[p. 478] proprietor of the well-known Foreman stock farm of Pulaski Township, is a well-known citizen of that community and one of its most sucessful business men. He was born in West Middlesex, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, March 24, 1843, and is a son of Rev. John D. and Mary (Calhoun) Foreman, the former a native of Washington County, Pennsylvania, and the latter of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.
George Foreman, grandfather of James S. Foreman, was born in Maryland, and at a very early date settled in the woods of Pulaski Township, Lawrence County, locating on the farm now owned by James S. Foreman.
Rev. John D. Foreman was a well-known minister of the Congregational faith in the middle of the nineteenth century, having charges in Pulaski Township, Lawrence County, and in Mercer County, Pennsylvania. He later moved to Wood County, Ohio, where his ministerial work was continued many years. For more than thirty-five years he was active in the ministry, and exerted a wholesome power for good in the various communities in which he was located. His death occurred in the early seventies. He married Mary Calhoun, and of the children born to them, three are now living, namely: Margaret C. of Fostoria, Ohio; John, of Findlay, Ohio, and James S., of this sketch.
James S. Foreman was reared until his ninth year in West Middlesex, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, and thereafter at Fostoria, Ohio, whither his parents had moved. He was educated in the public schools of Wood County, Ohio, after which he turned his attention to agricultural pursuits. He, in 1877, returned to Pennsylvania, and settled on his present farm, being of the third generation of the family living thereon. It is located one mile from the village of Pulaski, and consists of 210 acres of valuable and well improved land, thoroughly equipped with good substantial buildings, including a commodious residence. He raises horses and cattle extensively, and in years past gave considerable attention to sheep raising and wool growing. In connection with the stock business, he follows general farming, and is also a practicing veterinary surgeon. He is a wide-awake business man, of unusual energy and keen business perception, and the success which has come to him is solely the result of his own work and good management.
Mr. Foreman and his wife became the parents of the following children: George E., John D., Jessie M., Mary J., Nellie, and James S., Jr. The two oldest sons are members of New Wilmington Lodge, I.O.O.F., and Knights of the Maccabees at Pulaski. Politically, James S. Foreman is a Republican, and takes an earnest interest in his party's success.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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