Husband of Clara [Merriman] Foster [1860-1932]∼Family info verified by Jack Perry #48086999 Oct 16 2017
John Gilman Foster, son of Austin T. who m. 1853 Stanstead Quebec, Sarah (Hurd-Gilman) Foster, was born in Derby Line, Vermont on Mar 9 1859. He received the A.B. degree from Tufts in 1880 and was admitted to the Vermont Bar a year later. On June 9, 1886, Foster married Clara Merriman and fathered three children: Katherine R. (Aikens), Austin Theophilus Foster and Stephen M. Foster. Foster was engaged in the management of trust estates and banking and became vice president of the National Bank of Derby Line and president of the Massawippi Valley Railway Company. In 1892 he was elected to the Vermont House of Representative and from then until 1894 he was a Colonel on the staff of Governor Levi K. Fuller. In 1897 Foster was appointed U.S. Consul at Halifax Nova Scotia, and six years later he became the US Consul General at Ottawa. After his retirement in 1927, he was appointed a member of the International Commission for the Advancement of Peace. Foster's vacation trip abroad in 1928 may have had something to do with the Commission appointment. John G Foster died in Fort Myers, Florida on Jan 6 1931.
The John Gilman Foster Papers include the following material relating to Canadian American relations: correspondence with the Department of State, senators, and other government officials regarding the reciprocity negotiations and the election campaign of 1910-1911, correspondence on the issue of whether the United States should give the Consul General full diplomatic power on a par with a ministerial post, scattered letters from Mackenzie King including some of his early philosophy on industrialism and society, and later advocacy of upgrading the U.S. Consul as well as Canadian representatives in Washington, general reports to the Secretary of State on the state of politics, Parliament, and other developments in the Dominion, and two letters on the state of Canadian munitions holdings during World War I.
Papers Additional Information Notable Correspondents
Foster John G., Consul General of the United States to Halifax and Nova Scotia, 1897-1927 1910 Feb 10 - 1924 Jul 12
Stephen Foster, his grandfather 5th descendant of Thomas Foster who came to Massachusetts in 1635, b.Jul 30 1772 Rochester, Mass m. Jan 3 1802 Mary King, dau of Jonathan King moved to unbroken wilderness of East Montpelier & reared 10 children d.Apr 3 1850
The Eastern Townships Gazetteer and General Business Directory, 1867 p. 68
Foster, A. T. boot and shoes manufacturer.
1848 Stanstead Qc Austin-Theophilus Foster m. Aurelia Way
1853 Stanstead Qc Austin-Theophilus Foster m. Sarah Hurd-Gilman http://www.mesaieux.com/Genealogy/Austin-Theophilus_Foster/1
Jun 24 2016
Cemetery office has no record of this person. They also reported, specifically: Cemetery was opened in 1954. Cause info received by family was wrong corrected Oct 2019
John Gilman Foster, son of Austin T. who m. 1853 Stanstead Quebec, Sarah (Hurd-Gilman) Foster, was born in Derby Line, Vermont on Mar 9 1859. He received the A.B. degree from Tufts in 1880 and was admitted to the Vermont Bar a year later. On June 9, 1886, Foster married Clara Merriman and fathered three children: Katherine R. (Aikens), Austin Theophilus Foster and Stephen M. Foster. Foster was engaged in the management of trust estates and banking and became vice president of the National Bank of Derby Line and president of the Massawippi Valley Railway Company. In 1892 he was elected to the Vermont House of Representative and from then until 1894 he was a Colonel on the staff of Governor Levi K. Fuller. In 1897 Foster was appointed U.S. Consul at Halifax Nova Scotia, and six years later he became the US Consul General at Ottawa. After his retirement in 1927, he was appointed a member of the International Commission for the Advancement of Peace. Foster's vacation trip abroad in 1928 may have had something to do with the Commission appointment. John G Foster died in Fort Myers, Florida on Jan 6 1931.
The John Gilman Foster Papers include the following material relating to Canadian American relations: correspondence with the Department of State, senators, and other government officials regarding the reciprocity negotiations and the election campaign of 1910-1911, correspondence on the issue of whether the United States should give the Consul General full diplomatic power on a par with a ministerial post, scattered letters from Mackenzie King including some of his early philosophy on industrialism and society, and later advocacy of upgrading the U.S. Consul as well as Canadian representatives in Washington, general reports to the Secretary of State on the state of politics, Parliament, and other developments in the Dominion, and two letters on the state of Canadian munitions holdings during World War I.
Papers Additional Information Notable Correspondents
Foster John G., Consul General of the United States to Halifax and Nova Scotia, 1897-1927 1910 Feb 10 - 1924 Jul 12
Stephen Foster, his grandfather 5th descendant of Thomas Foster who came to Massachusetts in 1635, b.Jul 30 1772 Rochester, Mass m. Jan 3 1802 Mary King, dau of Jonathan King moved to unbroken wilderness of East Montpelier & reared 10 children d.Apr 3 1850
The Eastern Townships Gazetteer and General Business Directory, 1867 p. 68
Foster, A. T. boot and shoes manufacturer.
