1857
W. J. Foust
Candidate - Hopewell Presbytery
"... W. J. Foust ... came forward and upon a relation of their experimental acquaintance with religion and internal call to the ministry and they being in communion of the church were received under the care of Presbytery and a text assigned them."
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, Oct. 1857, page 240]

"The following are the texts assigned the candidates from which to prepare discourses to read at the next meeting of Presbytery ... W. J. Foust Matthew 5c 8v."
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, Oct. 1857, page 243]

1858
W. J. Foust
Hopewell Presbytery
Candidate absent
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, April 1858, page 249]

1858
W. A Foust [sic]
Hopewell Presbytery
Candidate present
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, Sept. 1858, page 265]

"On motion W. J. Foust a candidate for the ministry was called upon to read a discourse from texts assigned him thereupon he read his discourse."
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, Sept. 1858, page 267]

"On motion the discourse read by Brother Foust was taken up and were sustained as parts of trial and another text assigned him from Romans 5th c 1st verse."
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, Sept. 1858, page 270]

1859
W. J. Foust
Hopewell Presbytery
Candidate present
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, April 9, 1859, page 278]

"... W. J. Foust ... being called upon read discourses from texts previously assigned them which was sustained as popular preparatory to licensure."
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, April 9, 1859, page 278]

"We recommend that ... W. J. Foust ... be licensed to preach the gospel ..."
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, April 9, 1859, page 281]

Licensed by Hopewell Presbytery
"At Dyersburg Dyer County, Tenn. April 9th 1859 the Presbytery of Hopewell having received testimonials in favor of ... W. J. Foust ... of their good moral character of their being in communion of the Church proceeded to take the usual party of trial for thus licensure and they having given satisfaction as to thus __________ to _______ as to their experimental acquaintance with religion as to their internal call to the ministry and as to their proficiency in divinity the Presbytery did and do hereby _______ their approbation of all those party of trial, and they having adopted the Confession of Faith of this church and satisfactorily answered the questions appointed to be put to candidates to be Licensed Presbytery did and do hereby license the said ... W. J. Foust ... to preach the gospel of Christ as probationers for the holy Ministry within the Bounds of this Presbytery or wherever God in his providence may cast his lot."
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, April 9, 1859, page 281]

"We therefore recommend that ... supply the ... and Bro. Foust the Dyer circuit until your next fall meeting."
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, April 9, 1859, page 285]

1859
W. J. Foust
Hopewell Presbytery
Licentiate present
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, Sept. 30, 1859, page 288

"The Committee on Examination of Licentiates and Candidates reported that they had had before them Bros. Foust ... , and that Foust ... stood a respectable examination on English grammar Nat Philosophy and Astronomy the whole class in Theology gave promise ministerial efficiency."
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, Sept. 30, page 289]

"Bro Foust our missionary on the Dyer circuit made his report which was received."
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, Sept. 30, page 289]

1860
W. J. Foust
Hopewell Presbytery
Licentiate present
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, March 30, 1860, page 296]

1860
W. J. Foust
Hopewell Presbytery
Licentiate absent
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, October 1860, page 302]

1861
Foust
Hopewell Presbytery
Licentiate absent
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, March 1861, page 312]

1861
W. J. Foust
Hopewell Presbytery
Licentiate absent
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, October 4, 1861, page 325]

1862
Foust
Hopewell Presbytery
Licentiate absent
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, March 21, 1862, page 333]

1862
W. J. Foust
Hopewell Presbytery
Licentiate absent
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, October 3, 1862, page 339]

1863
W. J. Foust
Hopewell Presbytery
Licentiate absent
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, April 10, 1863, page 345]

1863
W .J. Foust
Hopewell Presbytery
Licentiate absent
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, Oct. 1863, page 1]

1864
W. J. Foust
Hopewell Presbytery
Licentiate absent
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, April 8, 1864, page 9]

1864
W. J. Foust
Hopewell Presbytery
Licentiate absent
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, Sept. 30, 1864, page 13]

1865
W. J. Foust
Hopewell Presbytery
Licentiate absent
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, April 1865, page 18]

1865
W. J. Foust
Hopewell Presbytery
Licentiate absent
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, Sept. 1865, page 24]

1866
Not in list
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, March 30, 1865]

1866
W. J. Foust
Hopewell Presbytery
Licentiate present
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, Oct. 5, 1866, page 47]

"Your Committee on Theology and Literature... would recommend Bro. W.J. Foust ... for ordination."
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, Oct. 6, page 49]

10:00 a.m., Sunday Morning, Oct. 7, 1866
Bro. J. W. [sic] Foust ordained by Hopewell Presbytery
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, Oct. 7, 1866, page 53]

1867
W. J. Foust
Hopewell Presbytery
Minister absent
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, April 1867, page 56]

1867
W. J. Foust
Hopewell Presbytery
Minister present
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, Oct. 1867, page 66]

1868
W. J. Foust
Hopewell Presbytery
Minister present
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, April 3, 1868, page 81]

Served on Committee on State of Religion and Statistics
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, April 3, 1868, page 84]

"the congregations of New Salem and Bethlehem ask for the services of Bro. W. J. Foust one fourth of his time each during the ensuing year.
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, April 4, 1868, page 88]

"On Motion Revds. ... and W. J. Foust were appointed a committee to examine certain colored Brethren as to their experimental acquaintance with religion and internal call to the work of the ministry also as to their knowledge of literature & theology."
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, April 4, 1868, page 90]

1868
W. J. Faust - Dresden, Tennessee
Minister - Hopewell Presbytery
West Tennessee Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1868, p. 103]

1868
W. J. Foust
Hopewell Presbytery
Minister present
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, Oct. 2, 1868, page 94]

"Presbytery proceeded to the election of officers whereupon ... was chosen ... W. J. Foust Clerk."
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, Oct. 2, 1868, page 95]

1869
W. J. Foust
Hopewell Presbytery
Minister absent
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, April 2, 1869, page 109]

1869
W. J. Faust - Gleeson Station, Tennessee
Minister
Hopewell Presbytery
West Tennessee Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1869, p. 80]

1869
W. J. Foust
Hopewell Presbytery
Minister present
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, Oct. 1, 1869, page 126]

1870
W. J. Foust
Minister absent
Hopewell Presbytery
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, April 1, 1870, page 138]

"Rev. A. E. Cooper submitted the following preamble and resolution which were adopted. Whereas reliable information has been communicated to members of this Presbytery, that Bro. W. J. Foust an ordained minister of Hopewell Presbytery has been guilty of unministerial and unchristian conduct - which demands immediate action upon the part of this Presbytery, therefore Resolved that Bros. H. C. Johnson T. B. M. Dunlap - H. R. Reed and Elders J. M. Gilbert A. P. Hall and are hereby appointed a special Committee to see and notify said Bro. Foust of said rumors and have a free and candid conversation with said Bro in reference to his guilt or innocency and report to this session of Presbytery together with a suitable resolution for the adoption of this Presbytery."
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, April 2, 1870, page 143]

"On Motion of Rev. H. C. Johnson the Presbytery went into interlocutory session. The special Committee appointed to confer with Rev. W. J. Foust submitted their report and Rev. A. E. Cooper made a motion to adopt the recommendation of said report but while the motion was pending Rev. M. Liles moved to lay the whole subject on the table until Monday morning 9 oclock which prevailed."
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, April 2, 1870, page 145]

"On Motion Presbytery resumed business in interlocutory session. On Motion the business set apart for 9 oclock this morning was taken from the table. Rev. W. H. McLesky to amend the recommendation of the report by striking out suspend and inserting the word deposed in ___ thereof which prevailed. The following resolution was then unanimously adopted. Resolved by this Presbytery that the Rev. W. J. Foust be and is hereby deposed from all the functions of the gospel ministry until such time as he shall in the mind of this Presbytery be restored to the confidence of the church and the community."
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, April 3, 1870, pages 146-147]

1874
"The following preamble and resolution were unanimously adopted.
Whereas W. J. Foust being desirous to unite with the Church at this place. And whereas there are several members of this congregation in good standing who object to his uniting with the Church at this place. Be it resolved by this session therefore, that we as individuals sympathize with said Foust; yet we believe it to be our duties as officers of the Church to reject him. Resolved further that the above be spread upon the minutes of this meeting and a copy of the same be furnished W. J. Foust by the secretary."
[Source: Session Records of Mt. Zion Cumberland Presbyterian Church, January 17, 1874]

1876
"The following Preamble and Resolutions were read which was on motion unanimously adopted by a rising vote (Elder Z. Childers at his own request being excused from voting). Whereas W. J. Foust once an ordained minister in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and a member of this the Hopewell Presbytery but for unchristian conduct was some eight years ago deposed from all the functions of a gospel minister and was for the same offense excommunicated from all the privileges of the Church and Whereas he W. J. Foust did submit without a mummer to the penalty inflicted confessing that he deserved nothing better But Whereas he by a life of reform has brought forth first mite for repentance to the satisfaction of our brethren in the community where he lives and the church there having restored him to the communion and fellowship of the church and whereas he gives evidence of future usefulness as a minister and Whereas he still feels that God is calling him to preach the Gospel and Whereas Bro. W. J. Foust prays your reverend body that he be restored to the functions of a gospel minister and Whereas it is the sense of this Presbytery that it is human to err but divine to forgive Therefore Resolved that Bro. W. J. Foust be and is hereby restored to all the functions of a gospel minister and to membership in this Presbytery. Presbytery then engaged in devout prayer to Almighty God. On Motion Clerk of Sessions were ordered to notify their congregations of the above resolution and that the same be sent by the Stated Clerk to the Cumberland Presbyterian for publication and a copy to Bro. W. J. Foust."
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, Sept. 25, 1876, pages 325-326]

1877
W. J. Foust
Hopewell Presbytery
Minister present
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, March 24, 1877, page 333]

1877
W. J. Foust - Glesson, Tennessee
Minister - Hopewell Presbytery
West Tennessee Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1877, p. 83]

1877
W. J. Foust
Hopewell Presbytery
Minister present
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, Sept. 22, 1877, page 347]

1878
W. J. Foust
Hopewell Presbytery
Minister absent
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, March 23, 1878, page 360]

1878
W. J. Foust - Glesson, Tennessee
Minister
Hopewell Presbytery
West Tennessee Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1878, p. 91]

1878
W. J. Foust
Hopewell Presbytery
Minister absent
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, Sept. 21, 1878, page 369]

1879
W. J. Foust
Hopewell Presbytery
Minister absent
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, March 22, 1879, page 1]

1879
W. J. Foust - Glesson, Tennessee
Minister - Hopewell Presbytery
West Tennessee Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1879, p. 86]

1879
W. J. Foust
Hopewell Presbytery
Minister present
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, Sept. 27, 1879, page 14]

1880
W. J. Foust
Hopewell Presbytery
Minister absent
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, March 27, 1880, page 32]

1880
W. J. Foust - Glesson, Tennessee
Minister - Hopewell Presbytery
West Tennessee Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1880, p. 113]

1880
W. J. Foust
Hopewell Presbytery
Minister present
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, Sept. 25, 1880, page 45]

"Rev. W.J. Foust was called to assist the Stated Clerk."
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, printed, Sept. 25, 1880l page 4]

1881
W. J. Foust
Hopewell Presbytery
Minister present
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, March 26, 1881, page 3]

1881
W. J. Foust - Glesson, Tennessee
Minister - Hopewell Presbytery
West Tennessee Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1881, p. 85]

1881
W. J. Foust
Hopewell Presbytery
Minister present
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, Sept. 24, 1881, page 3]

1882
W. J. Foust
Hopewell Presbytery
Minister present
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, March 25, 1882, page 1]

1882
W. J. Foust - Glesson, Tennessee
Minister- Hopewell Presbytery
West Tennessee Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1882, p. 115]

1882
W. J. Foust
Hopewell Presbytery
Minister present
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, Oct. 7, 1882, page 1]

1883
W. J. Foust
Hopewell Presbytery
Minister absent
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, March 24, 1883, page 1]

1883
W. J. Foust - Glesson, Tennessee
Minister- Hopewell Presbytery
West Tennessee Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1883, p. 124]

1883
W. J. Foust
Hopewell Presbytery
Minister absent
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, Oct. 13, 1883, page 1]

1884
W. J. Foust
Hopewell Presbytery
Minister absent
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, March 22, 1884, page 1]

1884
W. J. Foust - ______, Tennessee
Minister - Hopewell Presbytery
West Tennessee Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1884, p. 113]

1884
W. J. Foust
Hopewell Presbytery
Minister absent
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, Oct. 11, 1884, page 1]

1885
W. J. Foust
Hopewell Presbytery
Minister absent
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, March 21, 1885, page 1]

"At their request letters of dismission and recommendation were granted Rev. W. J. Foust..."
[Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, March 21, 1885, page 3]

1885
Not listed in General Assembly minutes.

1886
Not listed in General Assembly minutes.

1887
W. J. Foust - Cabin Creek, Arkansas
Minister - Ewing Presbytery
Arkansas Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1887, p. 152]

1888
W. J. Foust - Lamar, Arkansas
Minister - Ewing Presbytery
Arkansas Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1888, p. 164]

1889
W. J. Foust - Lamar, Arkansas
Minister - Ewing Presbytery
Arkansas Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1889, p. 173]

1890
W. J. Foust - Lamar, Arkansas
Minister - Ewing Presbytery
Arkansas Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1890, p. 119]

1891
W. J. Foust - Lamar, Arkansas
Minister - Ewing Presbytery
Arkansas Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1891, p. 134]

1891
June 1891
Received Master of Arts degree from Bethel College, McKenzie, Tennessee.

1892
W. J. Foust - Lamar, Arkansas
Minister - Ewing Presbytery
Arkansas Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1892, p. 141]

