Background
Foster, John Mcgaw was born on February 4, 1860 in Bangor, Maine, United States. Son of John B. and Catharine (McGaw) Foster.
Foster, John Mcgaw was born on February 4, 1860 in Bangor, Maine, United States. Son of John B. and Catharine (McGaw) Foster.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1882. Graduate Andover Theological Seminary, 1885.
Deacon, 1885, priest, 1886, Protestant Episcopal Church. Curate Saint Anne’s Church, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1885. Rector Saint John's Church, Bangor, Maine, 1886-1898, Church of the Messiah, Boston, 1898-1922.
Rector honorarius of same church, since 1922.
Deputy to General Convention Protestant Episcopal Church, 1892. Honorary canon, Cathedral, Portland, Maine, 1895-1899.
Examining chaplain to bishop of Massachusetts, 1901-1908. Member and president standing committee, diocese of Massachusetts, 1904-1922.
Author: The White Stone, 1901.
To Know and Believe, 1908. The Crowded Inn, 1918. Home: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Member and president standing committee, diocese of Massachusetts, 1904-1922.
Married Grace G. Eames, January 4, 1887. Children: Katharine McGaw (deceased), Duncan Graham.