aka "The Tombs Angel"
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Died. Foster. -- Suddenly, at the Park Avenue Hotel, on Saturday, Feb. 22, Rebecca Salome Foster, widow of the late Gen. John A. Foster. Funeral at Calvary Church, 4th Av. and 21st St., Tuesday, Feb. 25, at 9 o'clock. New York Times (New York, New York) February 23, 1902
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New York, February 22. -- Among those who lost their lives in the Park Avenue Hotel fire was Mrs. John A. Foster, who for many years did work among prisoners as "The Tombs Angel." She occupied Room 612 on the sixth floor. This morning one of the bodies in the temporary morgue at the hotel was identified as that of Mrs. Foster by one of her daughters, Mrs. William C. Bower, of 12 East Twelfth street. The body was charred and burned beyond all recognition and the identification was made only by means of the engagement ring given her by her husband in 1853 [sic] and having inscribed inside the words "To My Darling."
Mrs. Foster had made her home for a few months at the Park Avenue Hotel. When her daughter this morning learned of the fire she went there and after a time ascertained that her mother was one of the dead. Where Mrs. Foster was found or who bore her body from the sixth floor down stairs is not known.
Mrs Foster was the widow of General John A. Foster, who won distinction in the civil war and was a conspicuous New York lawyer. She leaves two daughters, Mrs. William C. Bower and Mrs. Francis S. Colt, of 12 West Twenty-first street. She was about 60 years old at the time of her death.
The charity and rescue work for many years carried on by Mrs. Foster was of a practical sort. As she herself said, she simply aimed to do what one woman would do for another who was in trouble. It was not that Mrs. Foster was not a religious woman, but she did not believe in forcing religion upon the unfortunate women to whom she offered her aid.
When Mrs. Foster began her work fifteen years ago she was a missionary in the employ of the Presbyterian City Mission Society. After a time, however, she found herself in a position where she could afford to do her work without remuneration of any sort. Many societies in other cities have asked Mrs. Foster to take up similar work for them, but she always declined.
She used to take especial interest in woman who found themselves in trouble through having, in a moment of desperation or temptation, committed some crime which put them in prison. Frequently she appeared before grand juries and explained what she believed to be the true facts of a case. She was much trusted by the Judges of the Court of General Sessions. The Times (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) February 23, 1902
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At the time of her daughter's marriage in 1892, it was written of Rebecca's own February 28th, 1865 wedding at Calvary church that . . . "President Lincoln and his cabinet, of which Judge Foster was a member" were present on that occasion . . . at the time of her husband's death in 1890 it was said that . . . "He was at one time an intimate of prominent Republican politicians, but his desire for drink gradually lost him nearly all his friends. He abandoned his wife, the daughter of a Southern planter, and two grown-up daughters about two years ago. . . . Since deserted by her husband Mrs. Foster has educated her two daughters as well as supported them and herself on the small salary she earned as a city missionary, at 62 Essex street. She has worn widow's weeds since his desertion, so that she was fitly attired yesterday when she went to the office where her husband's body lay."
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Died. Foster. -- Suddenly, at the Park Avenue Hotel, on Saturday, Feb. 22, Rebecca Salome Foster, widow of the late Gen. John A. Foster. Funeral at Calvary Church, 4th Av. and 21st St., Tuesday, Feb. 25, at 9 o'clock. New York Times (New York, New York) February 23, 1902
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New York, February 22. -- Among those who lost their lives in the Park Avenue Hotel fire was Mrs. John A. Foster, who for many years did work among prisoners as "The Tombs Angel." She occupied Room 612 on the sixth floor. This morning one of the bodies in the temporary morgue at the hotel was identified as that of Mrs. Foster by one of her daughters, Mrs. William C. Bower, of 12 East Twelfth street. The body was charred and burned beyond all recognition and the identification was made only by means of the engagement ring given her by her husband in 1853 [sic] and having inscribed inside the words "To My Darling."
