General John Forster
1777 - 1863 (85 years)-
Name John Forster [1, 2, 3, 4] Title General Birth 17 Sep 1777 Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Male Military 1794 [1, 3] Whiskey Insurrection Fact 1 1808 Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Subscribed donation for repairs to Paxtang Church; Egle's Notes 1st2ndSeriesVol I p 82 Occupation Between 1814 and 1818 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 3] State Senator Occupation Bef 1840 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 3] Cashier Harrisburg Bank Occupation 1840 Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA [1] Cashier Exchange Bank Occupation Aft 1840 Hollidaysburg, Blair, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 3] President Branch Bank Death 28 May 1863 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 2, 3] Person ID I4761 MontyHistNotes_III Last Modified 4 Jul 2025
Father John Forster, b. 1725, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA d. Sep 1789, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 64 years) Relationship natural Mother Catherine Dickey, b. 1738, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA d. 23 Nov 1804, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 66 years) Relationship natural Marriage 16 May 1762 [5] Family ID F3090 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Mary Elder, b. 1779, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA d. 18 Dec 1831, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 52 years) Marriage 25 Sep 1798 Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [4] - Paxtang Church
Family ID F3086 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Jul 2025
Family 2 Margaret Snodgrass Law, b. 6 Mar 1804 d. 9 Dec 1891 (Age 87 years) Marriage 9 Jul 1833 Family ID F3097 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Jul 2025
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Birth - 17 Sep 1777 - Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA 
Marriage - 25 Sep 1798 - Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Fact 1 - Subscribed donation for repairs to Paxtang Church; Egle's Notes 1st2ndSeriesVol I p 82 - 1808 - Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA 
Occupation - State Senator - Between 1814 and 1818 - Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Occupation - Cashier Harrisburg Bank - Bef 1840 - Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA 
Occupation - Cashier Exchange Bank - 1840 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA 
Occupation - President Branch Bank - Aft 1840 - Hollidaysburg, Blair, Pennsylvania, USA Death - 28 May 1863 - Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Sources - [S694] Egle, William Henry, Egle's Notes and Queries of Pennsylvania, 1700s-1800s_ForsterThomas, (Name: Date: 1896;;), First and Second Series Vol I, Notes and Queries XLVI, Pages 326-327.
- [S55] Maring, Don, Email from Don Maring 2010 Apr 28, (Name: Location: Maple Glen, PA; Date: 28 Apr 2010;;), Don Maring discusses Forsters and Dickeys. He also discusses familyof Robert Montgomery and Sarah of Ballymore, Armagh.
- [S41] Kelker, Luther Reily, History of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania_MontBio, (Name: Date: 1907;;), Volume III, Pages 538-541 Volume I, Chapter X, The Newspapers Volume III, Pages 549-551 and 673-675 Forster Family.
- [S654] Linn, John Blair, Record of Pennsylvania Marriages Prior to 1810, (Name: Name: Clearfield; Location: Baltimore, MD; Date: 2008;;), Published in Two Volumes Also William H Egle.
- [S39] Paxton Presbyterian Churchyard, (Name: Findagrave; Location: Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA;), cemtery.interment.pdf Suburb also called Paxtang Also known as Old Paxtang Presbyterian Meeting House Cemetery.
- [S694] Egle, William Henry, Egle's Notes and Queries of Pennsylvania, 1700s-1800s_ForsterThomas, (Name: Date: 1896;;), First and Second Series Vol I, Notes and Queries XLVI, Pages 326-327.