Eugene was born in 1858. He is the son of George Edmund and Marcia (Noble) Foss. He passed away in 1939.
From History of the Descendants of John Whitman, Pg. 456:
6547. Phebe Rebecca Chamberlain (8), b. Madison, Me., Feb. 17, 1836; m. Oct. 24,1852, Benjamin F. Sturtevant, b. Jan.18, 1832; is the inventor of the steam-pegging machine and circular veneer-cutter, and the patentee and manufacturer of the Sturtevant Blower Heater and Engine; residence, Jamaica Plain, Mass.; 3 c.
6548. Ella Frances Sturtevant (9), b. July 8, 1854; m. June 28, 1879, William Vail Kellen, b. July 3, 1852; a lawyer, practicing his profession in Boston; residence, Jamaica Plain, Mass.; 4 c.
6549. Charles Sturtevant Kellen (10), March 8, 1880; d. Jan. 28, 1884.
6550. Ruth Kellen (10), b. Aug. 27, 1881.
6550a. Hope Kellen (10), b. Dec 12, 1884.
6550b. Grace Kellen (10), b. Nov. 11, 1885.
6551. Charles Franklin Sturtevant (9), b. Sept. 20, 1858; d. Dec. 8, 1878.
6552. Lilla Rollins Sturtevant (9), b. Nov. 4, 1860; m. June 12, 1884, Eugene Noble Foss, b. Sept. 24, 1858; the general manager of the Sturtevant works at Jamaica Plain; 1 c.
6552a. Benjamin Sturtevant Foss (10), b. Oct. 9, 1886.
Death Notice
BOSTON, Sept. 13 (AP)--Eugene Noble Foss, three times Governor of Massachusetts[1], former Congressman and prominent manufacturer, died today of a heart attack at his home here in the Jamaica Plain section. He was 80 years old. [New York Times, September 14, 1939, Page 31]
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History of the Descendants of John Whitman of Weymouth, Massachusetts, by Charles H. Farnum, A. M., Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, New Haven, Conn., 1889. Eugene Foss is the husband of Lilla Rollins Stutevant, the daughter of Phebe Rebecca (Chamberlain) Sturtevant, Record #6547, Pg. 456[2]
1900 US Census: Cohasset, Norfolk County, MA, 23 Jun 1900, Enumeration District 1029, Sheet 26A[3]
Find A Grave: Memorial #7496507; Eugene Noble Foss, Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain MA, Plot:Section 15
↑ Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls; Page: 26; Enumeration District: 1029; FHL microfilm: 1240669
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