NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11308 DAVIESS CO – JOHN LEE FOUST – Foust, Holland, Morrow, Deez, Conner, Thomas, Goodloe 11308 History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State. Volume III Illustrated. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago – Louisville, 1928. Daviess Co. John Lee Foust, one of the able educators of western Kentucky, is superintendent of the Owensboro public schools, with which he has been connected for nearly quarter of a century, and his work has been of great value to the city, He was born November 19, 1876, in Briensburg, Marshall county, this state, and is a son of William M. and Christiana (Holland) Foust, residents of Benton, Kentucky. The mother was born March 17, 1849, in Marshall county, and the father is a native of Montgomery county, Tennessee. He followed the occupation of farming for many years and is now enjoying a well earned rest. He is affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal church South, and casts his ballot for the candidates of the democratic party. His parents, Jacob and Eliza (Morrow) Foust, were lifelong residents of Montgomery county, Tennessee. His father devoted his energies to the cultivation of the soil and was owner of a fine plantation. He was an earnest member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church and his political views were in accord with the tenets of the democratic party. He was a son of Jacob Foust, an agriculturist, who migrated from North Carolina to Tennessee, settling in Montgomery county, and there spent the remainder of his life. The maternal grandparents, William C. and Pernicy (Deez) Holland, were natives of Marshall county, Kentucky, and always resided within its borders. Mr. Holland was a farmer and brought his land to a high state of development. He was a steward of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, and a stanch democrat in his political views. He was a personality in his community and was twice elected a member of the Kentucky legislature, also filling the office of justice of the peace. He was a son of Johnny Holland, who was born in North Carolina and passed away in Marshall county, Kentucky. He was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and gave his political support to the democratic party. John L. Foust received his rudimentary instruction in the common schools of his native county and for two years attended Benton Seminary. On the expiration of that period he entered the Southern Normal School at Bowling Green, Kentucky, from which he won the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1899, and this was followed by a course in bookkeeping and stenography at the Bowling Green Business College. Subsequently he was a student at the summer school of the University of Chicago, which in 1917 conferred upon him the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy in education, and he has also taken postgraduate work in the Teachers College of Columbia University in New York city. Mr. Foust made exceptionally thorough preparation for his chosen vocation and all of his educational training above the eighth grade has been acquired between school terms. He has taught school from five to nine months a year since August, 1896, and for six years engaged in teaching in the common schools of Marshall county. He was at the head of the commercial department of the Owensboro high school for eight years and then became its principal, acting in that capacity for eleven years. He assumed the duties of superintendent on the 1st day of August, 1921, and at that time exactly one-half of the teacher employed by the Owensboro board of education were his former pupils in high school. Mr. Foust has made many improvements in the curriculum and methods of instruction, bringing the schools of the city up to a high standard, and his work has been thoroughly satisfactory. On December 30, 1902, in Calvert City, Marshall county, Kentucky, was solemnized the marriage of John L. Foust and Georgia E. Conner, the latter a daughter of Samuel Wetherford and Geneva (Thomas) Conner, both natives o Gibson county, Tennessee. Mr. Conner was one of the gallant defenders of the Confederate cause and after the war followed the occupation of farming. He was a stalwart democrat and his religious views were in harmony with the doctrines of the Christian church. His demise occurred in McCracken county June 2, 1895, when he as fifty-five years of age, and his wife reached the thirty-ninth milestone on life’s journey, passing away March 25, 1881, in Livingston county, Kentucky. Mrs. Foust lost her mother when an infant and was reared by a maternal aunt, Mrs. Addie Goodloe, at that time a resident of Calvert City. In later life the latter made her home in Owensboro with Mr. and Mrs. Foust and her demise occurred in this city. Mrs. Foust was born December 9, 1880, near Smithland, in Livingston county, and attended the schools of that locality, continuing her studies in Marshall county. She is very active in the work of the Woodlawn Methodist Episcopal church, and teaches a class in the Sunday School. She belongs to the Woman’s Club and is serving on the board of directors of the Young Woman’s Christian Association of Owensboro. Mr. and Mrs. Foust have three children, a son and two daughters. W. Wayne, the eldest, was born October 19, 1803, and in 1921 was graduated from the local high school. In 1925 he received the Bachelor of Arts degree from the State University at Lexington, Kentucky, and is now teacher of science and athletic coach at the Daviess County high school in Owensboro. Geneva was born August 5, 1907, and completed her high school course in 1925. She then entered Randolph-Macon College at Lynchburg, Virginia, and is a member of the freshman class. Her sister, Ruth, was born February 24, 1913, and is a first year student in the Owensboro high school. Mr. Foust was county historian and aided in collecting data relative to the World war. He is a members of the state textbook commission and is president of the Owensboro Public Library and one of its directors, also serving on the directorates of the Young Men’s Christian Association and the Rotary Club of Owensboro. He is a member of the Investigators Club and one of the energetic workers of the Owensboro Chamber of Commerce. He is connected with the Knights of Pythias, belonging to Star Lodge, No. 19, of which he is past chancellor commander, and he enjoys the sports of hunting and fishing. He is chairman of the board of stewards of the Woodlawn Methodist Episcopal church, superintendent of the Sunday school and teacher of the men’s Bible class. Mr. Foust is a self-made man, deserving the highest praise for what he has accomplished, and his life has been one of intense activity and usefulness, guided and inspired by high ideals of service. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx