DEATH: Drowned in the Scheharie River, Gilboa, NY in 1836.

1. 2. Mary DESYLVA   b. 4 Dec 1782, Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey.
2. 3. Ohanna DESYLVA   b. 24 Aug 1776.
3. 4. Abner DESYLVA   b. 22 Sep 1778.
4. 5. Joseph DESYLVA   b. 22 Mar 1784, Piscataway, Middlesex Co., Nj.
5. 6. Hannah DESYLVA   b. 22 Mar 1784, Piscataway, Middlesex Co., Nj.
6. 7. Anne DESYLVA   b. 4 May 1794.
7. 8. Johanna DESYLVA  

1. 9. Joseph Benjamin WILLIAMS   b. 9 Aug 1802, , Geneva, New York; d. 10 Mar 1888, , Johnson, Kansas.
2. 10. Almira WILLIAMS   b. 13 Dec 1812, Gilboa, Schoharie Co., New York, USA; d. 14 Feb 1896, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. 11. Almon WILLIAMS   b. 17 Aug 1811, Broome, Schoharie Co., Ny; d. 18 Apr 1891, Middleburg, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

1. 12. Issiah Tubbs DESYLVA   b. 5 Dec 1826, Schoharie Co., NY.

In the 1840 census, there is a Joseph Williams in the next dwelling from Ebenezer Foster and his wife, Almira Williams. By 1850, Joanna Williams (age 67) is in the next dwelling along with Leonard Pixley (age 15). I thought the relationship would be that Joanna is Leonard's aunt's (Almira) sister-in-law but that doesn't seem right. Is Joanna, Joseph's sister-in-law? Some other relative?

MARRIAGE: Married to Matilda Fish by Orin Gilmore. Orin Gilmore owned land in the vicinity and was a minister. Jos. B was married to Ann Johnson by Rev J McEldowny.

He was a Methodist from the time he turned 20 to his death.

1. 13. Almon C. WILLIAMS   b. 1832, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 1912, ,, Kansas.
2. 14. Emily WILLIAMS   b. 1834, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. 15. Dianna WILLIAMS   b. 1837, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. 16. Joseph L. WILLIAMS   b. 1839, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 13 Aug 1863, Port Hudson,, Louisiana.
5. 17. Francis WILLIAMS   b. 1845, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

1. 18. Ann WILLIAMS   b. 1853, , Fayette, Iowa.
2. 19. Charles E. WILLIAMS   b. 1856, , Fayette, Iowa.
3. 20. Haskel WILLIAMS   b. 1857, , Fayette, Iowa.
4. 21. Jasper Leroy WILLIAMS   b. 21 May 1860, , Fayette, Iowa.
5. 22. Edwin Maurice WILLIAMS   b. 15 Aug 1861, , Fayette, Iowa.
6. 23. Earl Ambrose WILLIAMS   b. 27 Dec 1863, , Fayette, Iowa.
7. 24. Emery WILLIAMS   b. 1867, , Fayette, Iowa.

In 1850 census, there is a Joanna Williams living in the next household and Leonard Pixley living with her. Almira's uncle's wife? Not sure who this is, but it seems it could be a relative. Leonard is Ebenezer Foster's nephew, son of his sister, Sally.

MARRIAGE: WILLIAMS, ALMIRA and FOSTER, EBENEZER 0003 0192

RESIDENCES: 264 Denison

BURIAL: Foster, Almira 2/14/1896 age 84 Lot 62 5-S (Denison Cemetery, Garden Ave., Cleveland)

DEATH: Foster , Almira Death Date: Interment Date: 02/14/1896 ; Interment Number: 490 Color: ; Sex: ; Age: 84 Address: ; Cause of Death: ; Remarks: Born Dec 13, 1812 at Gilboa NY Died Feb. 14, 1896 Section: ; Lot Number: 62 ; Tier: ; Grave: 5S Marker: yes ; Photo: yes Denison Cemetery

1. 25. Dianna FOSTER, [infant]   b. 1 Sep 1834, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 10 Jul 1835, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
2. 26. Ellen M. FOSTER   b. 20 May 1835, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 21 Apr 1921, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. 27. Leonard Gurley FOSTER   b. 10 Sep 1840, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 13 Dec 1937, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. 28. Edward (Edwin) H. FOSTER   b. 20 Sep 1842, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 1 Nov 1908, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
5. 29. George N. FOSTER   b. Oct 1845, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 19 Jan 1919, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
6. 30. Pauline A. FOSTER   b. Nov 1848, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. Apr 1911; bur. 15 Apr 1911, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

Owned property in old Ohio City (Cleveland) on Jay and Rose Streets. This is very near where the West Side Market is now located and close to the "Circle" in Ohio City. Is this the same property that his brother-in-law, Ebenezer Foster, speaks of in his book, "Early Days of the Pioneer's"? Although Ebenezer doesn't mention Almon by name, nor even a "Williams", it isn't hard to imagine that Ebenezer's wife (Almon's sister) visited him and that could have given Ebenezer the idea to buy property in the vicinity.

