Randolph Sinks Foster

Randolph Sinks Foster (February 22, 1820 – May 1, 1903) was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1872.

Early life Foster was born on February 22, 1820, at Williamsburg, Ohio. He was the son of Israel Foster and Mary "Polly" Kain. His father was the youngest son of Nancy ( Trigg) Foster an dThomas Foster, an English emigrant to Virginia. His mother was the only daughter of Daniel Kain and Mary ( Hutchinson) Kain. Also "Christian Purity or the Heritage of Faith" in 1872

Personal life In 1840, Foster was married to Sarah Ann Miley (1821–1871). Together, they were the parents of:

Anna Florence Foster (1841–1868), who died unmarried. Tallmadge W. Foster (1849–1925), who married Minnie Pritchard. who married William Austin Tucker, in 1876. Eva Kilbreth Foster (1860–1940) He was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.

Descendants Through his daughter Elizabeth, he was a grandfather of Ethel ( Tucker) Bethune, Countess of Lindsay, who married Archibald Bethune, 13th Earl of Lindsay (parents of William Lindesay-Bethune, 14th Earl of Lindsay).