Mays Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameFrances Stevens FOSTER 
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926Birth Dateabt 17 Jul 1884175
Death Date19 Aug 1944175
Burial PlaceOak Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent Co., MI, USA
FatherWilder D FOSTER
MotherFanny L [FOSTER]
Misc. Notes
Source #197 indicates John and Frances were married 1 Oct 1885 when Frances was only 12 years old?? Per her headstone photo she is 34 years younger than her husband.3
Her headstone inscription reads, “Wife of John Patton Mother of John, Francis, Antes, Philip”175
Her headstone inscription reads, “Wife of John Patton Mother of John, Francis, Antes, Philip”175
Spouses
Birth PlaceCurwensville, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Death PlaceGrand Rapids, Kent Co., MI, USA
EducationPhillips Academy, Andover, MA; Yale College, 1875; Columbia College Law Dept., New York City, 1877 929
OccupationLawyer, Banker, U.S. Senator 861
FatherCongressman John PATTON Jr. (1823-1897)
MotherCatherine M ENNIS (1827-1855)
Misc. Notes
A U.S. Senator from Michigan; prepared for college at *Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass.; graduated from Yale College in 1875 where he was a member of Skull & Bones† also in 1875, and graduated from the law department of Columbia College, New York City, in 1877.
Mr. Patton moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1878 and admitted to the bar the same year where he commenced the practice of law. From 1884-1886 he was a member of the Republican state central committee, and gained prominence as an orator in national and state campaigns. He was president of the Michigan state Republican league, 1890 and 1891.
Patton was appointed as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Francis B. Stockbridge and served from May 5, 1894, to January 14, 1895. At a meeting of the legislature, Mr. Patton was an unsuccessful candidate to fill the vacancy when Julius C. Burrows was selected for the remainder of the unexpired term.
John Patton Jr. later was vice president of the People’s Savings Bank of Grand Rapids, Michigan; member and later president of the Board of Library Commissioners of Grand Rapids from September 1903 until his death in that city.861,926
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With Gens. Alger and Wuthington, is a member of the Blair Statue Commission for the state of Michigan [in 1898].884
Middle initial from this source.930
*Phillips Academy is the same school that Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush attended. The prep school is one of the oldest incorporated boarding schools in the United States.931
†Skull and Bones is probably the best known college secret society in America at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Reported members include Presidents Howard Taft, George H. W. Bush and his son George W. Bush, Senator John Kerry and Frederick W. Smith, the founder of Fedex. Time Magazine has reported “Conspiracy theories about the Skull & Bones Society are almost as old as the society itself.”932
Mr. Patton moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1878 and admitted to the bar the same year where he commenced the practice of law. From 1884-1886 he was a member of the Republican state central committee, and gained prominence as an orator in national and state campaigns. He was president of the Michigan state Republican league, 1890 and 1891.
Patton was appointed as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Francis B. Stockbridge and served from May 5, 1894, to January 14, 1895. At a meeting of the legislature, Mr. Patton was an unsuccessful candidate to fill the vacancy when Julius C. Burrows was selected for the remainder of the unexpired term.
John Patton Jr. later was vice president of the People’s Savings Bank of Grand Rapids, Michigan; member and later president of the Board of Library Commissioners of Grand Rapids from September 1903 until his death in that city.861,926
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With Gens. Alger and Wuthington, is a member of the Blair Statue Commission for the state of Michigan [in 1898].884
Middle initial from this source.930
*Phillips Academy is the same school that Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush attended. The prep school is one of the oldest incorporated boarding schools in the United States.931
†Skull and Bones is probably the best known college secret society in America at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Reported members include Presidents Howard Taft, George H. W. Bush and his son George W. Bush, Senator John Kerry and Frederick W. Smith, the founder of Fedex. Time Magazine has reported “Conspiracy theories about the Skull & Bones Society are almost as old as the society itself.”932
Family ID910
Marr Date1 Oct 933