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Solon Foster



Birth8 January 1811Danby, Tompkins, New York, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Solon Foster (1811-1896), memorial #17314525.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Solon Foster Sr., ID: KWJY-PJ7.

    Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Management and Archives), database with images, FamilySearch, Solon Foster, 17 March 1896; citing Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, certificate D7036, no. 953; Management and Archives, Salt Lake City, Utah; FHL microfilm 4139834.

    Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), p. 72, no. 3.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Solon Foster, folder "Roll of company number 1, 1845 " (#1), image 8, line 4.

Death17 March 1896Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Solon Foster (1811-1896), memorial #17314525.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Solon Foster Sr., ID: KWJY-PJ7.

    Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Management and Archives), database with images, FamilySearch, Solon Foster, 17 March 1896; citing Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, certificate D7036, no. 953; Management and Archives, Salt Lake City, Utah; FHL microfilm 4139834.

Burial19 March 1896Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Solon Foster (1811-1896), memorial #17314525.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Solon Foster Sr., ID: KWJY-PJ7.

    Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Management and Archives), database with images, FamilySearch, Solon Foster, 17 March 1896; citing Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, certificate D7036, no. 953; Management and Archives, Salt Lake City, Utah; FHL microfilm 4139834.

FatherLuther Foster
MotherRuth Hedges

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   • Sarah Downing
Married23 December 1841Hancock County, Illinois, United States
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    County offices, Illinois, Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940, database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Solon Foster and Sarah Downing (23 December 1841); citing Hancock County, Illinois, County Clerk, “Marriages, 1829-1849,” p. 48, image 105, FHL microfilm 229486.

          Children:
               William Riter Foster
               Sarah Foster
               Elizabeth Foster
               Charles Franklin Foster
               Orson Hyde Foster
               Solon Foster Jr
               Celinda Foster
               Sarah Ellen Foster


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• 1841Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870St. George, Washington, Utah Territory, United States

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• 1842 Population CensusNauvoo, Hancock, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusGreat Salt Lake County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population Census8th Ward Gt. Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusSt George, Washington, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusSt George City + Precinct, Washington, Utah TerritoryExtractImage

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Crossing the Plains

Edward Hunter CompanyView Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

       Departure29 Jun 1850
       Arrival13 Oct 1850


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