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John Watson Foster

Born 2 Mar 1836 in Petersburg, Pike, Indiana, United States

Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling(s) unknown]

Husband of Mary Parke (McFerson) Foster — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Descendants

Father of Edith (Foster) Dulles and Eleanor (Foster) Lansing

Died 15 Nov 1917 at age 81 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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Biography

John Foster is Notable.

Preceded by
James G. Blaine

U.S. Secretary of State

June 29, 1892 – February 23, 1893

Succeeded by
Walter Q. Gresham

Foster was born on March 2, 1836, in Petersburg, Indiana, and raised in Evansville, Indiana. He was the son of Matthew Watson, an Indiana farmer, and the former Eleanor Foster (née Johnson). He graduated from the fledgling Indiana University in 1855 and then attended Harvard Law School. Foster moved to Cincinnati, passed the bar, and practiced law until 1861, when he joined the Union Army as a major. Foster rose to the rank of colonel in 1864.

Following his military duty, Foster returned to Indiana politics, was appointed Evansville Postmaster in 1869, and worked to build support for the re-election of Ulysses S. Grant in 1872.

In return for his campaign work, Foster served as Minister to Mexico between 1873 and 1880. He then served as Minister to Russia from 1880 to 1881. After a brief return to private practice, Foster assumed duties as Minister to Spain in 1883 and served until 1885, whereupon he again returned to private practice and served as counsel representing foreign diplomatic legations in the United States.

In 1892, President Harrison appointed Foster as Secretary of State.

From the Wikipedia article: John Watson Foster (March 2, 1836 – November 15, 1917) was an American diplomat and military officer, as well as lawyer and journalist. His highest public office was U.S. Secretary of State under Benjamin Harrison, although he also proved influential as a lawyer in technically private practice in the international relations sphere.

Research Notes

His alleged parents were Matthew Wason Foster and Elanor Johnson.

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:

~3.12% Aaron (Dulles-Coelho) Dulles : 23andMe + AncestryDNA
~3.12% Peter Jebsen : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch GU8345225 [compare], Ancestry member peterjebsenn

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John Watson Foster (1836 - 1917)

Biography

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