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DAVID GILMORE and W. ROSS FOSTER, physicians, are sons of David and Elizabeth Foster. Their grandfather, Alexander Foster, came from Ireland in 1790, locating in Washington county, Pa., and in 1832 came to this county, settling near McKeesport, where he resided until his death, which occurred in 1854. His widow survived him ten years. They had six sons and one daughter. The living are Alexander, Walter, William and David. David Foster was born in Washington county, Pa., in 1820, and came with his parents to this county in 1832. He was a carpenter by trade, which he followed until 1850, when he purchased a farm and turned his attention to agriculture. In 1887 he sold his entire real estate, and retired from active business. He married, in 1845, Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. Peter Ross (who was a son of Philip Ross, a captain in Washington’s army in the Revolution and first settler of Mansfield, Pa.) and Matilda (Elliott) Ross, and their children are Ross, who died in infancy; Matilda, wife of John A. Bell; David G.; George W. M.; Sarah E., wife of Rev. Cyrus W. Hatch; Maudeline, wife of W. H. Bailey; Casey Alexander, Walter Ross, and Mary E., wife of John S. Robb, Jr. Their parents are both living in Mansfield, Allegheny county, are members of the U. P. Church and among the most substantial and respected citizens of Mansfield.

Dr. David Gilmore Foster was born in this county in 1852. He attended the Mansfield and Tuscarora academies, and is a graduate of the Jefferson Medical College, of Philadelphia, Pa. He received his diploma in 1873, settled in Crafton the same year and has since been a successful practitioner. He has been twice married; first in 1874 to Phoebe, daughter of Thaddeus and Phoebe Paul. By this union there was one child, Gilmore David, now fourteen years of age. Mrs. Foster died in 1879 at the age of twenty-six years. The doctor married, in 1881, Harriet, daughter of George R. and Mary Elliott Pearson, of Pittsburgh, Pa., and by this marriage two children have been born, Annie Elliott and Elizabeth Ross, who died Jan. 1, 1889. Dr. Foster has been a member of the Masonic fraternity since 1875; is a member of Allegheny County Medical society; has been a member of the Allegheny county republican committee for fifteen years, and was a delegate to the state convention that. nominated Gen. Beaver for governor; has been member of the republican state committee for three years; a delegate to the national convention, held in New York in 1887, that formed the republican clubs of the National League; delegate to the national republican convention at Chicago, 1888; is a member of the R. A., the Golden Chain, the A. O. U. W., Heptasophs, the Jr. O. U. A. M., the Young Men’s Tariff club of Pittsburgh, the Americus club of Pittsburgh, the Edwin Stanton club of Mansfield, and is surgeon for the Philadelphia Gas company, and consulting physician and surgeon of the Allegheny County Home; surgeon to 14th regiment N. G. Pa. He is a member of the Episcopal Church. His brother, Dr. W. Ross Foster, is a graduate of Jefferson Medical College, of Philadelphia, and is a partner with his brother in the practice of medicine in Crafton. He is a member of the Allegheny County Medical society, Golden Chain, Heptasophs, Jr. O. U. A. M., Young Men’s Tariff club, the Americus Republican club. He is a very promising young physician.