James, son of Zebedee James, son of Zebedee James, son of Zebedee (Hebrew: , "Yaʿqob"; Greek: Ἰάκωβος; ; died 44 AD) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, traditionally considered the first apostle to be martyred. The son of Zebedee and Salome is James, styled "the Greater", to distinguish him from the Apostle James "the Less", with greater meaning older or taller, rather than more important. He was the brother of John the beloved disciple. James is described as one of the first disciples to join Jesus. The Synoptic Gospels state that James and John were with their father by the seashore when
Rebecca Salome Foster Rebecca Salome Foster Rebecca Salome Elliott Foster (October 24, 1848 - February 22, 1902) was a missionary/prison relief worker known as the "Tombs Angel" because she attended to criminals incarcerated at The New York Halls of Justice and House of Detention (otherwise known as "The Tombs"). Rebecca Salome Elliott was born October 24, 1848, in Alabama, the daughter of John Howard Elliott and Margaret Adele Blue. She married Union Civil War General John Armstrong Foster on February 28th, 1865. US President Abraham Lincoln attended their wedding since Foster was a member of the presidential cabinet. The Fosters had four children: