Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Foster, John Baldwin August 6, 1918
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Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark August 7, 1918

Capt. John Baldwin Foster, 66 years of age, a captain of the Norfolk County 
ferry fleet for thirty years and one of the best known residents of this 
city died last night at 10 o'clock at his home, 210 Chestnut Street after an 
illness lasting since last winter.
Captain Foster was in the oyster business operating several boats from 
Mathews County to Baltimore before entering the ferry service.  He was a son 
of the late Captain Baldwin and Mrs. Rebecca Foster of Mathews County, his 
people being among the foremost residents of the county.  He had lived here 
thirty-four years.   He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Estelle Herbert 
Foster and the following sons, Capt. Herbert R. Foster, of New York, a 
lieutenant of the U.S. Naval Reserves, Capt. C.B. Foster, of the Virginia 
Pilot association, Lipscomb Foster, also a lieutenant in the reserves, 
located in New York, Russell S. and Frank Foster, four grandchildren, two 
brothers, W. Shepherd Foster, of the Virginia Pilot association and Capt. 
Edwin Foster, of Mathews County.  The funeral arrangements had not been 
completed last evening.
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The funeral of Captain John Baldwin Foster will be conducted at the family 
residence, 210 Chestnut Street, this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock by Rev. S.J. 
Battin, pastor of Memorial Methodist Church, and Rev. R.R. Phelps, rector of 
St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
Burial will be in the family lot in Magnolia Cemetery and will be private.

Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark August 8, 1918
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The funeral of Capt. John Baldwin Foster was conducted at the family 
residence, 210 Chestnut Street, yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, Rev. 
S.J. Battin, pastor of Memorial Methodist Church, and Rev. R.R. Phelps, 
rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, officiating.
The attendance was quite large and there were a profusion of flowers.  
Interment was in the family lot in Magnolia Cemetery and the pallbearers 
were:
Active:  Capt. H.R. Foster, Capt. C.B. Foster, Lipscomb Foster, Frank D. 
Foster, Shepherd Lowe Miller, J.R. Seemer, Hugh Foster and W.E. Thompson.
Honorary - J.J. Ottley, Major M.C. Keeling, Captain Gregory, Mr. Overman, 
H.O. Billups, Captain Johnson and Charles E. Wicks.

Virginian Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark August 9,1918


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