Louisa Maria Foster was the daughter of John and Jane Eleanor Martin Zinn Foster of Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia.

On May 5, 1846, Louisa Foster married Foster Blodgett, Jr. in Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia. They had five children; two girls and three boys. Their names were Susan Virginia, Edwin Ford, Caroline Augusta, John Foster and Thomas Miller Blodgett.(The later generation spelled their last name with two t's.)

MARRIED
On Tuesday evening, the 5th inst., by the Rev. Wm. T. Brantley, Mr. F. BLODGET, Jr., to Miss LOUISA M., daughter of John Foster, Esq., all of this city.

May 7. 1846
p. 2, col. 6, Thurs.
Daily Chronicle & Sentinel
Augusta, GA, Vol. X, No. 109


According to the Magnolia Cemetery Sexton Records, Louisa died of a liver abscess at the age of 30 years old. (I found out that her son Edwin Ford died of cirrhosis of the liver so there could definitely be some kind of genetic disposition for liver disease in this family.)She was buried on October 15, 1858 next to her two infant girls. Her obituary was not published in the newspaper until December.

OBITUARY
The subject of this notice, Mrs. LOUISA MARIA BLODGET, wife of Foster Blodget, Jr., and daughter of John and Eleanor Foster was born in Augusta, GA. 9th February, 1828, and died in the same place on the 14th October, 1858.

She made a profession of Christianity of the 17th of September, 1842, uniting with the Baptist Church of Beech Island, then under the pastoral care of the Rev. Wm J. Hard. Subsequently, she united with the Baptist Church of this city, by letter, of which she remained a consistent member until her death.

There was much in the character of Mrs. B. truly commendable. Ever considerate of the wants and feelings of others, she was dearly loved by all who knew her. Administering of her bounty to the destitute, the poor and needy rise up and call her blessed. An affectionate sister, a dutiful daughter, a devoted wife, a tender mother, a sympathizing friend, a consistent Christian, she is sadly missed. The loss sustained by her death is irreparable.

Her last illness, though severe and protracted, was borne with much fortitude and Christian resignation-not the resignation of despair, but of hope. Like a little child confidant of its father's love, a superior wisdom, she resigned herself with cheerfulness to the will of her Heavenly Father. Her greatest anxiety was on behalf of her three interesting little boys. She died commending them to the lover of "little children". The last moments of her earthly existence was calm and serene. Her friends, around her couch weeping, received her parting blessing, and heard her last farewell-then,

"Saw in death her eyelids close
Calmly, as to a night's repose,
Like flowers, at set of sun."

"O, who that saw thy parting hour
Could wish thee here again!"

"Triumphant in thy closing eye
The hope of glory shone;
Joy breathed in thy expiring sigh,
To think the race was run."

"Thy passing spirit gently fled,
Sustained by grace divine;
O, may such grace o'er us be shed,
And make our end like thine."
L.M.C.

December 16, 1858,p. 2, col. 6, Thurs.
Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel
Vol. XXII No. 297


Note: The family used the one "t" spelling of their surname. I will use the "tt" spelling to link the family here and keep it uniform as later generations adopted the "tt" spelling. Amy