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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 a -i general manager of the Sault Ste. Marie

and

southwestern railway

from 1886 for

pursuit and capture of Lee's army at Appomattox. He died in 1903 in IndianapoInd. Foster, Robert Verrell, educator, author, was born Aug. 12, 1845, in Wilson county, lis,

Tenn.

Foster, Nathaniel 6., lawyer, state senacongressman, was born Aug. 25, 1809, He served three years as in The Fork Ga. solicitor-general of the Oemulgee circuit; senate; and one five years in the state year in the house. In 1855-57 he was a representative to the thirty-fourth congress. He died in Georgia. tor,

Foster Randolph Sinks, educator, college president, bishop, author, was born Feb. 22,

1820,

in

He was the

Williamsburg Ohio. president

of

Northwestern university of Evanston, 111.; president of the Drew theological seminary of Madison,

1872

ISf.J.

became



and

bishop

method) st church at Roxbury, Mass. He was the author of Objections to Calvinism; of

the

episcopal

Christian

Purity;

Needed for the Times; Theism; Beyond the Grave Centenary Thoughts; and Studies in Theology. He died May 1, 1903, in Newton, Mass. Ministry

Foster, Robert Frederick, architect, civil engineer, author, was born May 31, 1853, in Edinburgh, Scotland. Until 1893 he was an architect and civil engineer. Since 1895 he has been card editor of the New York Sun. He was the originator of the Eleventh rule at bridge. He is the author of Foster's Complete Bridge; and various other books on card games. Foster, Robert Sandford, soldier, was born Jan. S7, 1834, in Vernon, Ind. He served in the civil war; and attained the rank of major-general. Since the _ — ^^^_ j^^ ^^^ resided in Indianapolis; and was .

treasurer from 1867-72. He was United States marshal for the district of Indiana in 1881-85. He was detailed as a member of the commission that tried the conspirators and assassins of President Lincoln. While serving in the civil M'ar his regiment was daily engaged with the confederate forces; and during the campaign the first battle of its

Winchester was fought by him. He was engaged in the operations in front of Richmond and Petersburg; and was in the final

the Cumberland Lebauniversity at non, Tenn.; and from the Union theological

He graduated from

several years.

seminary of

New York

In 1877-93 he City. Avas professor of He-

brew and New Testament Greek; and since 1893 has been professor of the systematic theology in the Cumberland presbyterian seminary. theological He is the author of Introduction to the Study of Theology; Testament Theology; Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans; Systematic Theology; and Commentaries on International Sunday School Lessons. He has edited the Theological Quarterly Review; A Study of the Lord's Prayer; and The Systems of Doctrine.

Foster, Roger, lawyer, author,

was born

in 1S57 in Worcester, Mass. In 1896-98 he was special counsel for the board of health He is the author of of New York City.

A

Treatise on Federal Practice; and Commentaries on the Constitution. Foster, Romulus Adams, physician, surgeon, public oflicial, was born in Washington City, D.C. He was educated in the public schools; and at the George Washington university. In 1888-90 he was physician to the Chinese legation; and for more than fifteen years secretary of the Trinity protest ant episcopal Sunday-school of Washington, D.C. He is a member of the military surgeons of the United States; and for a num. ber of years was a medical examiner of several life insurance companies. Since 1887 he has held the rank of surgeon-lieutenant in the District of Columbia national guard. 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 Knoxvllle,

Tenn. Foster, Stephen C, lumber merchant, ship was born Deo. 24, 1799, in Machias, Maine. He was in the Maine legislature in 1834-37, in 1840, when he was president of the senate, and again in 1847. In_ 1857-61 he was a representative to the thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth congresses. He was a member of the peace congress of 1861. Foster, Stephen Collins, composer, author, poet, was bom July 4, 1826, in Pittsburg, '"" Pa He set to music one hundred and twenbuilder, congressman,