Dr. Walter Ross Foster and Rachel Gray

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Husband Dr. Walter Ross Foster ^{1 2}

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           Born: 21 May 1864 - Carnegie, Allegheny Co, PA 3
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         Father: David Foster (1820-Aft 1889) 3 4
         Mother: Elizabeth Ross (      -Aft 1889) 3 5

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       Marriage: 25 Sep 1890 6

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Wife Rachel Gray ⁶

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           Born: 15 Dec 1865 7
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         Father: Col. Joseph Hughey Gray (1837-1897) 8 9
         Mother: Mary Kuhn (1842-      ) 10 11

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Children

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1 F Mary Elizabeth Foster ⁶

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           Born: 2 Feb 1892 12
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2 M David Gray Foster ⁶

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           Born: 25 Oct 1894 12
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General Notes: Husband - Dr. Walter Ross Foster

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He was a graduate of Jefferson Medical College, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was a partner with his brother in the practice of medicine in Crafton. He was a member of the Allegheny County Medical society, Golden Chain, Heptasophs, Jr. O. U. A. M., Young Men's Tariff club, the Americus Republican club.

He spent his youthful days on the farm and attended the primary schools and later the academy of Carnegie. He graduated from the State College in 1884, then entered Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, from which he graduated in 1886. He immediately settled at Crafton, and began a practice. He was one of the surgeons of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for more than twenty years, and physician for the Pittsburgh Railway Company for eight years, for the St. Paul's Orphans' Asylum six years, and physician for the Crafton district of the Allegheny poor for twenty years. He belonged to the Allegheny County Medical Society, the Pennsylvania State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. The Doctor was a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Lodge No. 249. He was one of the prime movers in establishing the Chartiers Valley General Hospital that was located at Crafton, taking in the West Pittsburg-McDonald district, and which was non-sectarian.
He possessed one of the best private libraries in western Pennsylvania. He enjoyed the sport of hunting, which he frequently indulged in during the game seasons. Within his office could be seen a fine collection of rare pieces of taxidermist's handiwork, consisting of many varieties of birds and beasts, including a large elk which was killed by President Roosevelt prior to his nomination as vice-president. He also had a panther mounted by the government taxidermist, Mr. James Haring. In the collection was a valuable redbird, found only in South America, called cock of the rock.
Politically Dr. Foster affiliated with the Republican party and took an active part in national campaigns. He was a member of the Pennsylvania National Guards in 1886-87, being a member of General Hartranft's staff. He was a member and active in all the work of the First Presbyterian church at Crafton, and served twelve years or more on the board of trustees for that body.

1 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 386, 426.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 189, 474.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 189.

4 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 398, 426, 643.

5 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 386, 398, 426.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 190, 474.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 474.

8 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 464.

9 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 473.

10 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 467, 473.

11 Helen Kuhn (Jackson) Black, The Kuhn (Coon) Family of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (Wichita, KS: Self-published, 1956), Pg 18.

12 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 190.