Mrs. Foster had made her home for a few months at the Park Avenue Hotel. When her daughter this morning learned of the fire she went there and after a time ascertained that her mother was one of the dead. Where Mrs. Foster was found or who bore her body from the sixth floor down stairs is not known.
Mrs Foster was the widow of General John A. Foster, who won distinction in the civil war and was a conspicuous New York lawyer. She leaves two daughters, Mrs. William C. Bower and Mrs. Francis S. Colt, of 12 West Twenty-first street. She was about 60 years old at the time of her death.
The charity and rescue work for many years carried on by Mrs. Foster was of a practical sort. As she herself said, she simply aimed to do what one woman would do for another who was in trouble. It was not that Mrs. Foster was not a religious woman, but she did not believe in forcing religion upon the unfortunate women to whom she offered her aid.
When Mrs. Foster began her work fifteen years ago she was a missionary in the employ of the Presbyterian City Mission Society. After a time, however, she found herself in a position where she could afford to do her work without remuneration of any sort. Many societies in other cities have asked Mrs. Foster to take up similar work for them, but she always declined.
She used to take especial interest in woman who found themselves in trouble through having, in a moment of desperation or temptation, committed some crime which put them in prison. Frequently she appeared before grand juries and explained what she believed to be the true facts of a case. She was much trusted by the Judges of the Court of General Sessions. The Times (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) February 23, 1902
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At the time of her daughter's marriage in 1892, it was written of Rebecca's own February 28th, 1865 wedding at Calvary church that . . . "President Lincoln and his cabinet, of which Judge Foster was a member" were present on that occasion . . . at the time of her husband's death in 1890 it was said that . . . "He was at one time an intimate of prominent Republican politicians, but his desire for drink gradually lost him nearly all his friends. He abandoned his wife, the daughter of a Southern planter, and two grown-up daughters about two years ago. . . . Since deserted by her husband Mrs. Foster has educated her two daughters as well as supported them and herself on the small salary she earned as a city missionary, at 62 Essex street. She has worn widow's weeds since his desertion, so that she was fitly attired yesterday when she went to the office where her husband's body lay."
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aka "The Tombs Angel"
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Died. Foster. -- Suddenly, at the Park Avenue Hotel, on Saturday, Feb. 22, Rebecca Salome Foster, widow of the late Gen. John A. Foster. Funeral at Calvary Church, 4th Av. and 21st St., Tuesday, Feb. 25, at 9 o'clock. New York Times (New York, New York) February 23, 1902
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New York, February 22. -- Among those who lost their lives in the Park Avenue Hotel fire was Mrs. John A. Foster, who for many years did work among prisoners as "The Tombs Angel." She occupied Room 612 on the sixth floor. This morning one of the bodies in the temporary morgue at the hotel was identified as that of Mrs. Foster by one of her daughters, Mrs. William C. Bower, of 12 East Twelfth street. The body was charred and burned beyond all recognition and the identification was made only by means of the engagement ring given her by her husband in 1853 [sic] and having inscribed inside the words "To My Darling."
Mrs. Foster had made her home for a few months at the Park Avenue Hotel. When her daughter this morning learned of the fire she went there and after a time ascertained that her mother was one of the dead. Where Mrs. Foster was found or who bore her body from the sixth floor down stairs is not known.
Mrs Foster was the widow of General John A. Foster, who won distinction in the civil war and was a conspicuous New York lawyer. She leaves two daughters, Mrs. William C. Bower and Mrs. Francis S. Colt, of 12 West Twenty-first street. She was about 60 years old at the time of her death.
The charity and rescue work for many years carried on by Mrs. Foster was of a practical sort. As she herself said, she simply aimed to do what one woman would do for another who was in trouble. It was not that Mrs. Foster was not a religious woman, but she did not believe in forcing religion upon the unfortunate women to whom she offered her aid.
When Mrs. Foster began her work fifteen years ago she was a missionary in the employ of the Presbyterian City Mission Society. After a time, however, she found herself in a position where she could afford to do her work without remuneration of any sort. Many societies in other cities have asked Mrs. Foster to take up similar work for them, but she always declined.
