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At least two sisters and two brother also came, some settling in Pennsylvania and others to Virginia.The distance between the Pennsylvania and Virginia families was small and they were in close contact with each other. After Simon's death, his two young sons, Christian and Charles joined his brothers' families in Wythe county, Virginia where they married. Christian married Barbary Mary Kegley and Charles married Margaret Ewe (Yew). Because they have been referred to as C. Foglesong in some of the records, these two families have often been confused. Other information was needed to determine which of the brothers was being referred to. After marrying the two sons continued on in Virginia until about 1831 when Christian headed for Indiana where many of his descendants live to this day. Charles remained in Virginia, but his son and namesake, Charles Jr., went to Indiana with his Uncle Christian. It is unknown at this time if any of Charles, Sr.'s other children left Virginia or where they may have gone. We do know that many Foglesongs are found throughout the South and Midwest. Charles, Jr. married Anna Maria Margaret Kinder and their first two children were born in Virginia. In about 1831 they moved to Johnson county, Indiana with his uncle. Four children were born to them there between the years of 1833 and 1838. They next moved to Schuyler county, Missouri where four more children were born between 1841 and 1848. Sometime between 1852 and 1855 he moved a short distance away to Keokuk county, Iowa where his son John was married in 1855. Most of his children remained in Missouri, but some made their way to Iowa and at least one went to Oklahoma. Simon Peter Foglesong, oldest son of Charles, Jr., stayed in Missouri where he met and married Jane Connie Foster, the daughter of Rev. Isaac Foster and Elizabeth Simpson. Isaac being a minister with the Disciples of Christ Church performed the marriage ceremony of this couple. Simon and Jane had 8 children including a set of twins all born in Missouri. They moved to Chariton county, where their two twin daughters were married in 1891. (One daugher, Emma Jane and her husband moved to Stewart county, Tennessee to be closer to his family. He had been visiting an older brother in Chariton county when they met.) Two of their (Simon and Jane's) sons, Patrick Simon and Jasper Newton were in Chariton county by 1880. It is not known if the families came at the same time or if the parents followed the sons.Both sons and their parents are buried in Chariton county. Jasper Newton Foglesong married Mary Lee Trueblood in about 1880 and had four children, all believed to have been born in or near Keytesville, Chariton county, Missouri. Mary Lee was the daughter of Benjamin Franklin Trueblood and Sarah P Landers. After Mary Lee's death in 1888, Jasper married her half-sister, Rosa Lee Peyton (daughter of Mary's mother, Sarah and her 2nd husband, William G. Payton). This union brought 7 more children. Jasper is buried with his 2nd wife, her parents and others of their families. His first wife, Mary Lee is buried in a nearby cemetery along with their firstborn daughter, Cora. One of Mary Lee's relatives was the infamous Lyda Trueblood, also known as Mrs. Bluebeard - she was the first serial killer who killed four of her six husbands. Florence Foglesong Smith tells how her mother, Ollie talked about Lyda, afraid she would be released from prison and come to Missouri. Arthur Newton Foglesong, oldest son and third child of Jasper and Mary, was two when his mother died and was raised by his Aunt/step-mother (his mother's half-sister). At the age of 38 years Arthur had still not married and sometime before had gone to visit his great-Aunt Emma Jane Foglesong Morgan in Stewart county, Tennessee. While there he met and married Ollie Arthelia James, in Trigg county, Kentucky in 1924. They had one child there, Sarah Louise and then Arthur moved his family back to Chariton county before the birth of the second child, George Arthur in 1925. Three more daughters, Ruby Fern, Florence Pauline and Viola Mae were born in Chariton county also. |