OBIT: Name: Williams, Almon
Date: 1891
Source: Cemetery record; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #086.
Notes: 1811 - 1891. Woodvale Cemetery Berea, Ohio.

1. 31. Henry S. WILLIAMS   b. 20 Sep 1838, Newburg, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 21 Sep 1897, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. 32. Mary Lois WILLIAMS   b. Feb 1840, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. 33. Adelia E. WILLIAMS   b. 26 Nov 1842, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 9 Mar 1892.
4. 34. Ira D. WILLIAMS   b. Aug 1844, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 11 Aug 1892, Berea, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
5. 35. Lord Byron WILLIAMS   b. 18 Jul 1846, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 18 Jun 1925.
6. 36. Lucy Maria WILLIAMS, [child]   b. 18 Jun 1851, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 2 Aug 1857, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
7. 37. Frances N. WILLIAMS, [child]   b. 29 Nov 1854, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 14 May 1859, Lake Abrams, Middleburg, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
8. 38. Edwin Hurlbut WILLIAMS   b. 6 Dec 1861, Middleburgh, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 11 Sep 1920, Brookpark, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
9. 39. Nellie French WILLIAMS   b. Abt 1864, Middleburg, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

1. 40. Issiah Tubbs DESYLVA, , Jr.   b. 1 Mar 1861, Pennsylvania; d. 12 Dec 1925, Tacoma, WA.

Almon was reported to have deserted his Iowa regiment and joined the Wisconsin Infantry during the Civil War. He died in Kansas in 1912. (source -- Bob Klotz)

Joseph L died at Port Hudson, Louisiana on Aug 13, 1863 while in the Iowa Vol Inf.
(source -- Bob Klotz)

MARRIAGE:
FOSTER, ELLEN E and PINNEY, OLIVER M vol.0006 pg.0005
Note middle initial for Oliver differs from the obituary.
[Note: This marriage information is highly suspect. It is likely that it is a different Ellen Foster. ]

MARRIAGE: FOSTER, NELLIE and DAVIS, MOSES vol.0011 pg.0191

MARRIAGE: MOSES DAVIS
Spouse: NELLIE FOSTER Family
Marriage: 07 SEP 1863 , Cuyahoga, Ohio
Source Information: FamilySearch™ International Genealogical Index v5.0
Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:
M514234 1859 - 1866 0877915 V. 10-12 Film NONE Sheet: 00

OBIT: Name: Davis, Ellen
Date: April 23, 1921
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #018.
Notes: Davis-Ellen, Saturday, April 23, age 83 years, mother of Lewis and Weldon M. Funeral Tuesday, April 26, at 2 p. m., from late residence, 2907 Archwood avenue.

1. 41. Katie E. PINNEY   d. Dec 1945, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

1. 42. Lewis Ellis DAVIS   b. Aug 1864; d. Feb 1957, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. 43. Llewellyn DAVIS   b. Abt 1867.
3. 44. Weldon Mower DAVIS   b. 30 Jun 1867, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. Apr 1946, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

BIOGRAPHY: FOSTER, LEONARD GURLEY (10 Sept. 1840-13 Dec. 1937) was a CIVIL WAR veteran whose avocation brought him the epithet, "the Buckeye poet." Born on the family homestead in the Cuyahoga Valley near Denison Ave., he was educated at HUMISTON INSTITUTE and Berea College. He was principal at Tremont School from 1860-64, after which he served with the 8th Ohio Battery on Johnson's Island. Foster also actively worked the family farm, which inspired many of his verses on nature. A veteran of the first Chautauqua meeting in 1874, he remained active in the movement as a speaker and contributor of poetry. He wrote an estimated 80,000 verses in his lifetime, including 47 volumes of poems in manuscript which he presented to the WESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY His published volumes included Whisperings of Nature (1893) and The Early Days: A Pioneer Idyl (1911). Many of his poems were also published in the CLEVELAND NEWS and the CLEVELAND TIMES (1922) . He was the first clerk of the Brooklyn Village council and the second last survivor of the Brooklyn Post, G.A.R. Married to Lyde Holmden, Foster was survived by one of their 3 children. His brothers Edwin J. and Henry E. were Cleveland lawyers, the former having published verse and the latter a 1900 political campaign tract. His sister Hanna Alice Foster was a temperance worker and poet as well.

BIOGRAPHY: First village recorder for Brooklyn Village (Centre), Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

BIOGRAPHY: Note -- there seems to be some confusion about the siblings of these Foster poets. See notes for Edwin J. Foster (son of Nathan Foster) for further mention of this problem. Leonard, the son of Ebenezer who lived near Denison Ave., would have been born in the location as stated above, but to my knowledge, there were no siblings named Henry or Hanna, while Nathan Foster did have children with those names, but no Leonard. Very confusing.

CENSUS:
1900 - ED 210, sheet 1, Ward 42. 24 Archwood Place
1910 - 3007 Archwood Ave.

OCCUPATION: Real Estate

OBIT: Name: Foster, Leonard G.
Date: Dec 14 1937
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #026.
Notes: Foster: Leonard G., age 97 years, ? Archwood ave., husband of the late Lyde, father of Lawrence W., Monday, p. m. Funeral from Spaulding's Funeral Home, 2704 Denison ave., Thursday, at 2 p. m.

