Nathaniel Foster (other)
Nathaniel Foster may refer to: * Nathaniel Greene Foster (1809–1869), American politician, lawyer, and military officer * Nathaniel Foster (potter) (1781–1853), American potter and merchant * Nat Foster Nathaniel (Nat) Foster Jr. (June 30, 1766–Mar 14, 1840) was a pioneer hunter and trapper in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York. Foster is widely credited with being the model for James Fenimore Cooper's character of "Natty Bumppo." P ...

Nathaniel Greene Foster
Nathaniel Greene Foster (August 25, 1809 – October 19, 1869) was an American politician, lawyer, and military officer. Foster was born near Madison in Morgan County, Georgia in 1809. He graduated from the University of Georgia in Athens in 1830 with a Bachelor of Arts (AB) degree. Foster studied law, gained admittance to the state bar in 1831, and began practicing law in Madison. During the Seminole War, Foster served as the captain of a company of men. On March 3, 1838, he was elected the solicitor general of the Ocmulgee circuit and served in that position until his resignation on October 3, 1840. Foster was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 1840 and the Georgia Senate from 1841 through 1843. He was re-elected to that latter body two additional times in 1851 and 1852. Foster was elected to U.S. House of Representatives in 1854 as a member of the American Party and served one term. During that time, he became ordained pastor in the Baptist Church. After his c ...
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Nathaniel Foster (potter)
Nathaniel Foster (1781 – December 27, 1853) was a 19th-century American potter and merchant. Life and career Foster was born in Massachusetts in 1781. He moved north to coastal North Yarmouth, Maine (now Yarmouth), where he established a pottery business on Gooches' Lane (today's East Elm Street). In 1804, he married Rebecca Swasey, with whom he had twelve known children, including daughters Diantha Heald (in 1809) and Mary (1807). Mary died in 1823, aged fifteen or sixteen; Diantha died in 1852, aged 42 or 43. She married John Corliss, another potter, in 1831. The family lived at 14 Baptist Street (today's Church Street).Architectural Survey Yarmouth, ME (Phase One, September, 2018
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