Biographical Sketch of Herschel Foster Leave a Comment / New Hampshire / May 14, 2011 Last Updated on August 27, 2012 by HERSCHEL FOSTER, clergyman at Fairlee, Vt., born in 1801, is son of Lemuel and Chloe Powers Foster, and on the mother’s side grandson of Ezekiel Powers. Surnames:Foster, Topics:Biography, Locations:Croydon New Hampshire, Sullivan County NH,Collection:Partridge, Dennis N. Croydon New Hampshire Genealogy.