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J. P. Giraud Foster

Lawyer

Centurion, 1859–1860s

Full Name Jacob Post Giraud Foster

Born 8 April 1827 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Died 26 February 1886 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Buried Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York

Proposed by Joseph Peabody

Elected 1 October 1859 at age thirty-two

Archivist’s Note: He likely resigned or was dropped from the rolls between 1860 and 1864.