Ninth Generation

2441. John Leroy FOUST was born on 20 February 1826 in Knox Co., TN.¹⁴⁰⁴ He died on 10 July 1898 at the age of 72 in New Market, Jefferson Co., TN. He was buried in July 1898 in New Market Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Jefferson Co., TN. John was a merchant in Knox Co. and Jefferson Co., TN. near McBee Mill on old Washington Pike.

John Leroy FOUST and Lavina C. JARNIGAN were married on 21 February 1861 in Jefferson Co., TN.¹⁶⁹ They¹⁶⁹ appeared in the census in 1880 in Knoxville, Knox Co., TN.¹⁴⁰⁴ John FOUST Self M M W 55 TN Occ: Boarding House Fa: TN Mo: TN
Lavenia FOUST Wife F M W 41 TN Occ: Keeping House Fa: TN Mo: TN
Mary FOUST Dau F S W 13 TN Occ: At School Fa: TN Mo: TN
Hugh FOUST Son M S W 9 TN Occ: At School Fa: TN Mo: TN
Robert FOUST Son M S W 1 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN
Isaac ERNEST Other M S W 24 TN Occ: Clerk In Stable Fa: TN Mo: TN Lived at New Market, Jefferson Co., TN. Names of children not known. Lavina C. JARNIGAN was born about 1839 in TN.¹⁴⁰⁴

John Leroy FOUST and Lavina C. JARNIGAN had the following children: