Foss, Cyrus David
educator, clergyman, bishop, author, was born Jan. 17, 1834, in Kingston, N. Y. In 1854 he graduated from the Wesleyan university; and for three years was an instructor in Amenia seminary, New York. In 1857 he entered the traveling ministry; was for six years in the city of Brooklyn, and for ten years pastor in churches in New York city. In 1875 he was elected president of the Wesleyan university; served until May, 1880, when he was elected and ordained a bishop of the methodist episcopal church. His duties have since been at Minneapolis, Minn., and Philadelphia, Pa. He has published Sermons and Addresses, and other works.