 1858 - 1939 (80 years)
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| Name |
Eugene Noble Foss [2, 3] |
| Prefix |
Gov. |
| Born |
24 Sep 1858 |
West Berkshire, Franklin Co., VT  [2, 3] |
| Gender |
Male |
| FamilySearch ID |
KD1T-ZN2 |
| FamilySearch URL |
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KD1T-ZN2 |
| Died |
13 Sep 1939 |
Jamaica Plain (Boston), MA [3] |
| Buried |
Forest Hill Cemetery [3] |
| Person ID |
I7093 |
Main |
| Last Modified |
2 Sep 2020 |
| Father |
George Edmund Foss, b. 1 Jun 1831, Derby, VT , d. 5 Jun 1912, Berkshire, VT (Age 81 years) |
| Mother |
Marcia Cordelia Noble, b. 8 Jan 1835, St. Albans, VT , d. Yes, date unknown |
| Married |
21 Feb 1856 |
Franklin, VT |
| Family ID |
F2697 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Lilla Rollins Sturtevant, b. 4 Nov 1860, Boston, MA , d. Yes, date unknown |
| Married |
12 Jun 1858 |
Boston, MA [4] |
| Children |
| + | 1. Benjamin Sturtevant Foss, b. 9 Oct 1886, d. 29 Jun 1961 (Age 74 years) |
| + | 2. Noble Foss, b. 1889, d. 1969 (Age 80 years) |
| | 3. Esther Foss, b. 20 Jan 1894, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States , d. 25 Nov 1954, Monterey, California, United States (Age 60 years) |
| + | 4. Helen Foss, d. Yes, date unknown |
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| Last Modified |
27 Feb 2006 |
| Family ID |
F2687 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Notes from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress:
" FOSS, Eugene Noble, (1858 - 1939), (brother of George Edmund Foss), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in West Berkshire, near St. Albans, Franklin County, Vt., on September 24, 1858; attended the public schools, Franklin County Academy at St. Albans, Vt., and the University of Vermont; settled in Boston, Mass., in 1882; engaged in the manufacture of iron and steel products; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William C. Lovering and served from March 22, 1910, until his resignation, effective January 4, 1911, having been elected Governor of Massachusetts, in which capacity he served from 1911 to 1913; unsuccessful candidate for reelection as Governor in 1912; resumed his former manufacturing pursuits, and managed his large real estate holdings in Boston, Mass.; died in Jamaica Plain (Boston), Mass., September 13, 1939; interment in Forest Hill Cemetery. "
From "Important Men of 1913 p. 1913"
"Foss, Eugene Noble, governor of the State of Massachusetts, was born Sept. 24, 1858, in West Berkshire, Vt. He is a succeseful manufacturer of Boston, Mass. He was elected to the sixty-first congress to fill a vacancy. He is now governor of the State of Massachusetts for the term ending in 1914; and resides in Boston, Mass."
From the Sturtevant Fan Company "America's First Fan Company" web pages:
":The death of Benjamin Sturtevant's only son, Charles, in 1879 insured that upon his passing a new name would be associated with the firm, that name was Eugene Foss.
Foss, a son of a factory manager, was born September 24, 1858 at West Berkshire, Vermont. He attended the University of Vermont for two years before going West as a salesman for a lumber dryer company. The success he had with the dryer, but more importantly goods he took up incidentally, the products of the B.F.Sturtevant Co., attracted the attention of Benjamin Sturtevant. Foss soon accepted an executive position at the Jamaica Plain plant. In the classic way, his situation improved dramatically. Foss married one of Sturtevant's daughters, Lilla, in 1885 and upon the death of the founder became Treasurer, General Manager and principal owner.
In addition to overseeing the company's product and territorial expansion and his own extensive business investments (including a rival fan company, the American Blower Corporation) in 1902 he gave up active management of Sturtevant to begin his political career. Following in the footsteps of his brother, an Illinois congressman, Foss launched a failed congressional campaign as a Republican Progressive, harping on his single issue, trade reciprocity. The surprising closeness of his loss, though, showed that he had arrived politically......" [3, 5]
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| Sources |
- [SAuth] John Spencer Howell, Jr., John Spencer Howell, Jr., (http://www.jhowell.com/ jhowell@jhowell.com).
- [S1311] Julie's Genealogy, (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jewelweed - jewel-weed@earthlink.net), http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jewelweed&id=I1740.
- [S1308] Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, (http://www.bioguide.congress.gov), http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000293.
- [S1311] Julie's Genealogy, (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jewelweed - jewel-weed@earthlink.net), http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jewelweed&id=I1735.
- [S1309] Builders of our Nation, (Ancestry.com. Important Men of 1913 [database online]. Orem, UT: Ancestry.com, Inc., 1997. Original data: Builders of Our Nation: Men of 1913. Chicago, IL: Men of Nineteen-Thirteen, 1914.), p. 191 -.
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