Foster Cemetery Grave Marker Readings
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When Death comes, it will not go away empty - Irish Proverb

I would like to thank Naomi Lowe Hupp for helping me locate which cemetery James and Eleanor Foster were buried in, and Juanita Fitzsimmons for allowing me access to the cemetery on her farm.

In the book: Schools, Churches, Cemeteries (Pictures, Charts, Maps), Marshall County, West Virginia, by Dale and
Naomi Lowe, it is noted that this cemetery may also be known as the Peninsula Cemetery or Old Beeler's Station
Cemetery (not to be confused with the "Old" section of the Beeler's Station Cemetery which is located behind the
Christian Church on Rt. 250).   The name of Foster Cemetery is used because the land the cemetery is on was
originally the farm belonging to James Foster, who, in 1826, came to Marshall County and established the Beeler's
Station Christian Church.

The cemetery is located on private property, in a grove of trees, about 1 mile south of Rt 250 on Middle Grave Creek
Road.   The cemetery is not cared for and several of the markers are down and/or broken, and most are weather-worn
and difficult to read.  It appears that some of the markers are missing.                   Photographs of the cemetery.

This cemetery was first read April 21, 1987 by Dale and Naomi Lowe.    Naomi Lowe Hupp kindly gave us a copy of
their readings as a guide.   On May 12, 1999, Beverly and I re-read the cemetery adding 14 new individuals to the
Lowe's list.
 

????SNEY, Jane...w/o Wm.  ????sney...died ? ?,1843...aged ?/?/?...stone is badly weathered.
BEST, Elizabeth...d/o John & Margaret Titus...w/o James Best...died February 4, 1854...aged 49 yrs+
CAIN, Abram...died January 20, 1862...aged 96 years+
CARSON, Elizabeth...died November 3, 1851...age 78 years+
....Mary J...died July 31, 1857...age 36yr/8mo/6da+
COX, Abraham...s/o J. & R.A. Cox...April 11, 1839...age 6yr/3mo/25da+
....Cynthia...w/o Absalom Cox...died November 18, 1860...aged 32yrs/4mo/16da+
....Jane...d/o  J. & R.A. Cox...died August 25, 1861...in her 21 year+
....John...s/o J. & R.A. Cox...died March 2, 1863...aged 20yr/6mo/7da+
....Joseph...died April 18, 1856...age 62yr/2mo/3da+
....Louisa...w/o Isaac Cox...died April 23, 1852...age 23yr/7mo/16da...infant son Virgil+
....???...w/o N.A....died March 16, 1846...aged ?yr/8mo/?da...marker crumbled+
FOSTER, Eleanor...died March 5, 1881...in her 90th year+
....Elizabeth Anne...w/o William Foster...died January ?, 1843...center of marker is crumbled+
....James...died March 12, 1869...in his 84th year+
....Thomas...died April 20, 1853...in the 23rd year of his age+
HUNT, Salathril C...died May 24, 1857...aged 25yr/2mo/7da+
....Sarah...w/o Wylie Hunt...died June 21, 1868...in her 77 year+
....Wiley...died August 9, 1843...age 15mo...D.A. E D+
....Wylie...died November 5, 1866...aged 82yrs/10mo/10da+
KERNS, Abraham...died May 28, 1856...aged 28yrs/8mo/28da+
....Elizabeth...died June 30, 1852...age 28 yrs+
....George...died January 27, 1875...in his 11th year+
....Joseph...died January 9, 1875...aged 81yr/1mo/17da+
....Nancy...died February 13, 18(7?)9...aged 19 years+
KNAPP, Hannah...died August 25, 1867...age of 66yrs/6mo/27da+
....John B...died August 19, 1846...age 63 years+
LOW, Alexander...s/o G.W. & M.A. Low...died December 12, 1862...aged 18yr/11mo/26da+
....Infant of A & M.J Low...died August 18, 1871+
LYDICK, Ruth J...w/o George W. Lydick...died May 11, 1862...aged 36 yrs.+
MARSHALL, Mary F...d/o A & C Marshall...died November 18, 1849...aged 11yr/1mo/21da+
MCCOSH, Andrew W...died April 21, 1867...in his 42th year+
....Thomas...died September 27, 1865...4yr/9mo/15da+
MURDOCK, Martha...died May 29, 1868...aged 15yr/8mo/?da+
REID, Ann..w/o James Reid...died August 15, 1878...aged 76 years+
....Edward...born July 1, 1833...died July 21, 1863+
....James...died July 14, 1845...in the 53rd year of his age+
ROE, James M...s/o J & S.B. Roe...died March 24, 1856...aged 1yr/6mo/15da+
....Rhoda V...d/o J. & S.B. Roe...died September 9, 1863...aged 2yr/5mo/25da+
ROSENBERGER, John...died November 1, 1856...age 70yr/2mo/12da+
STEWART, Eddie...s/o J.P. & M.E. Stewart...died April 8, 1873...age 4 years+
....Esther...w/o Thomas Stewart...died February 11, 1866...aged 63yr/10mo/23da+
....Infant...d/o C&L Stewart...died August 18, 1871+
....Mary E...died March 15, 1873...age 23 years+
....Thomas...died March 11, 1873...in his 81st year+
WILSON, Dorcas...w/o Andrew Wilson...died April 13, 1855...in her 27th year+
WINTERS, James...died September 26, 1859...in his 27th year+
....Kate A...d/o J & E Winters...died March 6, 1860...aged 1yr/3mo/6da+
....Mary...d/o Abraham & Rebecca Cain...died June 26, 1837...aged 31 years+
....Mary E...d/o R.S. & M.J. Winters...died December 21, 1862...in her 4th year+
....Thos. F...s/o R.S. & M.J Winters...died October 17, 1852...aged 2yr/1mo/28da+



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