The Virginia Settlement
 or The Four Mile 
Church of the Brethren

 

        By Rev. Merle C. Rummel

 

 

                        FOSHER

F1

DANIEL FOSHER             m. 10/24/1785   Marillis Eckel

b. 5/11/1762  Hesse Darnstadt, Ger.       b. 9/20/1764           PA

d. 8/4/1849   Union Co. IN                d. 12/23/1832  Union Co. IN

bur: Fosher Cemetery                      bur: Fosher Cemetery

                                          f. Jacob Eckel

Medical Doctor                            m. Elizabeth Miller

                          m. Botetourt Co. VA

original ‑Fascher

1779 ‑Revolutionary War, Yorktown surrender, troops of Lafayette (w bro)

1793 ‑Bedford Co. VA, Otter River

1796 ‑Botetourt Co. VA, Fincastle

1818 ‑Wayne Co. IN

farm, NW of Liberty, off Indian road, Near Whitewater River - Dunker

ch:

F11  John  (1786‑1865)      m. 1804, Elizabeth Landis   Putnam Co. IN

F12  Susannah  (1788‑1856)  m. 1806, Joseph Pagin       LaPorte Co. IN

F13  Matthias  (1790‑1884)  m. 1829, Elizabeth Rife     Union Co. IN

F14  Mary  (1792‑c1825)     m. 1815, John Hale          Wayne Co. IN

     Elizabeth (1794‑1801)

     Catherine (1796‑1864)  m. 1816, Stephen Hicks      Campbell Co. VA

F17  Saloma  (1798‑1883)    m.       John Drook         Grant Co. IN

F18  Jacob  (1800‑1894)    1/m       Catherine Bradburn Franklin Co. IN

                           2/m       Elizabeth Fullinglove

F19  Anna  (1803‑           m. 1825, William F. Stanton Jr. LaPorte Co.

F1A  David  (1806‑c1883)   1/m       Elizabeth Kenodle  Madison Co. IA

                           2/m 1834, Elizabeth Brewington

 

F11

JOHN FOSHER              1/m 12/22/1804   Elizabeth Landis       (L3x2)

b. 5/17/1786  Botetourt Co. VA            b. 7/17/1783       PA

d. 9/12/1865  Putnam Co. IN               d. 9/19/1833  Putnam Co. IN

f. Daniel Fosher                          f. Henry Landis

m. Marillis Eckel                         m. Susannah

                          m. Campbell Co. VA

                         2/m              Rosanna

1808 ‑Preble Co. OH                       b. 1812              NC               1822 ‑Putnam Co. IN, Ramp Creek               ?son  John Todd

        Blakesborough, Sawmill

        Universalist

ch:  inf

     Lydia  (1806‑          m. 1822, John Guilliam      Putnam Co. IN

     Christian (1808‑       m.       Emily Bunderant    Madison Co. IA

     Daniel  (b/d 1810)

     Henry  (?1810‑         m.       Mary Herndon       Linn Co. MO

     Anna  (1814‑           m.       Edgecomb Guilliam  Putnam Co. IN

     Elizabeth (1816‑       m.       Michael Fall       Monroe Co. IA

     Mary  (1818‑          1/m       Joseph Todd        Mercer Co. MO

                           2/m       Joseph Smith

     Catherine (1820‑       m.       Andrew Nichols     Hendricks Co. IN

     John Jr (1822‑        1/m 1847, Louisa Goslin      Putnam Co. IN

                           2/m 1881, Mrs Lou Ann Passmore

     Jacob  (1824‑1826)

 

F12

SUSANNAH FOSHER           m. 10/28/1806   Joseph Pagin

b. 2/28/1788  Botetourt Co. VA            b. 6/22/1782  Ft Kaskaskia, IL

d. 1/22/1856  LaPorte Co. IN              d. 3/30/1862  LaPorte Co. IN

bur: farm cemetery                        bur: farm cemetery

f. Daniel Fosher                          f. David Pagin

m. Marillis Eckel                         m. Elizabeth Ferrill

                                          father ‑Geo. Rogers Clark Exp

                                          mother died

                                          raised by French family

                          m. Bedford Co. VA

1808 ‑Preble Co. OH                       1806 ‑Nashville TN

1829 ‑LaPorte Co. IN   -route: Eaton, OH ‑ Liberty, IN ‑ Ft Wayne, IN

            through woods to Bertram on St Joseph River

 

(F12 Susannah Pagin, Cont)

ch:

     Nancy  (1803‑         1/m       John Redding

                           2/m       Robert Redding

                           3/m       James Irwing

     David  (1807‑         1/m 1830, Mary Miller (M167)

                           2/m       Rebecca Gifford

     Marylis  (1807         m.       Henry Flory

     Elizabeth (1810‑       m.       Samuel Maus

     Jacob  (1811‑1825)

     Sarah  (1812‑          m.       Elwood Stanton

     John  (1814‑           m.       Charlotte Redmond

     Joel  (1815‑          1/m       Harriet Chisbe

                           2/m       Arvilla Heaton

     Susannah (1817‑       1/m       Nathan Holloway

                           2/m       Wesley Bailey

     Lewis  (1818‑         1/m       Elizabeth Justice

                           2/m       Maria Stover

     Lemuel  (1822‑         m.       Lovina Grooms

     Daniel  (1824‑         m.       Helen Vail

     Druscilla (1825‑       m.       William Pegon

     Lydia  (1827‑         1/m       Hiram Palmer

                           2/m       George Marsh

     Samuel  (1828‑         m.       Elizabeth Malone

     Margaret (1830‑        m.       John Stover

     Henry  (1833‑         1/m       Eliza Carter

                           2/m       Mattie Carter

                           3/m       Ida Day

 

