General John Forster

Male 1777 - 1863  (85 years)


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  • Name John Forster  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Title General 
    Birth 17 Sep 1777  Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Military 1794  [1, 3
    Whiskey Insurrection 
    Fact 1 1808  Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Subscribed donation for repairs to Paxtang Church; Egle's Notes 1st2ndSeriesVol I p 82 
    Occupation Between 1814 and 1818  Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    State Senator 
    Occupation Bef 1840  Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Cashier Harrisburg Bank 
    Occupation 1840  Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Cashier Exchange Bank 
    Occupation Aft 1840  Hollidaysburg, Blair, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    President Branch Bank 
    Death 28 May 1863  Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Person ID I4761  MontyHistNotes_III
    Last Modified 8 Mar 2024 

    Father John Forster,   b. 1725, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 1789, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Catherine Dickey,   b. 1738, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Nov 1804, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Dec 1831, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Marriage 25 Sep 1798  Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • Paxtang Church
    Family ID F3086  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Mar 2024 

    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 8 Mar 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 17 Sep 1777 - Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 25 Sep 1798 - Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsFact 1 - Subscribed donation for repairs to Paxtang Church; Egle's Notes 1st2ndSeriesVol I p 82 - 1808 - Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - State Senator - Between 1814 and 1818 - Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Cashier Harrisburg Bank - Bef 1840 - Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Cashier Exchange Bank - 1840 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - President Branch Bank - Aft 1840 - Hollidaysburg, Blair, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 28 May 1863 - Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [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.

    2. [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.

    3. [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.

    4. [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.

    5. [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.