He learned the printing business with John T. Hansche; published several newspapers, among which were the Workingmen's Advocate, in support of the ten-hour system and other reforms, and The Experiment, the first daily penny paper issued in Baltimore (1834) ; removed to Shippensburg, Pa., in 1836, to publish a paper there; removed to Circleville, Ohio, in 1838, to print the "Religious Telescope" for the United Brethren Church; removed to Harrisburg in 1840, and to Shiremanstown, Pa., 1841, to conduct the "Gospel Publisher," organ of the Church of God, by which denomination he was licensed as a minister of the gospel, and preached frequently on circuits and as a missionary in both the English and German languages during his life.
On July 3, 1831, he married Gertrude Dorothea Koehler, who was born March 20, 1807, in Germany, and came to America when she was eleven years old.
Edward Francis Foster, First Lieutenant Quartermaster, Maryland Volunteers, Purnell Legion, on Dec. 13, 1864, at Baltimore, Md.
Foster died in Philadelphia, Pa., July 14, 1910; buried in Robertson family lot, "Rose Plill," Loudon Park, Baltimore) ; (6) Emma Catherine, who married Dr. Charles E. Quail; (7) Ploward Washington, who died young; and (8) Ploward Burritt, who married Alice M. Uppercue and (second) Lelia Kratts, of Baltimore.
One of the testimonies in the book was written by "Church of God" (commonly called "Winebrennerians") founder John Winebrenner.