Background
Foster, Thomas Jefferson was born on January 1, 1843 in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Thomas and Amanda (Ruch) Foster.
Foster, Thomas Jefferson was born on January 1, 1843 in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Thomas and Amanda (Ruch) Foster.
Attended Eastman Business College, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1864-1865.
Founder (with Henry C. Boyer) Weekly Herald, Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, 1870, Evening Herald, 1875. Published Mining Herald. Established Colliery Engineer, Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1888.
Opened Colliery Engineer School of Mines (1st of International Correspondence Schools), 1891.
Married Fanny C. Miller, 1869. Married second, Blandina Harrington. Children: Joel, Jeremiah, Amanda, Mary, Emma, Thomas Jefferson.