1848 Stanstead Qc Austin-Theophilus Foster m. Aurelia Way
1853 Stanstead Qc Austin-Theophilus Foster m. Sarah Hurd-Gilman http://www.mesaieux.com/Genealogy/Austin-Theophilus_Foster/1
Jun 24 2016
Cemetery office has no record of this person. They also reported, specifically: Cemetery was opened in 1954. Cause info received by family was wrong corrected Oct 2019
Husband of Clara [Merriman] Foster [1860-1932]∼Family info verified by Jack Perry #48086999 Oct 16 2017
John Gilman Foster, son of Austin T. who m. 1853 Stanstead Quebec, Sarah (Hurd-Gilman) Foster, was born in Derby Line, Vermont on Mar 9 1859. He received the A.B. degree from Tufts in 1880 and was admitted to the Vermont Bar a year later. On June 9, 1886, Foster married Clara Merriman and fathered three children: Katherine R. (Aikens), Austin Theophilus Foster and Stephen M. Foster. Foster was engaged in the management of trust estates and banking and became vice president of the National Bank of Derby Line and president of the Massawippi Valley Railway Company. In 1892 he was elected to the Vermont House of Representative and from then until 1894 he was a Colonel on the staff of Governor Levi K. Fuller. In 1897 Foster was appointed U.S. Consul at Halifax Nova Scotia, and six years later he became the US Consul General at Ottawa. After his retirement in 1927, he was appointed a member of the International Commission for the Advancement of Peace. Foster's vacation trip abroad in 1928 may have had something to do with the Commission appointment. John G Foster died in Fort Myers, Florida on Jan 6 1931.
The John Gilman Foster Papers include the following material relating to Canadian American relations: correspondence with the Department of State, senators, and other government officials regarding the reciprocity negotiations and the election campaign of 1910-1911, correspondence on the issue of whether the United States should give the Consul General full diplomatic power on a par with a ministerial post, scattered letters from Mackenzie King including some of his early philosophy on industrialism and society, and later advocacy of upgrading the U.S. Consul as well as Canadian representatives in Washington, general reports to the Secretary of State on the state of politics, Parliament, and other developments in the Dominion, and two letters on the state of Canadian munitions holdings during World War I.
Papers Additional Information Notable Correspondents
Foster John G., Consul General of the United States to Halifax and Nova Scotia, 1897-1927 1910 Feb 10 - 1924 Jul 12
Stephen Foster, his grandfather 5th descendant of Thomas Foster who came to Massachusetts in 1635, b.Jul 30 1772 Rochester, Mass m. Jan 3 1802 Mary King, dau of Jonathan King moved to unbroken wilderness of East Montpelier & reared 10 children d.Apr 3 1850
The Eastern Townships Gazetteer and General Business Directory, 1867 p. 68
Foster, A. T. boot and shoes manufacturer.
1848 Stanstead Qc Austin-Theophilus Foster m. Aurelia Way
1853 Stanstead Qc Austin-Theophilus Foster m. Sarah Hurd-Gilman http://www.mesaieux.com/Genealogy/Austin-Theophilus_Foster/1
Jun 24 2016
Cemetery office has no record of this person. They also reported, specifically: Cemetery was opened in 1954. Cause info received by family was wrong corrected Oct 2019
John Gilman Foster, son of Austin T. who m. 1853 Stanstead Quebec, Sarah (Hurd-Gilman) Foster, was born in Derby Line, Vermont on Mar 9 1859. He received the A.B. degree from Tufts in 1880 and was admitted to the Vermont Bar a year later. On June 9, 1886, Foster married Clara Merriman and fathered three children: Katherine R. (Aikens), Austin Theophilus Foster and Stephen M. Foster. Foster was engaged in the management of trust estates and banking and became vice president of the National Bank of Derby Line and president of the Massawippi Valley Railway Company. In 1892 he was elected to the Vermont House of Representative and from then until 1894 he was a Colonel on the staff of Governor Levi K. Fuller. In 1897 Foster was appointed U.S. Consul at Halifax Nova Scotia, and six years later he became the US Consul General at Ottawa. After his retirement in 1927, he was appointed a member of the International Commission for the Advancement of Peace. Foster's vacation trip abroad in 1928 may have had something to do with the Commission appointment. John G Foster died in Fort Myers, Florida on Jan 6 1931.
The John Gilman Foster Papers include the following material relating to Canadian American relations: correspondence with the Department of State, senators, and other government officials regarding the reciprocity negotiations and the election campaign of 1910-1911, correspondence on the issue of whether the United States should give the Consul General full diplomatic power on a par with a ministerial post, scattered letters from Mackenzie King including some of his early philosophy on industrialism and society, and later advocacy of upgrading the U.S. Consul as well as Canadian representatives in Washington, general reports to the Secretary of State on the state of politics, Parliament, and other developments in the Dominion, and two letters on the state of Canadian munitions holdings during World War I.
Papers Additional Information Notable Correspondents
Foster John G., Consul General of the United States to Halifax and Nova Scotia, 1897-1927 1910 Feb 10 - 1924 Jul 12
Stephen Foster, his grandfather 5th descendant of Thomas Foster who came to Massachusetts in 1635, b.Jul 30 1772 Rochester, Mass m. Jan 3 1802 Mary King, dau of Jonathan King moved to unbroken wilderness of East Montpelier & reared 10 children d.Apr 3 1850
The Eastern Townships Gazetteer and General Business Directory, 1867 p. 68
Foster, A. T. boot and shoes manufacturer.
1848 Stanstead Qc Austin-Theophilus Foster m. Aurelia Way
1853 Stanstead Qc Austin-Theophilus Foster m. Sarah Hurd-Gilman http://www.mesaieux.com/Genealogy/Austin-Theophilus_Foster/1
Jun 24 2016
Cemetery office has no record of this person. They also reported, specifically: Cemetery was opened in 1954. Cause info received by family was wrong corrected Oct 2019
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