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- Samuel (29 yrs old - born Apr. 29, 1820) is listed as #0726 in the 1850 Davie County, NC Census. Living with him is his wife, Candis Caudle (age 28--born Dec. 22, 1821). They were married in Davie County, NC in 1844. Also listed are his children: Elizabeth (age 5 -born Jan. 2, 1845), Amanda (age 4 -born Aug. 13, 1846), Obadiah (age 2 - born Feb. 16, 1848) and Benjamin (age 1(-) -born Feb. 18, 1850)
Samuel (39 yrs old- born about 1820) is listed as #907, Farmer, in the 1860 Davie County, NC Census. Living with him are Candis Foster (age 39 yrs old-born about 1821); Elizabeth Foster (age 15 yrs old-born about 1845); Manda/Amanda (age 13 yrs old- born about 1846); Obediah (12 yrs old- born about 1848); Ann Foster (age 7 yrs old - born about 1853) and Elizabeth Foster (age 61 yrs old - born about 1799) who is believed to be Samuel's mother, Elizabeth (Stinchcomb) Foster. All are listed as born in NC. Their son, Benjamin, who was listed in the 1850 census, died July 4, 185
Samuel and his brother Coleman both served in the 42nd Infantry Regt., NC Troops,Confederate Army (Coleman in Company E and Samuel in Company F). Their brother, John, enlisted on July 21, 1862 in Company A, 11th Missouri Infantry Regt., CSA and apparently served in that unit throughout the war. His Regiment (commanded by Major James Phillips towards the end of the war) was surrendered on May 26, 1865 at New Orleans, Louisiana by General E. K. Smith, CSA to Major E.R.S. Canby, U.S.A.. John was paroled at Shreveport, LA. on June 8, 1865. He attempted to walk home but died of yellow fever somewhere in Georgia.
John's second wife, Mary Cantrell (whom he married after the death of his first wife, Rebecca Wyatt) wrote to the Foster and Wyatt families ( in Davie County, NC) after John's death to advise that she was unable financially to continue caring for all seven children --three from John's marriage to Rebecca and four from his marriage to Mary. She asked for someone to come to Lawrence County, Missouri and take Pleasant Lee Foster, Perry Marshall Foster and Hiriam Mitchell Foster to live with John's family in Davie County, North Carolina.
John's brothers, Coleman and Samuel--who had just returned home, on foot, to Davie County after General Robert E. Lee's surrender of all Confederate forces at Appomattox, VA--went to Missouri to bring the three boys back to Davie County. The round trip by covered wagon, including crossing the Mississippi River by raft, took nearly three months to complete. Upon arrival back in Davie, Pleasant Lee was given a home by his maternal grandfather, William Wyatt. Hiriam Mitchell was taken in by his Uncle, Coleman Foster and Perry Marshall by his Uncle, Samuel Foster.
Samuel and brother, Coleman, were members (circa 1869) of Fork Baptist Church, Davie CO., NC.
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1820 - 1905 (85 years)
