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FORCEFULL OF CHARACTER, HE AROSE FROM OBSCURITY TO HIGH POSITION—-A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE.Hon. Park* Foster, president of the ioraiQ Conn ty Ban king ( o., and oop •1 the foremost men in the count' dud at midnight Monday at Chat ianooga. Tenn., from a severe attack •f pecumoma A b Tavlor, cashier of the hank ivoeived a telegram annonncing ViIh Aeaih early Ta^lay nsorulDg Re-#ort traveled rapidly from oee person «o another about the cite, but death •Josoo the eyee of Mr Foster so sud Asnly and so unexpectedly that hi-fronds refused to believe the reports.in 18tftParks Foster received his education m Amherst and spent most of hn. early tisn in farm work When he was 3fi vea?w old he went into the sand stone basinem, bat at the ouil Of two rears soid oct and came to Elyria. Shortly afterwards on acronm of his wife’s impaired health tliev went to Chattanooga Tenn . nojrarn hr there for seven jours While rhrre he became identified with bank ng institutions and street railways He was one of the first orgamiers ofundredi then called at the bank(the Roane Iron Company Mills, onewhere the sad news was confirmed Mr. Foe ter left Klyria two weeks *§o Tuesday. He left for the purpose •f aleylng in the South daring the Mmatuder of (be winter He was ac-wmpanted by his wife Chattanooga was the first place. visited Mr and Mrs. Foster stopped jof the largest rolling mills in the • 30 Id.On behalf of the government he helped to open up the Moassv Shoals canal. He also speculated in real estate in Chattanooga aod owned a hnudsome residence there On hi* relnrti to Loruin county Mrfooft(lrpr•orhw. rnithere with their daughter. Mrs T H. | Fotser re-entered the stone bneine-r fcealey. Iasi Friday night they were to hare left for Daytona. Fla . butMr. Foster contracted cold and this delayed the trip Saturday night his •ondltlon was serious and at 6 o'clock Monday afternoon Mr. Tavlor re •eiyert a telegram stating that Mr Foster was in a very critical coodi lionMr. Foster was 73 years old His wife and four children survive him The foor chilrdsn are Mrs T H Les ley. Chattanooga. Mrs A W Walker. Portsmouth, N H Mrs Aarah F Kent. Brooklyn, N Y , B P Foster Cleveland.The remains are expected here Wed aeaday eveningMr Foster was bora in Lorain eonnty Be pi. 4. 1833, of New England anoeftry His father and grandfather settled in what is now Avon townshipin oommny with Clough Bos, tie partnership continuing for seven years The company known as ti e Clough Stone Company built the railroad from the quarry from Oberlin some four miles iu length, afterward-salltug out to the Cleveland Stone Com pa ay After d..-.poring of his interests in the Clough compHDT Mr Foster took a trio to Knrouo making an extensut tup through that coontrv Upon Ins return he extensively engaged ip tin lake vessel bnsmers as a member oi two transportation oompuuiea, the Escaaba and Lake Michigan Trantpor ) tatio Co , and the Owen Line. Une I of the best vessels of this line 1* r«| lbs name *'Tha Parka Foster.”io 1888 Mr Foetor was appointed bv (iov Foraker ooe of the tru-te«'s of the State asvlum for the wnaue at Toledo and served through the gov croon's term Uov Campbell minorst;w’litt',fotatr.10rh(Dile(MCIVr
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Elyria Reporter
Elyria, Ohio, US
Thu, Feb 09, 1905
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