Nancy Jane Foster

b. 1810, in Anderson County, Tennessee
m. ca. 1830, in Anderson County, Tennessee
d. 29 March 1888, in Mercer County, Missouri (buried in Tennessee Cemetery)

Parents Spouse Children
Enoch Foster
Margaret Wallace
Moses Overton Enoch Overton
Joseph Overton
Albert M. Overton
Alvis Overton
James Overton
Alexander Overton
Isaac Overton
Mary Ann Overton
Susan J. Overton
Martha Overton
William Overton
Levi Overton

Nancy Jane Foster was born in 1810 in Anderson County, Tennessee. She married Moses Overton in about 1830 in Anderson County. In October, 1851 Moses, Nancy and their (then) 9 children left the Brushy Valley area of Anderson County for Missouri, settling near Mercer County.

Three sons (Enoch[wounded], Joseph[died], James[wounded]) served in the Civil War on the Union side.

Nancy was the mother of 12. She died on 29 March 1888, and is buried in the Tennessee Cemetery in Mercer County, Missouri..

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Updated 23 July 1998
Information from "Families of the Overtons of Anderson County Tennessee and their Cox Cousins", by Joseph R. Overton (250 Brushy Valley Road, Clinton, TN 37716), 1993.