Georgia:  Chattooga County:  Obituary of Thomas A. Foster, son of 
Judge Robert Sinclair Foster, 17 September 1881

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Thomas A. Foster was born in Gwinnett County, Georgia, November 1, 
1834.  He came to Calhoun in 1856 and carried on a profitable 
business as a dealer in hardware.  Later, with Judge James M. 
Harlan, a prominent citizen of Gordon County at this time, he 
established under the firm name of Foster and Harlan the leading 
department store in Calhoun, north corner of Wall and Court streets, 
on the present site of the Harrell building.

Judge Foster served as Justice of the Inferior Court of this county 
from 1860 until the abolishment of the court in 1868.  He was a 
prominent Mason, a Knight of Honor, and a member of the Methodist 
Church.

He married Miss Sue Garlington, of an influential Gordon County 
family.  Their children are:  Oswald, Mary E., Florrie, all of whom 
died in early life, and Fall, also deceased, who married Miss Clara 
Weber.

Judge Foster died September 17, 1881.  His grave is in Chandler 
Cemetery.