Wapello County IA Archives Biographies.....Foster, Thomas Dove 1847 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

THOMAS DOVE FOSTER.

Thomas Dove Foster, chairman of John Morrell & Company, Limited, has been
prominently identified with the business interests of that well known British
packing company since August, 1865. He is today one of its best known and most
important representatives on this side the Atlantic. Fie makes his home in
Ottumwa and from this point controls important business interests.

He was born at Bradford, Yorkshire, England, November 25, 1847, a son of William
and Mary (Morrell) Foster. His education was acquired in public and private
schools of England and Ireland, but he did not graduate. However, the honorary
degree of LL. D. was conferred upon him by Lennox College of Hopkinton, Iowa, in
1906. His initial step in the business world was made in connection with the
pork-packing business and general merchandising at Castlecomer, in County
Kilkenny, Ireland, under his father, and he was employed by the firm of John
Morrell & Company of Liverpool, England, in August, 1865. After three years
spent in the firm’s employ at Liverpool he was transferred by the company to the
New York branch in July, 1868, and, advancing steadily from one position to
another of greater importance and responsibility, he came, in April, 1872, to
the position of general manager of the firm’s business in the United States and
Canada. In May, 1893, he was further advanced, becoming chairman of John Morrell
& Company, Limited, which position he now holds, and in this connection is
directing the policies and interests of the business on this side the Atlantic,
bending his efforts to adminstrative direction and executive control.

Mr. Foster has been married twice. He first wedded Miss Eliza M. Thompson,
daughter of William S. Thompson, the wedding being celebrated at Brooklyn, New
York, on the 3d of October, 1872. Following her death, which took place in 1879,
he married, on the 19th of August, 1885, in Washington, Pennsylvania, Miss Eliza
J. McClelland, a daughter of George McClelland. His children are: William H. T.,
who married Jeanette Pattison; T. Henry, who wedded Mary Bulger; Ann L. A., the
wife of Rev. D. A. Murray, D. D.; Ellen M.; George McClelland, who wedded Mary
Slutts; Edith M., the wife of Rev. H. S. Huntington, Jr.; Florence D.; and John M.

Mr. Foster is a member of the East End Presbyterian church, to the support of
which he contributes generously, and in its work is actively interested. He is
at present president of the board of trustees of Parsons College, Fairfield,
Iowa. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party, but he has held
no political offices. He served, however, as a member of the Iowa state board of
education from July 1, 1909, until June 30, 1911. He belongs to the Union League
Club of Chicago and is widely known in business circles in various sections of
the country. Association through business or otherwise has brought him many
friends wherever he is known. His record is creditable and commendable, for
through successive stages of promotion he has advanced to a prominent position
in the business world.


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HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY IOWA
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME II
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1914


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