Family’s FriendLAND · LEGACY · LASTING IMPACTThe Foskey family archive
Seven generations, grown as a living tree. Choose a name to read the story and its sources.
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The story and the record
These connections bring together family recollections, contributed genealogy, transcriptions, and institutional records. A source for one event does not prove every relationship. Emory’s parents remain unknown.
New institutional evidence
The university’s scholarship register honors Addie Taylor Foskey as well as documenting F. Dewayne Foskey’s philanthropy. It broadens the story of care and education beyond the direct paternal names.
Middle Georgia State · Scholarship registerNew household evidence
Betty Jean Foskey Woods’s 2025 obituary identifies Benjamin Franklin and Addie Taylor as her parents. It supports this household relationship; living namesakes and nicknames have not been merged automatically.
Douglas Now · Betty Jean Foskey Woods obituary Sims Funeral Home · Betty Jean Foskey WoodsA dated public record
The organization reported 39 centers serving over 5,000 children in Georgia and North Carolina in June 2011. The same announcement describes Tony Foskey’s early-childhood advisory role. This snapshot does not establish a later peak size or transaction value.
Children’s Friend · 2011 announcementMarriage evidence
Two Pulaski transcriptions record Elender Clement marrying James Armstrong in 1824, and Elender Armstrong marrying Emery Foskee in 1835. The surname sequence is promising; the original entries and proof that both brides are the same woman remain essential.
Pulaski marriage transcription · 1824 Pulaski marriage transcription · 1835Dates remain open
The contributed 1840 household reconstruction assigns Jacob to an age band inconsistent with his reported 1836 birth. Ellender’s reported 1840 and 1850 ages also conflict. The age-band names are interpretations, not names written in an 1840 census.
WeRelate · Emery Foskey WeRelate · Richard Jacob FoskeyBeyond Emory · no proven connection
UNC preserves substantial Foscue family papers. A newly examined court endorsement records a Simon Sr.–Simon Jr. transaction proved in November 1803. It provides a dated archival lead, but no link to Emory. The family-record notebook remains a priority retrieval target.
UNC · Jones court endorsement, November 1803 UNC · Foscue Family Papers 04643The complete directory
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Research lead
The earliest named ancestor in Benjamin’s paternal family account. An 1835 Pulaski marriage transcription names Emery Foskee and Elender Armstrong. His parents and reported judgeship remain unverified.
Emery, Emory and Emoree are research variants. The marriage transcription uses Foskee; the contributed profile also reports Faskee and Foskie in the register.
The profile derives a birth range from a male aged 30–40 in an 1840 household. Its assignment of Jacob to a 5–10 age band conflicts with a reported 1836 birth. Named assignments to pre-1850 age bands are interpretations.
The reported death before 1850 is an inference in the contributed tree. Absence from a later household alone does not establish death. Parents, birthplace and judicial office remain unresolved.
Transcription + research lead
An important bridge between the Clement, Armstrong and Foskey names. Two published marriage transcriptions suggest a first marriage in 1824 and marriage to Emery in 1835. Identity continuity is still a research question.
The 1840 profile places the adult woman in an age band of 20–30, while a reported age of 47 in 1850 implies a birth around 1803. The original images are needed to resolve this mismatch.
Her parents, birthplace, first husband’s occupation and the end of the first marriage have not been established.
Tentative identity
A Pulaski transcription records his marriage to Elender Clement on 16 September 1824. The proposed identification of that bride with Emery’s later wife remains tentative.
Compiled genealogy
Remembered as a farmer and Civil War veteran. Contributed genealogy connects him to Emery and Ellender; the death date and military chronology still need reconciliation.
Richard Jacob and his son Jacob Richard are separate people.
The profile header gives 20 August 1884; its widow-pension discussion reports 1883 and 31 August 1884. This tree preserves the conflict.
NPS independently lists a Jacob Foskey in the reported regiment and company. That roster does not explain an absence from camp or prove that the soldier and this ancestor are the same man.
