To the list, and Val - who asked for an 1880 census lookup for James Edward Foster and family, here's what I found: Household/family #54; page 7 of Election Precinct #12, enumerated June 7 1880 by J. Frazer Brown: FOSTER, James E; 39; farmer; b. ALA; father born SC; mother born SC Armadella; 35; wife; b. MISS; fa. b. NC; mo. b. SC Arthur L.; 10; son; b. TX; says fa. born TX, (but above says fa. b. ALA); William; 8; son; born TX Mary L(?); 4; dau.; b. TX John E.; 1; son; b. TX John Hill; 56; brother; farmer; says born ALA, Father born GA (but above says James indicated fa. born SC); mo. born SC Peter Jack, age 35; (black); working farm; born ALA, both parents born ALA Hope this helps some! Karen Gauny Crisalli