Re: Andrew T. Foster obit - born in Savona NY
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Andrew T. Foster - Bath, NY
Michael Smith 3/24/05
From the January, 1916 Issue of Erie Railroad Magazine:
ANDREW T. FOSTER
Andrew T. Foster, for many years station agent for the Erie at Bath, N.Y., died at his home Jan. 23 (1916), after an illness of several weeks. A friend of Mr. Foster at Bath writes:
"The death of Mr. Foster removes one of the well known men of Bath, where for many years he had been station agent for the Erie Railroad Company. Mr. Foster was a son of the late William Foster, and was born near Savona, in this town, fifty-nine years ago. He began service as a lad with the Erie Railroad Company, by his own efforts winning promotion, first to a clerical position in Livonia, then as station agent in Atlanta, then being transferred to Bath, one of the important stations on the Rochester division of the Erie. He had been in the Erie's service over forty years.
"He was married in 1885 to Minnie Tharp, of Campbell, besides whom he leaves three sisters, Nancy, of Savona; Elizabeth and Jennie, teachers in New Rochelle.
"Mr. Foster was a member of St. Thomas Episcopal Church and of the local Masonic organizations. He was upright in his business relations, commanding the general esteem of the community."