The late Samuel J. Foster, manager of the Providence Warehouse Company, and for many years a well known figure in similar enterprises in Rhode Island and in New York City, was born in Pawtucket, then a part of the State of Massachusetts, November 27, 1828, scion of a distinguished New England ancestry. He numbered among his ancestors passengers on the 'Mayflower', and in the direct male line was a descendant of Major John Foster, of French and Indian War fame. The line descended through Captain Robert Foster, the hero of Leslie's retreat at Northbridge and Salem, in the American Revolution.
Samuel J. Foster was educated in his native town, and on completing his studies entered mercantile life. He was engaged in business at the outbreak of the Civil War, but immediately laid aside his affairs to enlist in the famous Seventh Regiment of the New York National Guard, which he accompanied to Washington in 1861. With the traditions of a family distinguished in military service to its country in all its wars before him from early manhood, he had taken a deep interest in things military. In 1847 Mr. Foster became a member of the Providence Marine Corps of Artillery, and in 1849 held the rank of sergeant under Colonel Balch. He was therefore well prepared by this training to forge rapidly ahead in his regiment in 1861. After a short period of service on the battle fronts of the South, he was commissioned captain of Company K, Forthy-Eighth Regiment, New York, and with this command participated in some of the most intensive struggles of the entire war, among them the engagement at Port Royal, Hilton Head, with the 'Swamp Angel', Dawfuski Island, Fort Pulaski and other places. He was brigaged under General Sherman with General Charles R. Brayton's Rhode Island battery, and also served as aide to General H. B. Duryea. His military record is eloquent of the finest and most disinterested type of service, and sustains honorably the record of the family in former wars. Captain Foster was a member of the Second Division Staff when it formed the escort of the Prince of Wales (the late King Edward VII) on his visit to New York.
Returning to the north on the conclusion of peace, Captain Foster again resumed his business affairs. He subsequently became a partner in the extensive Wall street warehouses on the Brooklyn waterfront, in New York. For a long period of years he was active in similar enterprises in New York and in Brooklyn, and was at one time proprietor of the United States Bonded Warehouses, Front and Water streets, New York. On his removal to Providence, in 1881, Captain Foster became manager of the Providence Warehouse Company, which position he occupied for almost a quarter of a century, until his death in 1914.
Captain Foster was a well-known figure in business life in the city of Providence, throughout the period of his connection with warehouse enterprises. He was also active in military circles, and at one time was colonel of the Providence Marine Corps of Artillery Veteran Association. He was a companion of the Massachusetts Chapter of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, a member of the Seventh Regiment, New York Veterans' Assocation, and of Prescott Lodge, Grand Army of the Republic. He was also a member of Bedford Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Brooklyn.
Captain Foster married, October 30, 1862, Anna Frances Stevenson, of New York. They were the parents of two children, Samuel J., Jr., and Anna Orne Foster. Mrs. Foster survives her husband, and resides at No. 37 Creighton street, Providence, R. I. Samuel J. Foster died at his home in Providence, November 11, 1914, in the eighty-sixth year of his age.
Samuel J. Foster was educated in his native town, and on completing his studies entered mercantile life. He was engaged in business at the outbreak of the Civil War, but immediately laid aside his affairs to enlist in the famous Seventh Regiment of the New York National Guard, which he accompanied to Washington in 1861. With the traditions of a family distinguished in military service to its country in all its wars before him from early manhood, he had taken a deep interest in things military. In 1847 Mr. Foster became a member of the Providence Marine Corps of Artillery, and in 1849 held the rank of sergeant under Colonel Balch. He was therefore well prepared by this training to forge rapidly ahead in his regiment in 1861. After a short period of service on the battle fronts of the South, he was commissioned captain of Company K, Forthy-Eighth Regiment, New York, and with this command participated in some of the most intensive struggles of the entire war, among them the engagement at Port Royal, Hilton Head, with the 'Swamp Angel', Dawfuski Island, Fort Pulaski and other places. He was brigaged under General Sherman with General Charles R. Brayton's Rhode Island battery, and also served as aide to General H. B. Duryea. His military record is eloquent of the finest and most disinterested type of service, and sustains honorably the record of the family in former wars. Captain Foster was a member of the Second Division Staff when it formed the escort of the Prince of Wales (the late King Edward VII) on his visit to New York.
Returning to the north on the conclusion of peace, Captain Foster again resumed his business affairs. He subsequently became a partner in the extensive Wall street warehouses on the Brooklyn waterfront, in New York. For a long period of years he was active in similar enterprises in New York and in Brooklyn, and was at one time proprietor of the United States Bonded Warehouses, Front and Water streets, New York. On his removal to Providence, in 1881, Captain Foster became manager of the Providence Warehouse Company, which position he occupied for almost a quarter of a century, until his death in 1914.
Captain Foster was a well-known figure in business life in the city of Providence, throughout the period of his connection with warehouse enterprises. He was also active in military circles, and at one time was colonel of the Providence Marine Corps of Artillery Veteran Association. He was a companion of the Massachusetts Chapter of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, a member of the Seventh Regiment, New York Veterans' Assocation, and of Prescott Lodge, Grand Army of the Republic. He was also a member of Bedford Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Brooklyn.
Captain Foster married, October 30, 1862, Anna Frances Stevenson, of New York. They were the parents of two children, Samuel J., Jr., and Anna Orne Foster. Mrs. Foster survives her husband, and resides at No. 37 Creighton street, Providence, R. I. Samuel J. Foster died at his home in Providence, November 11, 1914, in the eighty-sixth year of his age.
