Attorney; elected official; judge. Born– May 9, 1863, Tuscaloosa County. Parents– Joshua Hill and Frances (Bacon) Foster. Married– Jennie Hester, July 24, 1895.  Children–four.  Education– University of Alabama, B.A., 1882; LL.B., 1884. Admitted to the Alabama Bar, 1884. Taught school in Gadsden, 1882-1883; practiced law in Tuscaloosa, 1884-86; Elected County Solicitor, 1886-1890, 1901-03; mayor of Tuscaloosa, 1890-1894; served in the Alabama House of Representatives, 1898-1902;  judge of the 6th Judicial Circuit, 1903-1923; appointed Appeals Court judge in 1923. Served as a major with Second Alabama Regiment, Alabama Volunteers, in the Spanish American War, 1898. Died November 11, 1939.

Source:

Lambert, Alton.  History of  Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. Centre, Alabama, 1979. Volume 3, page 21.

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History of Tuscaloosa County Baptist Association, 1834-1934; a Record of the Development of Baptist Interest in the Bounds of the Association, Containing Other Information of Concern to All Baptists…. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Weatherford Printing Co., 1934.