City: Nashville
FOSTER, Wilbur Fisk, civil engineer; born Springfield, Mass., April 13, 1834; English descent; son of Dexter and Euphasia Maria (Allen) FOSTER; father, civil engineer; paternal grandparents Lewis and Hannah (Porter) FOSTER, maternal grandparents Diah and Lydia (Bush) ALLEN; educated in public schools of New England; graduated from High School, Springfield, Mass., 1851; began his early business career as one of an engineering party in the location of the M. & O. Railway, 1851-52; married Elizabeth NICHOL, of Nashville, Tenn., June 19, 1866; entered Confederate army May 1861, as private Company C, First Tennessee Regiment, C. S. A.; served four years, and at time of surrender held rank of Major of Engineers; 1884 to 1906, general contracting as member of firm of Foster & Creighton; City Engineer of Nashville, 1865 to 1884; now retired from active business and is Director in Foster-Creighton-Gould Company, Nashville Trust Company, Phillips & Buttorff Manufacturing Company and stockholder in various other companies; was charter member of Hermitage Club; has been member of University Club, Nashville, Tenn., member Presbyterian Church; has held highest rank in every Masonic Grand Body in Tennessee.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