 

F13

MATTHIAS FOSHER           m. 6/11/1829    Mary Elizabeth Rife      (R31)

b. 3/15/1790  Botetourt Co. VA            b. 12/30/1801 Frederick Co. VA

d. 6/20/1884  Union Co. IN                d. 2/18/1850  Union Co. IN

bur: Fosher Cemetery                      bur: Fosher Cemetery

                                          f. John

                                          m. Francis Crist

War of 1812               m. Wayne Co. IN

family farm R2W T12 S11 SW/4  (Liberty‑Abington Road)

ch:

     John R  (1830‑         m.       Sarah Coghlin      Wind River, WYO

     Daniel  (1831‑         m.       Susan Piper

     Francis  (1832‑        m.       Samuel Paddock     Union Co. IN

     Rife  (1834‑           m.       Anna Doughty      Hartford City, IN

 

     Abram  (1836‑          m.    Catherine Schnarenberger   Sweetwater Co WYO

     Marillas  (1837‑       nm       (to Wyo and return)

     Nancy  (1839‑          m.             Snodgrass

     Lydia  (1841‑          nm       (to Wyo and return)

     William  (1843‑                                    Wyoming

     Mary Elizabeth (1843‑1912)  nm  (to Wyo and return)

 

 

F14

MARY FOSHER (POLLY)       m. 6/27/1815    John Hale

b. 5/14/1792  Bedford Co. VA

                          m. Bedford Co. VA

1820 Census: Richmond, IN (not in 1830)

ch:

     Judith  (1818‑         m.       Daniel Quinn       Putnam Co. IN

     David  (1819‑1903)     m.       Selena Hunt        Abingdon, IN

     Daniel                 m.       Mary Noffsinger    Montgomery Co IN

     dau

 

 

F17

SALOMA FOSHER             m.              John Drook

b. 11/12/1798  Botetourt Co. VA           b. 6/7/1791  Shenandoah Co. VA

d. 1883        Grant Co. IN               d. 3/16/1870 Grant Co. IN

                                          bur: Drook Cemetery

f. Daniel Fosher

m. Marillis Eckel                         1816 ‑Wayne Co. IN

1844 ‑Grant Co. In Richland twp           killed -thrown from horse

ch:                                               from train whistle

     Mary Ann (1818‑        m.       Robert Bromfiel    Grant Co. IN

     Daniel  (1820‑         m.       Mary Dill          Liberty, IN

     Marillis  (1822‑       m.       Robert Taylor      Nebraska

     Jacob  (1824‑         1/m       Nancy Taylor       Wabash Co. IN

                           2/m       Rosetta Trook                      

     Susannah (1827‑        m.       James Anderson     Wabash Co. IN

     William  (1830‑       1/m       Jerusha Snyder     Johnson Co. NB

                           2/m       Ann Steinberger

     Alfred  (1833‑         m.       Sarah Geary        Grant Co. IN

     Henry  (1834‑1845)

     Cynthia  (1835‑        m.       David Fisher       Converse, IN

     Martha  (1837‑        1/m       Philip Snyder      Anderson, IN

                           2/m       David Warrenburg

     James M. (1841‑        m. 1862, Mary Painter       Grant Co. IN

 

 

F18

JACOB FOSHER             1/m              Catherine Bradburn    (nch)

b. 2/11/1800  Botetourt Co. VA

d. 3/16/1894  Franklin Co. IN

f. Daniel Fosher

m. Marillis Eckel

                         2/m              Elizabeth Fullinglove

homestead ‑5 miles south of Brookville

ch:  Henry                  m.             Beckman

     Virginia  (1846‑      1/m       John Merritt       Cincinnati, OH

                           2/m       Charles Weaver

     Emily  (1848‑         1/m       Robert Kuller      Cincinnati, OH

                           2/m       Henry Kohlbrand

     Amanda  (1850‑         m.       Jacob Wagner       Laurel, IN

     Jacob C (1853‑         m.       Elizabeth Banes    Westpoint, IN

     Martha  (1857‑         m.       Martin James       Union Co. IN

 

F19

ANNA FOSHER               m.              William F. Stanton Jr.

b. 3/14/1803  Bedford Co. VA              b. 1803        OH

 

f. Daniel Fosher

m. Marillis Eckle

1850 Census: LaPorte Co. IN

ch:  Kulana  (1829‑

     Benjamin  (1831‑

     Samuel  (1835‑

     Martha  (1836‑

     William  (1839‑

 

F1A

DAVID FOSHER             1/m              Elizabeth Kernodle   (nch)

b. 2/15/1806

d. c1883      Madison Co. IA

f. Daniel Fosher

m. Marillis Eckel          2/m 12/7/1834    Elizabeth Brewington

                                          b. 12/7/1811

                                          d. 10/1/1872  Madison Co. IA

ch:  James  (1836‑         1/m       Frances Miller     Madison Co. IA

                           2/m       Mrs. Tryphonic Bare

     Charles  (1840‑        m.       Elvira Rand        Marion Co. IA

     William  (1844‑        nm

     Sarah Jane (1846‑      m.       ?Jake Jones        Madison Co. IA

     Margaret  (1848‑       m.       Augustus Burger    Des Moines, IA

     Josephine  (1852‑      m.       Frank Cooper       Osborne Co. KS