History of Oneida Castle, (Oneida County) New York United States of America

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Theodosia Toll Foster, author, was born in Oneida Castle, N.Y., Feb. 15, 1838; daughter of Daniel D. and Ruth (Hills)Toll; granddaughter of Simon DeWitt and Susan (Cond?) Toll, and a descendant of Karl Hansen Toll of Norwegian descent, who came to America from Holland early in the 17th century and settled near Schenectady, N.Y. Her grandmother, Susan Cond?, was the granddaughter of Adam Cond?, known as "The Chevalier," a French Huguenot who fled to Holland on account of religious persecution, and later to America. She was graduated from the Oneida seminary in 1860, and became principal of the Home school for girls, Verona, N.Y. She was married to James Foster, who died in 1872. Of her two sons, James Henry became a professor in Wabash college and Edward Snow settled in Verona, N.Y. Both were educated at Hamilton. The titles of her books, most of which were published under the pen name "Faye Huntington," include: In Earnest (1867); Kittie Farnham's Letters (1868); Through Patience (1869); Allan Phillips (1872); Those Boys (1874); Mr. McKenzie's Answer (1875); Louise's Mistake (1875); Fred Roberts' Start in Life (1875); Mrs. Deane's Way (1875); Dr. Deane's Way (1877); Ripley Parsonage (1877); Echoing and Re-echoing (1878); Susie's Opinions (1883); Millerton People (1884); Competitive Workmen (1884); Transformed (1885); What Fide Remembers (1887); St. Paul's Problem (1889); A Modern Exodus (1891); A Baker's Dozen (1892); The Boynton Neighborhood (1895); and His First Charge (1897), all of which had a wide circulation.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Oneida Castle, (Oneida County) New York

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