John Moroni Foy

1835 - 1900  (64 years)

• Name	John Moroni Foy
  Birth	6 Nov 1835	Whitefield, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 Nov 1900	Demersville (Kalispell), Flathead, Montana, United States
  Burial	Pioneer Demersville Cemetery, Kalispell, Flathead, Montana, United States
  Person ID	I2043	Petersen-de Lanskoy
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2026

  
  

  Family	Sarah Mary Chestnut,   b. 20 Sep 1845, , , Missouri, United States d. 4 Jul 1886, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States (Age 40 years)
  Marriage	13 Dec 1862	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Divorce	Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1020	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2026

  
  

• Notes

  RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Censuses: 1880 US: Can't find. Check West Gallatin Valley, Gallatin, MT. 1900 US: Kalispell, Flathead, Montana, p. 65B: John M. Foy, Nov 1835, 64, m. 44 years, PA PA PA, farmer. Alice L., wife, Jul 1839, 60, m. 44 years, 10 total children with 8 living, Fr. Nova Scotia, Fr. Nova Scotia, Ger. Ida P. Brown, dau., Feb 1876, 24, widow, ID PA Fr. Nova Scotia. Andy A. Foy, son, Feb 1882, 18, S, MT PA Fr. Nova Scotia, day laborer. 2. Per Ancestral File v. 4.19, parents were Thomas Burke Foy, b. 1802 in Lancaster Co., PA, and Catherine Rebecca Fink, b. 1804 in Whitefield, Indiana Co., PA. Other wife was Alice Louisa Jost b. 7 Jul 1839 at Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, m. 28 Aug 1856 place unknown with no children reported with death in 1901; Ordinance Index does show at least one child: John Heber Foy; 1900 census shows total of 10 children born to Alice. Reviewed Ancestry.com 13 Dec 2002 which concurs with parents and two wives. 3. No children born of Sarah Chestnut with John. 4. Reviewed Rootsweb.com Worldconnect Dec 2002. ACTION: 1. Look up in 1860 census in Ogden where Black's early LDS membership lists a reference to them.