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JOHN FOOS, manufacturer and capitalist, Springfield; was born in Madison Co., Ohio, in 1826; came to Springfield
in 1848 and became connected with the mercantile interest of the place; in 1861, he purchased the Barnett oil mill,
and, soon after, the Steel, Lehman & Co. Mill, and has since been a large dealer in seed and oil. During the
war period, he was engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods, being then connected with the woolen mill, since
discontinued. In 1870, he became connected with P. P. Mast, the firm now being Mast, Foos & Co.; in 1876, he
took hold of the St. John Sewing Machine Factory, which, up to that time, had had a rather doubtful existence of
about one year. Under his control and management, the business has grown to large proportions; further notice of
this manufactory will be found elsewhere in this work. It will be seen Mr. Foos has been an important factor in
the successful development of several important interests of the city, and is now one of its leading business men.
He married, in 1856, Samantha Marks; from this union they have five children.
From:
History of Clark County, Ohio
W. H. Beers & Co.
Chicago 1881
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