Zebulon Foster was born on 19 Aug 1808 in Pike, Ohio, United States.1–8
He was the child of Rachel Browning and Richard Foster.6,8
He lived in Warren County, Indiana about 1830.9
In 1831, Zebulon was granted all lands held by Richard Foster on the waters of the Wabash in Richard Foster’s will.10
He lived in Warren County, Indiana in 1832.11
He married Caroline Ostrander on 14 Feb 1833 in Pike, Ohio, United States.2,5–6,8,12–17
On 20 Nov 1833, Edward Foster was born in Warren County, Indiana.8,18
He lived in Washington Township, Warren County, Indiana in 1836.19
Zebulon was among first members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1837 in Warren, Indiana, United States.20
On 20 May 1837, Rachel Foster was born in Indiana, United States.8,18
He lived in Warren County, Ohio in 1840.21
In 1840, Eliza W. Foster was born in West Lebanon, Indiana.8,22
On 28 Aug 1842, Mary Foster was born in West Lebanon, Indiana.8,23
In Jun 1846, William F. Foster was born in Indiana, United States.8
On 14 Oct 1848, Harriet Foster was born in West Lebanon, Indiana.8,24
He lived in Pike Township, Warren County, Indiana on 1 Jul 1850.18
Zebulon sold to John Stufflebeam land being part of W 1/2 NW 1/4 Section 14 Township 21 N Range 9 West on 8 Jan 1853 in Warren County, Indiana.25
He was witness of the will of Thomas Johnson on 15 Jul 1853 in Warren, Indiana, United States.26
He sold land to the Lake Erie Wabash and St. Louis Railroad company being a part of the NE 1/4 of Section Number (15) in township in Jan 1854 in Warren County, Indiana.27
Zebulon sold to James Howard land being 9 1/2 acres in the SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of section 14 township 21 North range 9 west on 24 Jan 1854 in Warren County, Indiana.28
He sold land to George Pence land being part of lot 1 in the West half of the NW 1/4 of Section 14 Township 21 Range 9 on 7 Feb 1854 in Warren County, Indiana.29
He sold land to Francis Wheeler being lot 4 in the NW division to the town of Lebanon on 23 May 1854 in Warren County, Indiana.30
Zebulon sold to David Evans land being part of the W 1/2 of the NW 1/4 of section 14 township 21 north of range 9 on 4 Aug 1854 in Warren County, Indiana.31
He lived in Pike Township, Warren County, Indiana on 1 Jul 1860.32
He was listed on the tax rolls in 1865 in Pike Township, Warren, Indiana, United States.33
Zebulon lived in Medina Township, Warren County, Ohio on 23 Jun 1870.34
He married Juliet Fleming on 31 Aug 1876 in Warren County, Indiana.2–3,5,14,35–37
He lived in Pike Township, Warren County, Indiana in 1880.38
He was a member of the Republican Party.3
Zebulon celebrated his 75th birthday in 1883 in Warren, Indiana, United States.39
He celebrated his 80th birthday on 19 Aug 1888 in Warren, Indiana, United States.11
He died on 5 Sep 1889 at the age of 81 in Warren County, Indiana.7,40–41
Zebulon was buried after 5 Sep 1889 at Redwood Cemetery in Warren County, Indiana.7,40
Endnotes:
1. Jenkins, Rosella Rasmussen, editor, Warren County Cemeteries Volume 2 (Pine Village, Indiana: Rosella Jenkins, 1985)
2. 1877 Atlas of Warren County Indiana (Indiana: J. H. Beers and Co., 1877)
3. Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton Indiana. Historical and Biographical (Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., 1883)
4. The History and Ancestry of Rev. John Foster 1735-1800: His Family, His Life, His Ancestry (Clayton, CA: Wayne E. Dawson, 1985)
5. Alabama, Surname Files Expanded, 1702-1981, Zebulon foster, database with images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online December 2018).
6. Alabama, Surname Files Expanded, 1702-1981, My First Three Generations Foster Family, database with images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online July 2019).
7. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online June 2016), memorial for Zebulon Foster, Find a Grave Memorial no. # 20545190, created by Lesa Epperson, citing Redwood Cemetery, West Lebanon, Warren, Indiana, United States; accompanying photograph by Lisa Epperson, Zebulon Foster.
8. Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana: Historical and Biographical (Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers, 1883), page 170; digital images, Archive.org, http://www.archive.org viewed online 14 May 2022.
9. Warren County Centennial 1827 1927 (Williamsport, IN: Warren Graphics, 1982)
10. Indiana, Warren. Deed Records, 1827-1901. Film #1977054 DGS 8071879. Richard Foster, June 1831 Vol 11: page 420; digitized images, Family Search http://www.familysearch.org : viewed online 17 March 2022.
11. Birthday Party, The Warren Republican, (Warren County, Indiana), 30 August 1888; Public Member Story, kygranny_1, submitter, linked to Zebulon Foster, Ancestry.com, http://www.ancestry.com, posted 31 Jan 2012.