Conflicting compiled dates
Named as Richard Jacob’s wife in contributed research. Her reported census ages suggest a birth around 1841–1842, whereas the profile header gives 1837.
Do not choose between the conflicting birth years without the original census and other records. The marriage is reported as 27 April 1857.
Compiled genealogy
Contributed research identifies William as Richard Jacob’s brother and a member of the same Civil War company. He is a different person from William Harrison Foskey in the later generation.
Compiled genealogy
The horseman in Benjamin’s family account. Contributed genealogy names Richard Jacob and Mary Jane Smith as his parents.
Contributed dates: 25 April 1877, Pulaski County, to 31 March 1925, Baltimore. Original birth, death and burial records were not examined.
The recovered profile gives the alias Barry and a marriage to Mary Ann Bryan on 8 January 1912 in Jeff Davis County. His remembered work with horses comes from the family account.
Compiled genealogy
Listed in contributed genealogy among the children of Richard Jacob Foskey and Mary Jane Smith. This collateral connection is a research lead pending original records.
Compiled genealogy
Listed in contributed genealogy among the children of Richard Jacob Foskey and Mary Jane Smith. This collateral connection is a research lead pending original records.
Compiled genealogy
Listed in contributed genealogy among the children of Richard Jacob Foskey and Mary Jane Smith. This collateral connection is a research lead pending original records.
Compiled genealogy
The contributed family tree names Mary Ann as Benjamin Franklin Sr.’s wife and mother of their six listed children. Molly is a recorded name variant in that profile.
Compiled genealogy
Listed in contributed genealogy among the children of Richard Jacob Foskey and Mary Jane Smith. This collateral connection is a research lead pending original records.
Compiled genealogy
Listed in contributed genealogy among the children of Richard Jacob Foskey and Mary Jane Smith. This collateral connection is a research lead pending original records.
Compiled genealogy
Listed in contributed genealogy among the children of Richard Jacob Foskey and Mary Jane Smith. This collateral connection is a research lead pending original records.
Compiled genealogy
Listed in contributed genealogy among the children of Richard Jacob Foskey and Mary Jane Smith. This collateral connection is a research lead pending original records.
Compiled genealogy
Benjamin’s namesake, remembered for mechanical skill and repairing what was broken. His wife was Addie Taylor.
Contributed dates: 14 March 1914 to 19 May 1979; marriage to Addie Taylor, 25 June 1933.
Betty Jean Foskey Woods’s obituary adds an independently published statement naming Benjamin Franklin and Addie Taylor as her parents. It does not independently prove every link through the recent generations.
Institutional record + genealogy
Her legacy extends beyond a name in the family tree: Middle Georgia State maintains the Addie Taylor Foskey Endowed Scholarship. The university describes its purpose as honoring her service and self-improvement.
The university documents the endowment, while marriage and vital dates come from contributed genealogy. Betty’s obituary explicitly names Addie as her mother.
Compiled genealogy
Listed with Benjamin Franklin Jr. among the six children of Benjamin Franklin Sr. and Mary Ann Bryan. Names and dates are reported by the contributed family tree.
Compiled genealogy
Listed with Benjamin Franklin Jr. among the six children of Benjamin Franklin Sr. and Mary Ann Bryan. Names and dates are reported by the contributed family tree.
Compiled genealogy
Listed with Benjamin Franklin Jr. among the six children of Benjamin Franklin Sr. and Mary Ann Bryan. Names and dates are reported by the contributed family tree.
Compiled genealogy
Listed with Benjamin Franklin Jr. among the six children of Benjamin Franklin Sr. and Mary Ann Bryan. Names and dates are reported by the contributed family tree.
Compiled genealogy
Listed with Benjamin Franklin Jr. among the six children of Benjamin Franklin Sr. and Mary Ann Bryan. Names and dates are reported by the contributed family tree.
Family account
Benjamin’s grandfather, who built Children’s Friend. Middle Georgia State documents F. Dewayne Foskey’s educational philanthropy.
The university’s register identifies F. Dewayne Foskey as president of Children’s Friend Learning Centers and donor of the Billy Lee Kimbrel Memorial Scholarship.
