Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 8th ed., 1888,
Jefferson Co.

CAPT. JOHN L. FOSTER, a representative citizen of Bullitt County, was born
in Jefferson County, January 13, 1837.  His father was James Foster, a
native of Nelson County, Ky., was born May 5, 1796, and was a member of one
of the early and prominent families of the State.  His wife, mother of this
sketch, was Nancy Jones.  Her parents were from Pennsylvania, and settled
early in Kentucky.  Her marriage to James Foster occurred October 26, 1822.
To this marriage were born fifteen children.  The subject of this sketch,
John L., was the eleventh born, reared to manhood on the farm, and received
a liberal education in the public schools of Bullitt County.  The civil
war coming on he took sides with the Union, and in 1861 joined the Fifteen
Kentucky Infantry, as a private in Company D, but for his gallantry and
meritorious conduct as a soldier, he was soon promoted to the captaincy of
the company.  This position he filled with honor to his county and himself
till [sic] January, 1865, when he was mustered out by expiration of
contract.  At the battle of Perryville he was severely wounded, being shot
through the lungs, and on four other occasions he received severe wounds
from the enemy's gun.  At the close of the war he returned to his native
county, and was married April 4, 1865, to Miss Elizabeth Russell, of
Indiana.  He was soon after appointed to an important position in the
Internal Revenue Service, which he held for eleven years, being forced to
resign through the illness of his family.  He now superintends his farm,
owning a large tract of land in Bullitt County and another valuable farm
in Jefferson County and tracts elsewhere.  He has had nine children in
his family: Barbara D., James K., born April 24, 1868, died April 16,
1885; Nancy., Bettie E. (deceased), Bessie May, Hattie Belle, Ruby Pearle,
Sarah L. and Anna Victoria.  Captain Foster resides about two and a half
miles southwest of Brook's Station, and is an exemplary citizen who
stands high among his fellows.

Foster Jones Russell
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Bullitt-KY Nelson-KY PA IN

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