1. 45. Gertrude FOSTER, [child]   b. Abt 1874, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. Abt 1884.
2. 46. Ernest Holmden FOSTER   b. Feb 1877, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 30 Apr 1915, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. 47. Lawrence Willard FOSTER   b. 21 Mar 1880, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 1961, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. 48. Stella GIRLSKI, ?   b. Abt 1895, ,, Ohio, USA.

CENSUS: 1900 - ED 5, sheet 4, listed as Edwin H. Foster, age 57, married at 33 yrs, farmer

OCCUPATION: Market Gardener and dealer in real estate.

1. 49. Clarence Loviel FOSTER   b. 21 Mar 1869, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. Mar 1930, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. 50. Howard Milton FOSTER, [child]   b. 2 Oct 1870, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 27 Oct 1877, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
3. 51. Levi Asahel FOSTER, [infant]   b. 5 Jun 1886, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 2 Aug 1886, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
4. 52. Royce Reuben FOSTER   b. Oct 1890, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

BIRTH: Headstone in Riverside Cemetery has 1845 for year of birth.

RESIDENCES:
1875 - new home built on what would become known as Denison Ave.
1900 - 284 Denison Ave.
1910 - 1412 Denison Ave.

Voter Registration for 1907 - FOSTER, George 1214 Denison 10/10/07 reg. no. 160 ward 6 prec. D (Is this address correct, or should it be 1412 Denison?)

CENSUS:
Year: 1880; Census Place: Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Roll: T9_1009; Family History Film: 1255009; Page: 58D; Enumeration District: 58; Image: 0262.
Year: 1900; Census Place: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Enumeration District: 208; Sheet: 18B, Ward 42; 284 Denison. [Note - first son listed has a birth date of Aug 1870 but his name is unreadable.]
Birth Year <1848> Birthplace OH Age 32 Occupation Gardener Marital Status M Race W Head of Household George FOSTER Relation Self Father's Birthplace CT Mother's Birthplace CT

DEATH: FOSTER GEORGE N County Name: CUYAHOGA Date of Death: 1/19/1919 Volume Number: 2862 Certificate Number: 1805

OBIT: Name: Foster, George N.
Date: January 20, 1919
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #026.
Notes: Foster-George N., age 73 years, husband of Julia A., father of Eugene, Claude, Frank and the late Lloyd Foster, Sunday p. m. at his residence, 3865 W. 18th street. Funeral Tuesday, Jan. 21, from late residence at 3 p. m. Burial Riverside cemetery.

1. 53. Eugene H. FOSTER   b. 1868, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 1954, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. 54. Claud Hanscomb FOSTER   b. 23 Dec 1872, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 21 Jun 1965, Bellevue, Sandusky, Ohio.
3. 55. Frank George FOSTER   b. 10 Aug 1875, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 19 Nov 1948, Miami, Dade, Florida, USA.
4. 56. Lloyd Alden FOSTER   b. 4 Oct 1889, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 15 Jan 1919, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

MARRIAGE: FOSTER, PAULINE A and NORTH, REGINALD A 0015 0076
(NOTE: Although the marriage license index shows her husband's surname to be NORTH, all deeds that she appears on have the name WORTH.)

1. 57. Eva May WORTH   b. Aug 1869, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. 58. Frank WORTH   b. Oct 1885, ,, Illinois.
3. 59. Jessie WORTH, [child]  
4. 60. William WORTH  

CENSUS:
1870 - Living in Middleburgh, Ohio (Coe Ridge) with his parents and two children (his? Edward age 8, and Nellie, age 6). He was a photographer.
1900 - Living in Black River Township, Lorain County, Ohio on Washington Street as Byron L. Williams. Occupation, Photographer.

Usually listed as Byron Lord Williams rather than Lord Byron Williams.

1. 61. Frank H. WILLIAMS   b. Jul 1877, ,, Ohio.
2. 62. Raymond WILLIAMS   b. Sep 1881, ,, Ohio.

OBIT:
Name: Williams, Edwin H.
Date: September 13, 1920
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #086.
Notes: Williams-Edwin H., beloved husband of Lillian Williams, at his home on Sheldon road, Brook Park, O., aged 58 years. Funeral from his late residence Monday, Sept. 13, at 2 p. m. Burial at Woodvale cemetery.

1. 63. Almon Herbert WILLIAMS   b. 17 Oct 1891, Middleburgh, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 5 Sep 1974.
2. 64. Frederic Curtis WILLIAMS   b. 19 Jun 1894.
3. 65. Mary Belle WILLIAMS   b. 20 Aug 1896, Middleburgh, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. 66. Elma Lois WILLIAMS   b. 4 May 1909, Berea, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 30 Sep 1994, Altamonte Springs, Seminole Co., Fl.
5. 67. Mildred Fannie WILLIAMS   d. Oct 1959, Berea, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
6. 68. Doris Adelia WILLIAMS  

1. 69. Claude Russell DESYLVA   b. 28 May 1886, Kingstown, Pennsylvania; d. 28 Jun 1970, Denver, Colorado.