Monday

Rebecca Foreman

Born 21 November 1820 in Tennessee to Hettie Horne and John Foreman
Married 7 August 1834 in Illinois Samuel Buchanan Frost
Rebecca-Mary Angeline-Mary Frances-Fenly-Clifford
Died 9 October 1857 in Iowa
Buried in Sidney

1850 Census

I don't think I have a history for Rebecca Foreman. There is a little about her in Samuel Frost's histories:

On the 7th of August 1834, in Hancock County, Illinois, Samuel married Rebecca Foreman. She was the youngest daughter of Hettie Horn and John Foreman and was born in Whit County, Tennessee, 20/21 November 1920. John was a drinking man and the family had trouble over it. Hettie took Rebecca and left home in the night after John had threatened her life. John wanted to get Rebecca back even by force. Samuel married her to keep him from taking her. She was about fourteen and he was twenty-four.

Tragedy came to Samuel in 1857 when Rebecca died October 9th after childbirth. The baby died the day it was born, September 25th, but Rebecca lived about two weeks. While she lay ill the family dog seemed to sense that death was near and in spite of everything they could do, he howled mournfully. His noise worried Rebecca, so Samuel sad and worried determined to quiet the dog and beat him until he died. Mary Adams Acord told her daughter Sadie the story and at the end Sadie said, “Why, the old devil!” The next instant she was picking herself up off the floor where her mother had slapped her saying, “I’ll have you know you are speaking of my father.”

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