in his 42d yr., on his return from the army
[was a son of David Foster, and was a highly respectable man. He lived where John Jackson now lives(1877), and was an early favorite of the town. He was for many years a constable. He entered the continental army as a lieutenant in the campaign of 1776, and was in active sendee till the close of the year.]
Parents: David Foster & Althea Cogswell Foster.
[was a son of David Foster, and was a highly respectable man. He lived where John Jackson now lives(1877), and was an early favorite of the town. He was for many years a constable. He entered the continental army as a lieutenant in the campaign of 1776, and was in active sendee till the close of the year.]
Parents: David Foster & Althea Cogswell Foster.
in his 42d yr., on his return from the army
[was a son of David Foster, and was a highly respectable man. He lived where John Jackson now lives(1877), and was an early favorite of the town. He was for many years a constable. He entered the continental army as a lieutenant in the campaign of 1776, and was in active sendee till the close of the year.]
Parents: David Foster & Althea Cogswell Foster.
[was a son of David Foster, and was a highly respectable man. He lived where John Jackson now lives(1877), and was an early favorite of the town. He was for many years a constable. He entered the continental army as a lieutenant in the campaign of 1776, and was in active sendee till the close of the year.]
Parents: David Foster & Althea Cogswell Foster.
Inscription
His Epitaph.
Here lies the body of Lieut. Elijah Foster,
who died of the small-pox, January 14, 1777.
in the forty-second year of his age,
on his return from the army.
Inspired with freedom and her virtuous cause, To save his country from a tyrant's laws, Resolved an end to the unnatural strife, And in the glorious conflict, lost his life.
Family Members
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Records on Ancestry
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Connecticut, U.S., Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
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Connecticut, U.S., Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
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Connecticut, U.S., Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934
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Sharon, Connecticut and Northeast New York, U.S., Cemetery Index, 1750-1903
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