12. Marriage Record, Pike County Ohio page 202.
13. The History and Ancestry of Rev. John Foster 1735-1800: His Family, His Life, His Ancestry (Clayton, CA: Wayne E. Dawson, 1985), p. 77
14. One Hundred Years 1815-1915 of Pike County, Ohio Marriages (Waverly, Ohio: Pike County Genealogical Society), p. 335
15. “Ohio, County Marriages, 1774-1993,” Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com : viewed online (July 2017), Zebulon Foster – Caroline Ostrander.
16. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7836/). Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 : viewed online 16 March 2022.
17. “Family Data Collection — Individual Records,” Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : viewed online (July 2017), Caroline Ostrander.
18. 1850, Warren County Indiana, Population Schedule, Pike Township, Warren County, Indiana, Page 6 Image 9 of 14, family 56, Zebulon Foster; digital image, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : viewed online July 2017); NARA microfilm publication M432
19. Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton Indiana. Historical and Biographical (Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., 1883), p. 50 “Voters of Washington Township, 1836” (Crawford.IN.024)
20. Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton Indiana. Historical and Biographical (Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., 1883), p. 137 (Crawford.IN.024)
21. 1840 U.S. Census, Warren County, Indiana, population schedule, Warren County, Indiana, page 169 Image 53 of 80, Zebulon Foster; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online July 2017); NARA microfilm publication M704
22. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online 16 March 2022), memorial for Eliza W. Foster Bell (1840-1926), Find a Grave Memorial no. 27564758, created by Lesa Epperson, citing West Lebanon Cemetery, West Lebanon, Warren County, Indiana; accompanying photograph by Lesa Epperson, Eliza W. Foster Bell.
23. “Death Message,” Journal and Courier (Lafayette, Indiana), 26 January 1929, page 11; digital image, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : viewed online August 2019).
24. “Family Data Collections – Births,” Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com : viewed online (October 2017), Harriet Foster.
25. Indiana, Warren. Deed Records, 1827-1901. Film #1977056 DGS 8071881. Zebulon Foster, 8 Jan 1853 Vol. 14: page 260 (image 163); digitized images, Family Search http://www.familysearch.org : viewed online 4 April 2022.
26. Warren County Indiana Will Book, Will Books 1 & 2, page 277-281 (Crawford.IN.003). Hereinafter cited as Warren County Indiana Will Book.
27. Indiana, Warren. Deed Records, 1827-1901. Film #1977056 DGS 8071881. Zebulon Foster, January 1854 Vol. 14: page 347 (image 207); digitized images, Family Search http://www.familysearch.org : viewed online 4 April 2022.
28. Indiana, Warren. Deed Records, 1827-1901. Film #1977056 DGS 8071881. Zebulon Foster, 24 Jan 1854 15: 36-37; digitized images, Family Search http://www.familysearch.org : viewed online 4 April 2022.
29. Indiana, Warren. Deed Records, 1827-1901. Film #1977056 DGS 8071881. Zebulon Foster, 7 Feb 1854 Vol. 14: page 227; digitized images, Family Search http://www.familysearch.org : viewed online 4 April 2022.
30. Indiana, Warren. Deed Records, 1827-1901. Film #1977056 DGS 8071881. Zebulon Foster, 23 May 1854 Vol. 14: page 368 (image 218); digitized images, Family Search http://www.familysearch.org : viewed online 4 April 2022.
31. Indiana, Warren. Deed Records, 1827-1901. Film #1977056 DGS 8071881. Zebulon Foster, 4 Aug 1854 Vol. 15: pages 119-120; digitized images, Family Search http://www.familysearch.org : viewed online 4 April 2022.
32. 1860 U.S. Census, Warren County, Indiana, population schedule, Pike Township, Warren County, Indiana, page 66 Image 11 of 22, family 463, Zebulon Foster; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online July 2017); NARA microfilm publication M653
33. U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918, Zebulon Foster, 1865; database with images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 10 March 2021). Original Source: Colorado, Regular Revenue and Special Bankers Tax, Vol 31 1916, Tax years 1915-1917; Records of the Internal Revenue Service.
34. 1870 U.S. Census, Warren County, Indiana, population schedule, Pike Township, Warren County, Indiana, Page 33 Image 1 of 25, family 262, Zebulon Foster; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online July 2017); NARA microfilm publication T132
35. “Indiana, Select Marriages Index, 1748-1993,” database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online July 2017), Zebulon Foster.
36. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7836/) : viewed online 16 March 2022.
37. “Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941,” Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com : County Court Records at Williamsport, IN, Warren County, Indiana, viewed online (December 2018), Robulon Foster.
38. 1880 U.S. Census, Warren, Indiana, population schedule, Pike Township, Warren County, Indiana, ED 65, page 18 Image 4 of 9, family 190, Foster Zebulon; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online February 2018); NARA microfilm publication T9
39. “An Old Settler’s Anniversary,” digital image, Warren Republican (Williamsport, IN), 30 August 1883; digital image, NewspaperArchives.com (www.newspaperarchive.com : viewed online October 2017).
40. Jenkins, Rosella Rasmussen, editor, Warren County Cemeteries Volume 2 (Pine Village, Indiana: Rosella Jenkins, 1985), p. 69 Redwood Cemetery
41. [Title], Obituary, The Warren Republican, (Warren County, Indiana), 19 September 1889; Public Member Story, kygranny_1, submitter, linked to Zebulon Foster, Ancestry.com, http://www.ancestry.com, posted 31 Jan 2012.