The late Samuel J. Foster, manager of the Providence Warehouse Company, and for many years a well known figure in similar enterprises in Rhode Island and in New York City, was born in Pawtucket, then a part of the State of Massachusetts, November 27, 1828, scion of a distinguished New England ancestry. He numbered among his ancestors passengers on the 'Mayflower', and in the direct male line was a descendant of Major John Foster, of French and Indian War fame. The line descended through Captain Robert Foster, the hero of Leslie's retreat at Northbridge and Salem, in the American Revolution.
Samuel J. Foster was educated in his native town, and on completing his studies entered mercantile life. He was engaged in business at the outbreak of the Civil War, but immediately laid aside his affairs to enlist in the famous Seventh Regiment of the New York National Guard, which he accompanied to Washington in 1861. With the traditions of a family distinguished in military service to its country in all its wars before him from early manhood, he had taken a deep interest in things military. In 1847 Mr. Foster became a member of the Providence Marine Corps of Artillery, and in 1849 held the rank of sergeant under Colonel Balch. He was therefore well prepared by this training to forge rapidly ahead in his regiment in 1861. After a short period of service on the battle fronts of the South, he was commissioned captain of Company K, Forthy-Eighth Regiment, New York, and with this command participated in some of the most intensive struggles of the entire war, among them the engagement at Port Royal, Hilton Head, with the 'Swamp Angel', Dawfuski Island, Fort Pulaski and other places. He was brigaged under General Sherman with General Charles R. Brayton's Rhode Island battery, and also served as aide to General H. B. Duryea. His military record is eloquent of the finest and most disinterested type of service, and sustains honorably the record of the family in former wars. Captain Foster was a member of the Second Division Staff when it formed the escort of the Prince of Wales (the late King Edward VII) on his visit to New York.
Returning to the north on the conclusion of peace, Captain Foster again resumed his business affairs. He subsequently became a partner in the extensive Wall street warehouses on the Brooklyn waterfront, in New York. For a long period of years he was active in similar enterprises in New York and in Brooklyn, and was at one time proprietor of the United States Bonded Warehouses, Front and Water streets, New York. On his removal to Providence, in 1881, Captain Foster became manager of the Providence Warehouse Company, which position he occupied for almost a quarter of a century, until his death in 1914.
Captain Foster was a well-known figure in business life in the city of Providence, throughout the period of his connection with warehouse enterprises. He was also active in military circles, and at one time was colonel of the Providence Marine Corps of Artillery Veteran Association. He was a companion of the Massachusetts Chapter of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, a member of the Seventh Regiment, New York Veterans' Assocation, and of Prescott Lodge, Grand Army of the Republic. He was also a member of Bedford Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Brooklyn.
Captain Foster married, October 30, 1862, Anna Frances Stevenson, of New York. They were the parents of two children, Samuel J., Jr., and Anna Orne Foster. Mrs. Foster survives her husband, and resides at No. 37 Creighton street, Providence, R. I. Samuel J. Foster died at his home in Providence, November 11, 1914, in the eighty-sixth year of his age.
Samuel J. Foster was educated in his native town, and on completing his studies entered mercantile life. He was engaged in business at the outbreak of the Civil War, but immediately laid aside his affairs to enlist in the famous Seventh Regiment of the New York National Guard, which he accompanied to Washington in 1861. With the traditions of a family distinguished in military service to its country in all its wars before him from early manhood, he had taken a deep interest in things military. In 1847 Mr. Foster became a member of the Providence Marine Corps of Artillery, and in 1849 held the rank of sergeant under Colonel Balch. He was therefore well prepared by this training to forge rapidly ahead in his regiment in 1861. After a short period of service on the battle fronts of the South, he was commissioned captain of Company K, Forthy-Eighth Regiment, New York, and with this command participated in some of the most intensive struggles of the entire war, among them the engagement at Port Royal, Hilton Head, with the 'Swamp Angel', Dawfuski Island, Fort Pulaski and other places. He was brigaged under General Sherman with General Charles R. Brayton's Rhode Island battery, and also served as aide to General H. B. Duryea. His military record is eloquent of the finest and most disinterested type of service, and sustains honorably the record of the family in former wars. Captain Foster was a member of the Second Division Staff when it formed the escort of the Prince of Wales (the late King Edward VII) on his visit to New York.
Returning to the north on the conclusion of peace, Captain Foster again resumed his business affairs. He subsequently became a partner in the extensive Wall street warehouses on the Brooklyn waterfront, in New York. For a long period of years he was active in similar enterprises in New York and in Brooklyn, and was at one time proprietor of the United States Bonded Warehouses, Front and Water streets, New York. On his removal to Providence, in 1881, Captain Foster became manager of the Providence Warehouse Company, which position he occupied for almost a quarter of a century, until his death in 1914.
Captain Foster was a well-known figure in business life in the city of Providence, throughout the period of his connection with warehouse enterprises. He was also active in military circles, and at one time was colonel of the Providence Marine Corps of Artillery Veteran Association. He was a companion of the Massachusetts Chapter of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, a member of the Seventh Regiment, New York Veterans' Assocation, and of Prescott Lodge, Grand Army of the Republic. He was also a member of Bedford Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Brooklyn.
Captain Foster married, October 30, 1862, Anna Frances Stevenson, of New York. They were the parents of two children, Samuel J., Jr., and Anna Orne Foster. Mrs. Foster survives her husband, and resides at No. 37 Creighton street, Providence, R. I. Samuel J. Foster died at his home in Providence, November 11, 1914, in the eighty-sixth year of his age.
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