Foster, John Wells
geologist, author, was born March 4, 1815, in Brumfield, Mass. He was a geologist employed by the United States in a geological survey of the Lake Superior region, and subsequently a resident of Chicago. He was the author of The Mississippi Valley; Mineral Wealth and Railroad Development; Prehistoric Races of the United States; and Geology and Topography of the Lake Superior Land District. He died June 29, 1873, in Chicago, Ill.
FOSTER, MRS. JUDITH ELLEN HOR- TON, lawyer, author, was born Nov. 3, 1840, in Lowell, Mass. She is a lawyer and prominent temperance advocate of Iowa, and the author of The Crime Against Ireland; Amendment Manual (Prohibition); The American Renaissance; and Republican Contentions and Supreme Court Decisions.