A June 2011 organization-issued release reports 39 centers and over 5,000 children in Georgia and North Carolina. This is a dated snapshot; it does not independently substantiate a later peak size or sale value.
The father–son links shown for the recent generations follow Benjamin’s family account. No birth dates or private personal details are added.
Published obituary
Her 2025 obituary names Benjamin Franklin Foskey and Addie Taylor Foskey as her parents. The funeral-home memorial confirms her lifespan, 30 June 1940 to 11 April 2025.
This source strengthens the evidence for Benjamin and Addie’s household. The obituary’s “Wayne” has not been silently merged with Frankie Dewayne; that identification needs separate confirmation.
Published obituary
Named as Betty Jean Foskey Woods’s husband in her 2025 obituary. Additional vital details have not been established in this review.
Family account
Benjamin’s father, whose work coordinating IT systems projects forms part of the family’s continuing story of practical capability.
Family account
The next chapter: carrying a family legacy of care and practical skill into the whole-family mission of Family’s Friend.
The research shelf
Seven-generation paternal line and remembered occupations; no original vital records supplied for the recent links.
Open source ↗1835 marriage lead, 1840 census reconstruction and name variants; original images not inspected here.
Open source ↗Emery Foskee–Elender Armstrong, 12 November 1835, H. L. Davis, J.P.; original register not inspected.
Open source ↗James Armstrong–Elender Clement, 16 September 1824, Baker Adams, J.P.; bride continuity remains to be proved.
Open source ↗Parents, spouse, eight children, census citations and conflicting death dates; several claims share family correspondence as their source.
Open source ↗Spouse and children, reported census ages and birth-year inconsistency.
Open source ↗Reported sibling and military-service chronology; distinct from William Harrison Foskey.
Open source ↗Profile recovered through indexed text: reported dates, Mary Ann Bryan marriage, alias Barry and six children; direct page retrieval blocked.
Open source ↗Reported parents, five siblings and Addie Taylor marriage.
Open source ↗Molly name variant; marriage and six children. Family correspondence is the cited source.
Open source ↗Reported 1918 birth, 1933 marriage and 2007 death; dates need original-record confirmation.
Open source ↗Documents Addie Taylor Foskey’s named endowment and F. Dewayne Foskey’s establishment of the Billy Lee Kimbrel Memorial Scholarship. It does not establish parentage.
Open source ↗Lists Jacob Foskey, Company K, 49th Georgia Infantry, among April 1865 parolees; identification with Richard Jacob still requires the complete service file.
Open source ↗14 April 2025 notice names Benjamin Franklin Foskey and Addie Taylor Foskey as Betty’s parents and James Allen Woods as her husband. Informant not identified.
Open source ↗Visible memorial confirms 30 June 1940–11 April 2025; full narrative did not render during this review.
Open source ↗Different man from his father Richard Jacob; contributed dates 1874–1961.
Open source ↗Reports 39 centers and more than 5,000 children in Georgia and North Carolina in June 2011; describes Tony Foskey’s advisory-council role.
Open source ↗Previously examined finding aid locates family notebook in Document Case 4, folder 40; no digital link found. Connection to Emory not established.
Open source ↗Earlier research inspected folder 3 scans 13–15. Rachel Davis household writes to Simon and Elizabeth Foscue; no Emory connection.
Open source ↗Folder 4, scan 61. Visible upper endorsement names Simon Foscue Sr., Simon Foscue Jr. and witness Amos Simmons; folder is labeled 1814 despite this earlier record. Adjacent scan 60 was also partially inspected: its opening names Simon Foscue Jr. and Dorcas Foscue bound to Simon Foscue Sr.; it establishes no relationship to Emory.
Open source ↗Drawer 39, box 51. A retrieval location, not an examined taxpayer entry.
Open source ↗Research edition · 06 October 2026
Exact dates in contributed family trees are reported claims unless an original record is identified. The names Richard Jacob and Jacob Richard refer to different generations. No North Carolina Foscue parent has been attached to Emory.