Foster, Frank Hugh – Foster, Stephen
Foster, Frank Hugh
clergyman, theologian, author, was born June 18, 1851, in Springfield, Mass. He filled the chair of philosophy in Middlebury college in 1882-84; of church history in the Oberlin Theological seminary in 1884-92; and since 1892 has been professor of systematic theology in the Pacific Theological seminary of Oakland, Cal. He is the author of The Seminary Method of Study in the Historical Sciences; and other works.
Foster, Mrs. Hannah Webster
author, was born in 1759, in Massachusetts. She was a writer who was the wife of John Foster, minister at Brighton, Mass., in 1784-1827, and after his death a resident of Montreal. She wrote The Boarding School; Letters of a Preceptress; but is remembered chiefly for having been the author of the once famous story, The Coquette, or the History of Eliza Wharton. She died in 1840, in Montreal, Canada.
Foster, Henry Allen
jurist, congressman, United States senator, was born May 7, 1800, in Hartford, Conn. He served in the senate of that state from 1831 to 1834, and from 1841 to 1844. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1837 to 1839; and was a senator in congress during the years 1844 and 1845, by appointment of the governor.
He was subsequently a judge of the supreme court of New York.
Foster, Henry Donnel
lawyer, congressman, was born Dec. 19, 1812, in Mercer, Pa. He was elected to the twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth congresses; and was elected to the legislature of Pennsylvania in 1846 and 1847. He was the democratic candidate for governor of Pennsylvania in 1860; and was. elected to the fortysecond congress. He served on the committee of claims, and other important committees.
Foster, Isaac
physician, surgeon, was born about 1740, in Charlestown, Mass. He was a delegate to the first provincial congress of Massachusetts in 1744. He was at the head of the military medical department during the revolutionary war, and was director-general of the American hospital department. He died in February, 1781..
Foster, Jacob Post Giraud
lawyer, was born April 8, 1827, in New York city. He practiced in New York city, and gained a high reputation, especially as an insurance lawyer. He died Feb. 26, 1886, in New York city.
Foster, James Peers
lawyer, was born Aug. 31, 1848, in Flushing, N. Y.
He was chosen the first president of what is now the republican league of the United States. He is a trustee and director in various corporations and institutions of New York city.
Foster, Jedediah
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Oct. 10, 1726, in Andover, Mass. In 1776 he was appointed a judge of the superior court; and was for many years a judge of probate, and also of the court of common pleas. He died Oct. 17, 1779, in Brookfield, Mass.
Foster, John G
educator, lawyer, was born Oct. 14, 1868, in Morgan county, Ohio. He attended the National Normal school of Lebanon, Ohio; and graduated from the law department of the West Virginia university. He attained success in educational work, and became county superintendent of schools. He is now engaged in the practice of law at Fayetteville, W. Va.
Foster, John Gray
soldier, civil engineer, was born May 27, 1823, in Whitefield, N. H. He received the brevets of first lieutenant and captain for gallantry. He was assistant engineer in Maryland in 1848-52, and on coast survey duty in Washington, D. C., in 1852-54. He served with distinction through the civil war. He died Sept. 2, 1874, in Nashua, N. H. For many years he served as a professor of engineering at West Point.
Foster, John Hamilton
physician, legislator, was born in 1826, in Guilford county, N. C. He was a member of the territorial legislature of Oregon in the early fifties, and was known as a prominent physician and one of the pioneers of that profession in central Iowa, where he located in 1853. He died Dec. 7, 1894, in Iowa Falls, Iowa.
Foster, John Watson
lawyer, diplomat, was born March 2, 1836, in Petersburg, Ind. He served in the union army throughout the war of the rebellion, rising to the rank of colonel and brevet brigadier-general. In 1869 he was appointed postmaster at Evansville; and in 1873 was appointed United States Minister to Mexico. In 1880 he was transferred to St. Petersburg, as minister to Russia; and 1883 was appointed United States minister to Spain. He served as secretary of state under President Harrison in 1892-96. He now practices law in Washington, D. C.
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.
Foster, La Fayette Sabine
lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born Nov. 22, 1806, in Franklin, Conn.
He was a member of the general assembly of Connecticut in 1839 and 1840, in 1846, 1847, and 1848, and 1854; and was speaker of the house in 1847, 1848 and 1854.
He was chosen a senator in congress for the term 1855-61. In 1860 he was reelected for the term ending in 1867. 1869 he was elected professor of law in Yale college, and in 1870 to a seat on the bench of the supreme court of Connecticut. He died Sept. 19, 1880, in Norwich, Conn.
In FOSTER, MURPHY J. He was born Jan. 12, 1849, in Franklin, La. In 1892 he was elected governor of Louisiana, after the most memorable campaign ever known in Louisiana-the anti-lottery campaign. He has practiced law with success; has declined nomination for congress; and the appointment of associate justice on the supreme bench.
Foster, N. C
railroad president, was born in Owego, N. Y. He entered railway service in 1882, as owner of the Chicago, Fairchild and Eau Claire River railroad; of which he has been president and general manager since 1891. He was also president and general manager of the Sault Ste. Marie and Southwestern railway from 1886 for several years. He has taken an active part in the public affairs of Fairchild, Wis.; and in all measures for the welfare of his state.
Foster, Nathaniel G
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Aug. 25, 1809, in The Fork, Ga. He served three years as solicitor-general of the Ocmulgee circuit; five years in the state senate, and one year in the house; and was a representative in the thirty-fourth congress.
Foster, Randolph Sinks
educator, college president, bishop, author, was born Feb. 22, 1820, in Williamsburg, Ohio.
He has been president of the Northuniversity western of Evanston, Ill.; president of the Theological Drew seminary of Madison, N. J.; and is now a bishop of the methodist episcopal church at Roxbury, Mass. He is the author of Objections to Calvinism; Christian Purity; Ministry Needed for the Times; Theism; Beyond the Grave; Centenary Thoughts; and Studies in Theology.
Foster, Robert Sandford
soldier, was born Jan. 27, 1834, in Vernon, Ind. He served in the civil war and attained the rank of major-general. Since the war he has resided in Indianapolis, and was its treasurer from 1867 till 1872. He was United States marshal for the district of Indiana from 1881 till 1885. He was detailed as a member of the commission that tried the conspirators and assassins of President Lincoln. While serving in the civil war his regiment was daily engaged with the confederate forces; and during the campaign the first battle of Winchester was fought by him. He was engaged in the operations in front of Richmond and Petersburg; and was in the final pursuit and capture of Lee's army at Appomattox.
Foster, Robert Verrell
clergyman, educator, author, was born in 1845, in Tennessee. He is a Cumberland presbyterian clergyman and educator; and has been professor of Hebrew in the Theological seminary at Lebanon, Tenn., since 1877. He is the author of Introduction to the Study of Theology; Old Testament Studies; and Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans.
Foster, Stephen
educator, college president, was born Feb. 15, 1798, in Andover, Mass. In 1827 he took the chair of Latin and Greek in the East Tennessee college, now the university of Tennessee, of Knoxville, and became president of the college in 1834. He died Jan. 11, 1835 , in Knoxville, Tenn. 1