Background
Foster, William Edward was born in 1839 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Son of Eleazer Kingsbury and Mary (Codrington) Foster.
Foster, William Edward was born in 1839 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Son of Eleazer Kingsbury and Mary (Codrington) Foster.
Brother of John Pierrepont Codrington F. Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1860. Admitted to Connecticut bar and United States Court, New Haven, 1866.
Acting p.m. United States Navy, in Civil War. Editor and part proprietor Lynchburg (Virginia) Republican, 1867-1870. Managing editor Buffalo Commercial, 1870-1911.
Home: Buffalo, New New York
Married South. East. Betts.