Daniel Foster 52
      Jane 54
      Enoch 26
      Ruhama 24
      John 23
      Nathaniel 21
      Catherine 19
      Sarah J 17
      Rebecca 15

      1860 Wirt, VA
      Daniel Foster 62
      Jane 64 PA
      Ruhama 30

      1870 Elizabeth, Wirt, WV
      Foster, John 42 VA
      Jane 75 PA
      Ruhamie 44 VA


      U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index
      Surname: Jane Foster
      Year: 1880
      County: Wirt CO.
      State: WV
      Age: 85
      Gender: F (Female)
      Month of Death: Aug
      State of Birth: PA
      ID#: MRT197_108633
      Occupation: NONE LISTED
      Cause of Death: OLD AGE


      Daniel Foster
      Birth: Nov. 6, 1796
      Monongalia County
      West Virginia, USA
      Death: Apr. 20, 1862
      Wirt County
      West Virginia, USA

      Jane Hart Foster
      Birth: Sep. 23, 1794
      Death: Aug. 31, 1879
      Burial:
      Bethesda Baptist Church Cemetery
      Palestine (Wirt County)
      Wirt County
      West Virginia, USA
    Family ID F26096  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Presley Petty,   b. Apr 1817, Wood County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1904  (Age ~ 86 years) 
    Married 6 Nov 1879  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 

    • Marriage Record
      Date: 11/6/1879
      Place: Wirt, West Virginia, United States
      Presley Petty, 62, wid, Wood, Jackson co
      Ruhanna Foster, 51, Monongalia, Town of Elizabeth

      1880 Grant, Jackson, WV
      Petty, Presley 62 WV VA VA
      Uhama 54 PA PA PA
      Lorin 18 son WV WV WV
      Druzilla 16 da WV WV WV
    Family ID F26095  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1205] Census.

    2. [S113] Grant District Cemeteries.

    3. [S654] Marriage Records, West Virginia Division of Culture and History.