John the Apostle John the Apostle John the Apostle ( ; ; Koine Greek: Ἰωάννης; ; Latin: "Ioannes"; ) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament, which refers to him as Ἰωάννης. Generally listed as the youngest apostle, he was the son of Zebedee and Salome or Joanna. His brother was James, who was another of the Twelve Apostles. The Church Fathers identify him as John the Evangelist, John of Patmos, John the Elder and the Beloved Disciple, and testify that he outlived the remaining apostles and that he was the only one to die of natural
Rebecca Salome Foster Salome (Lomie) Elliott (1865), Marie Louise (1867), Jeanette Jennie (1873), and John (Johnnie) Armstong (1873). Rebecca's husband John Foster was a prominent lawyer and Republican politician in New York but eventually succumbed to alcoholism, abandoning his family two years before he died in 1890. Rebecca supported herself and her family from the remuneration received as a city missionary. From the time of her abandonment on she wore black mourning clothes in public. Rebecca Salome Foster was one of at least 14 people who died in the Park Avenue Hotel fire on February 22, 1902. Her role as the somewhat anonymous