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FERRELL, George A.
Atlanta Constitution, The , 14 June , 1894
Eufaula, Ala. June 13 - Last night, just before 12 o'clock, George A.
Ferrell, a prominent young man of this city, accidentally killed himself
while cleaning a Winchester rifle. The hammer struck a chair and caused a
discharge of the weapon. The ball entered just above the left eye, passing
through the brain and coming out through the crown of the skull.
FOSTER, John Arthur
Atlanta Constitution, 13 April 1893
A Distinguished Georgian
Who Closed An Honored Life In Alabama
Short Sketch of His Life
Honor has been paid to the memory of Chancellor John A. Foster by the chancery
court of Alabama.
John Arthur Foster was born November 11, 1828 at Monticello, Jasper County,
Georgia. He was graduated in August 1847 at the University of Alabama; early in
the fifties he became president of the Southern Female College at LaGrange, Ga.
He was admitted to the bar by the supreme court of Alabama at Montgomery,
January 9, 1859, and commenced practice soon after at Clayton, Ala., being
associated with the Hon. Jere N. Williams, the present chancellor, under the
firm name of Williams & Foster. In 1861 he was elected justice of the peace,
which office he resigned to enter the confederate service in August, 1861, as
captain of Company G, Twenty-ninth regiment of Alabama volunteers. He served in
that capacity until captured at Nashville on the 15th of December 1864, from
which time he was held as a prisoner of war at Johnson's island until his
release and return home in June 1865. While in the confederate service he was
appointed as register in chancery, but did not enter upon the duties of the
office until reappointed in 1866. After the close of the war he was engaged in
the practice of the law for a short time with the Hon. L.M. Lane, and
subsequently with his son, L. Webb Foster.
He was a member of the constitutional convention of 1875; and a member of the
legislature in 1876, and during the session of 1878-9. Upon his election to the
legislature in 1878, he resigned the position of register in chancery. In August
1880, he was elected chancellor of the southern chancery division, then composed
of twenty-two counties; he was re-elected chancellor in 1886 and again in 1892.
He was one of the trustees of the University of Alabama from 1876 to 1889, when
he resigned. The degree of L.
L.D. was conferred upon him by the A & M college in 1883. He died at his home at
Clayton, Ala. on Saturday the 28th of January 1893, at 7 o'clock in the morning.
He was twice married - in 1849 to Miss Mary Webb, who died in 1857. In 1858, he
was married to Miss Mary Borders, who survives him.
FOY, Mrs. John P.
Dothan Eagle, Dothan, AL, 8 May 1914
Mrs.. John P. Foy Dies at Montgomery
Montgomery, Ala., May 8 - Mrs.. John P. Foy, one of the best known and most
beloved women of Eufaula died Thursday night at a local infirmary after a brief
illness from blood poisoning. Mrs.. Foy was taken at at Eufaula Sunday. Her
illness was regarded immediately as serious, and she was brought to Montgomery
Monday morning. While she was regarded as being seriously ill since her arrival
in Montgomery, she appeared to be much better Thursday, but in the afternoon a
turn for the worse occurred and she expired at 7:30 o'clock.
Her husband, John P. Foy, president of a leading bank at Eufaula, accompanied
her to Montgomery Monday and remained here until Thursday when her condition
appeared much improved. He left for Eufaula Thursday afternoon, believing that
her condition was much better. Mrs.. Foy's children living in various cities
came to Montgomery and several of them were at her bedside when she expired.
Mrs.. Foy was the daughter of Dr. J. M. Drewry, a noted physician of Eufaula
for over fifty years. She was a woman of exceptional culture and education
and her life made an impression upon the community in which she lived. Her
husband is a leading banker of Eufaula and their home in the Bluff City was
noted for its culture and hospitality. Besides her husband, she is survived by
two sons, Drewry Foy, a civil engineer of Nashville, TN, and Humphrey of
Eufaula, both graduates of Auburn, and two daughters, Mrs.. Oscar Williams of
Dothan, and Mrs.. James Smith of Thomasville, Ga. She is survived by also by two
sisters, mars. Stella Guice and Mrs.. Lilly Mitchell, both of Eufaula, and one
brother, John Drewry of Eufaula. All of her children have been in Montgomery
during her illness.
The remains will be carried to Eufaula Friday morning for interment.
Mrs.. John P. Foy was in Dothan about two weeks ago, the guest of her daughter,
Mrs.. S. O. Williams of this city. While here she made many friends who will
sympathize with the family in their loss.
Dothan Eagle, Dothan, AL, 8 May 1914
The many friends of Mrs.. S. O. Williams greatly sympathizes with her in the
loss of her mother, Mrs.. J. P. Foy of Eufaula, whose death occurred Thursday
night at Watkins Infirmary in Montgomery as a result of blood poison.
Mrs.. Foy had many friends here, where she often visited Mrs.. Williams, who
will deeply feel the loss of such a noble Christian woman.
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