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Fort, James Madison
journalist, lawyer, was born July 1, 1846, near Lacon, Ill. Since 1869 he has practiced law in , Ill.; and has been city attorney for a number of terms. For nearly twenty years he has been editor and owner of the Minonk Blade and other newspapers.
Fort, Tomlinson
physician, banker, congressman, was born July 11, 1787, in Warren county, Ga. He was a representative in congress from Georgia from 1827 to 1829; and was at one time a member of the legislature of Georgia. He was president of the Central bank of Georgia from 1832 until his death. He died May 11, 1859, in Milledgeville, Ga.
Fortier, Alcee
educator, author, was born June 5, 1856, in St. James, La.
He was an educator of Louisiana, professor in Tulane university, and the author of Le Chateau de Chambord; Gabriel d'Ennerich, an historical novelette; Bits of Louisiana Folk-Lore; Sept Grands Auteurs de XIX Siècle; Historie de la Littérature Francaise; Louisiana Studies; and Louisiana Folk Tales. He has also annotated college editions of several French texts.
Forward, Chauncey
physician, clergyman, congressman, was born at Old Granby, Conn. He was frequently elected to the state legislature, serving in both houses. In 1825 he was elected a representative in congress for an unexpired term, and was twice re-elected, serving until 1831. He died in October, 1839, in Somerset, Pa.
Forward, Walter
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in 1786, in Connecticut. He was elected to congress from Pennsylvania as a representative, where he he continued till 1825. In 1841 he was appointed first comptroller of the treasury, which post he held until appointed, by President Tyler, secretary of the treasury. He was president judge of the district court of Allegheny county for many years. He died Nov. 24, 1852, in Pittsburg, Pa.
Forwood, William Stump
physician, author, was born Jan. 27, 1830, in Darlington, Md. He is a physician of Darlington, Md., and the author of History and Descriptive Account of Mammoth Cave, with Full Scientific Details of the Eyeless Fishes. au-
Fosdick, Charles Austin
thor, was born Sept. 6, 1844, in Randolph, N. Y. He received his education in Buffalo, N. Y., and graduated from the Central high school of that city. He left school to enter the navy, and held all the positions there from landsman to receiver and superintendent of coal for the Mississippi squadron. He has attained national reputation as a juvenile writer, and under the nom de plume of Harry Castlemon has published The Gunboat Series; Rocky Mountain Series; Roughing It Series; and The Steel Horse, or the Rambles of a Bicycle, which are but a few of the whole number. a
Fosdick, Nicoll
public official, congressman, was born Nov. 9, 1785, in New London, Conn. In 1818 he was a member of the legislature of New York; again in 1819, and declined a re-election. He was a representative from New York in the nineteenth congress. He returned to his native place in 1843; and from 1849 to 1853 was collector of customs for the district of New London. He died May 7, 1868, in New London, Conn.
Fosdick, Philip C
manufacturer, legislator, was born April 21, 1858, in Louisville, Ky. He is a manufacturer and president of the Fosdick and Plucker Machine Tool company in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1895 he served with distinction as a member of the Ohio general assembly.
Fosdick, William Whiteman
lawyer, author, poet, was born Jan. 28, 1825, in Cincinnati. He was a lawyer of Cincinnati, who published Malmiztic the Toltec, a novel; and Ariel and Other Poems. He died March 8, 1862, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Fosnes, C. A
lawyer, state legislator, was born in 1862, in Norway. Since 1884 he has practiced law in Montevideo, Minn.
He has been city attorney; village mayor; and in 1896 was elected a member of the Minnesota state legislature.
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.
Foss, George Edmund
was born July 2, 1863, in Berkshire, Vt. He began the practice of aw in Chicago; and never held any political office until elected to the fifty-fourth congress, and was reelected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican.