She used to take especial interest in woman who found themselves in trouble through having, in a moment of desperation or temptation, committed some crime which put them in prison. Frequently she appeared before grand juries and explained what she believed to be the true facts of a case. She was much trusted by the Judges of the Court of General Sessions. The Times (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) February 23, 1902
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At the time of her daughter's marriage in 1892, it was written of Rebecca's own February 28th, 1865 wedding at Calvary church that . . . "President Lincoln and his cabinet, of which Judge Foster was a member" were present on that occasion . . . at the time of her husband's death in 1890 it was said that . . . "He was at one time an intimate of prominent Republican politicians, but his desire for drink gradually lost him nearly all his friends. He abandoned his wife, the daughter of a Southern planter, and two grown-up daughters about two years ago. . . . Since deserted by her husband Mrs. Foster has educated her two daughters as well as supported them and herself on the small salary she earned as a city missionary, at 62 Essex street. She has worn widow's weeds since his desertion, so that she was fitly attired yesterday when she went to the office where her husband's body lay."
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Died. Foster. -- Suddenly, at the Park Avenue Hotel, on Saturday, Feb. 22, Rebecca Salome Foster, widow of the late Gen. John A. Foster. Funeral at Calvary Church, 4th Av. and 21st St., Tuesday, Feb. 25, at 9 o'clock. New York Times (New York, New York) February 23, 1902
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New York, February 22. -- Among those who lost their lives in the Park Avenue Hotel fire was Mrs. John A. Foster, who for many years did work among prisoners as "The Tombs Angel." She occupied Room 612 on the sixth floor. This morning one of the bodies in the temporary morgue at the hotel was identified as that of Mrs. Foster by one of her daughters, Mrs. William C. Bower, of 12 East Twelfth street. The body was charred and burned beyond all recognition and the identification was made only by means of the engagement ring given her by her husband in 1853 [sic] and having inscribed inside the words "To My Darling."
Mrs. Foster had made her home for a few months at the Park Avenue Hotel. When her daughter this morning learned of the fire she went there and after a time ascertained that her mother was one of the dead. Where Mrs. Foster was found or who bore her body from the sixth floor down stairs is not known.
Mrs Foster was the widow of General John A. Foster, who won distinction in the civil war and was a conspicuous New York lawyer. She leaves two daughters, Mrs. William C. Bower and Mrs. Francis S. Colt, of 12 West Twenty-first street. She was about 60 years old at the time of her death.
The charity and rescue work for many years carried on by Mrs. Foster was of a practical sort. As she herself said, she simply aimed to do what one woman would do for another who was in trouble. It was not that Mrs. Foster was not a religious woman, but she did not believe in forcing religion upon the unfortunate women to whom she offered her aid.
When Mrs. Foster began her work fifteen years ago she was a missionary in the employ of the Presbyterian City Mission Society. After a time, however, she found herself in a position where she could afford to do her work without remuneration of any sort. Many societies in other cities have asked Mrs. Foster to take up similar work for them, but she always declined.
She used to take especial interest in woman who found themselves in trouble through having, in a moment of desperation or temptation, committed some crime which put them in prison. Frequently she appeared before grand juries and explained what she believed to be the true facts of a case. She was much trusted by the Judges of the Court of General Sessions. The Times (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) February 23, 1902
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At the time of her daughter's marriage in 1892, it was written of Rebecca's own February 28th, 1865 wedding at Calvary church that . . . "President Lincoln and his cabinet, of which Judge Foster was a member" were present on that occasion . . . at the time of her husband's death in 1890 it was said that . . . "He was at one time an intimate of prominent Republican politicians, but his desire for drink gradually lost him nearly all his friends. He abandoned his wife, the daughter of a Southern planter, and two grown-up daughters about two years ago. . . . Since deserted by her husband Mrs. Foster has educated her two daughters as well as supported them and herself on the small salary she earned as a city missionary, at 62 Essex street. She has worn widow's weeds since his desertion, so that she was fitly attired yesterday when she went to the office where her husband's body lay."
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