Foss, Samuel Walter
author, poet, was born in 1858 in New Hampshire . He is a writer of popular dialect and other poems, whose home is in Somerville, Mass. He is the author of Back Country Poems; and Whiffs from Wild Meadows.
Foster, a. Lawrence
congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1841 to 1845.
Foster, Abby Kelley
reformer, abolitionist, was born Jan. 15, 1811, in Pelham, Mass. She was a noted reformer, and an ardent abolitionist. She died Jan. 14, 1887, in Worcester, Mass.
Foster, Abiel
clergyman, congressman, was born Aug. 8, 1735, in Andover, Mass. He was a representative in congress from New Hampshire from 1789 to 1791; and was again a representative in the legislature. He was a member of the state senate from 1793 to 1794, and in both years was president of that body. He was again elected to congress from 1795 to 1803. He died Feb. 6, 1806, in Canterbury, N. H.
Foster, Benjamin
clergyman, was born June 12, 1750, in Danvers, Mass. He was an accomplished scholar, particularly in the Greek, Hebrew and the Chaldean languages, and was eminent as a preach- He died Aug. 26, 1798, in New York er. city.
Foster, Cassius G
soldier, lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born Jan. 22, 1837, in Webster, N. Y. During 1863-64 he was a member of the Kansas state legislature; mayor of Atchison in 1867; and was commissioned United States district judge for the district of Kansas in 1874, which position he still retains, with headquarters at Topeka.
Foster, Charles
merchant, legislator, congressman, governor, was born April 12, 1828, near Tiffin, Ohio. He was taken by his father in his fifth year to what is now Fostoria, Ohio, then a wilderness; he received his education at Norwalk academy, and became a successful merchant. In 1870 he was chosen to congress as a republican, and was three times re-elected, serving in the forty-second, forty-third, forty-fourth and forty-fifth congresses. In 1879 he was elected governor of Ohio; and received the re-election in 1881, serving four years in all. His administration was marked by efforts to regulate the sale of intoxicating liquors. In 1891 he became secretary of the treasury, which position he filled with distinction.
Foster, Charles Hubbs
actor, author, was born in 1833, in New York.
He was an actor and playwright of New York city, who wrote more than seventyfive plays, mostly melodramas, among which are: Twins of London; Twenty Years Dead; and The Chain Gang. He died in 1895.
Foster, Charles James
journalist, was born Nov. 24, 1820, in England.
He wrote for The Spirit of the Times, and in 1876 established the New York Sportsman, in New York city. He died Sept. 12, 1883, in Astoria, N. Y.
Foster, David Skaats
author, poet. He is the author of Rebecca the Witch, and Other Tales in Metre, first is- Spanish Castles by the Rhine; and a sued as The Romance of the Unexpected; Triptychal Yarn.
Foster, Dwight
lawyer, jurist, congressman, United States senator, was born Dec. 7, 1757, in Brookfield, Mass. He was county sheriff and judge and afterwards chief justice of common pleas; and was for some years a member of the house and senate of Massachusetts. He was a member of the executive council of Massachusetts; and was a representative in congress from 1793 to 1799, and United States senator from 1800 to 1803, when he resigned. He died April 29, 1823, in Brookfield. Mass.
Foster, Ephraim H
United States senator, was born about 1795. He was speaker of the house of representatives of Tennessee in 1820; in 1837 was elected to the United States senate, but in 1839 resigned his seat because he could not obey the instructions of the state legislature.
In 1843 he was re-elected for two years; on his return from Washington was a candidate for governor, but failed of an election. He died Sept. 4, 1854, in Nashville, Tenn.
Foster, Eugene
physician, was born April 7, 1850, in Augusta, Ga. He has become one of the most prominent physicians in his state at Augusta.
Foster, Fountain Heath
lawyer, jurist, was born Jan. 20, 1847, in Salem, Ill. He has attained success as an eminent lawyer of Arkansas. He has been mayor of Bentonville; judge of Benton county; and judge of the probate court of Benton county, Ark.