1893
W. J. Foust - Lamar, Arkansas
Minister - Ewing Presbytery
Arkansas Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1893, p. 143]

pastor - Atkins Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Atkins, Pope County, Arkansas
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1893, p. 184]

1894
W. J. Foust - Lamar, Arkansas
Minister - Ewing Presbytery
Arkansas Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1894, p. 158]

1895
W. J. Foust - Lamar, Arkansas
Minister - Ewing Presbytery
Arkansas Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1895, p. 164]

1896
W. J. Foust - Lamar, Arkansas
Minister - Ewing Presbytery
Arkansas Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1896, p. 151]

W. J. Faust
May 21-29, 1896
Commissioner to General Assembly - Birmingham, Alabama
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1896, p. 5]

W. J. Foust - Served on Committee on Ministerial Relief
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1896, p. 11]

1897
No report from Ewing Presbytery in General Assembly Minutes

1898
W. J. Foust - Lamar, Arkansas
Minister - Fort Smith Presbytery
Arkansas Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1898, p. 285]

1899
W. J. Foust - Lamar, Arkansas
Minister - Fort Smith Presbytery
Arkansas Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1899, page 190a]

1900
W. J. Foust - Lamar, Arkansas
Minister and Teacher - Fort Smith Presbytery
Arkansas Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1900, page 204a]

pastor - Lone Pine Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Johnson County, Arkansas
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1900, page 92a]

1901
W. J. Foust - Lamar, Arkansas
Minister and Teacher - Fort Smith Presbytery
Arkansas Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1901, page 262a]

pastor - Lone Pine Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Johnson County, Arkansas
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1901, page 119a]

1902
W. J. Faust - Lamar, Arkansas
Minister - Arkansas Presbytery
Arkansas Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1902, page 211a]

pastor-- Lamar Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Lamar, Johnson County, Arkansas
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1902, page 107a]

1903
W. J. Faust - Lamar, Arkansas
Minister and Teacher - Fort Smith Presbytery
Arkansas Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1903, p. 203a]

pastor - Lamar Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Lamar, Johnson County, Arkansas
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1903, page 94a]

1904
W. J. Faust - Lamar, Arkansas
Minister and Teacher - Fort Smith Presbytery
Arkansas Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1904, page 183a]

1905
W. J. Faust - Lamar, Arkansas
Minister and Teacher - Fort Smith Presbytery
Arkansas Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1905, page 162a]

1906
W. J. Faust - Lamar, Arkansas
Minister and Teacher - Fort Smith Presbytery
Arkansas Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1906, page 151a]

PCUSA

1907
W. J. Faust - Lamar, Arkansas
Minister and Teacher - Fort Smith Presbytery - Arkansas Synod
stated supply-- Lone Pine Presbyterian Church - Lone Pine, Johnson County, Arkansas
[Source: PCUSA General Assembly Minutes 1907, page 464]

1908
W. J. Faust - Lamar, Arkansas
Minister and Teacher - Fort Smith Presbytery - Arkansas Synod
[Source: PCUSA GA Minutes 1908, page 461]

1909
W. J. Faust - Lamar, Arkansas
Minister and Teacher - Fort Smith Presbytery - Arkansas Synod
[Source: PCUSA GA Minutes 1909, page 460]

1910
W. J. Faust - Lamar, Arkansas
Minister and Teacher - Fort Smith Presbytery - Arkansas Synod
[Source: PCUSA GA Minutes 1910, page 460]

1911
W. J. Faust - Lamar, Arkansas
Minister and Teacher - Fort Smith Presbytery - Arkansas Synod
[Source: PCUSA GA Minutes 1911, page 458]

1912
W. J. Faust - Lamar, Arkansas
Minister - Fort Smith Presbytery - Arkansas Synod
[Source: PCUSA GA Minutes 1912, page 459]

1913
W. J. Faust - Lamar, Arkansas
Minister - Fort Smith Presbytery - Arkansas Synod
[Source: PCUSA GA Minutes 1913, page 462]

1914
W. J. Faust - Lamar, Arkansas
Minister Honorably Retired - Fort Smith Presbytery - Arkansas Synod
[Source: PCUSA GA Minutes 1914, page 462]

1915
W. J. Faust - Lamar, Arkansas
Minister Honorably Retired - Fort Smith Presbytery - Arkansas Synod
[Source: PCUSA GA Minutes 1915, page 462]

1916
W. J. Faust - Lamar, Arkansas
Minister Honorably Retired - Fort Smith Presbytery - Arkansas Synod
[Source: PCUSA GA Minutes 1916, page 461]

1917
W. J. Faust - Lamar, Arkansas
Minister Honorably Retired - Fort Smith Presbytery - Arkansas Synod
[source: PCUSA GA Minutes 1917, page 461]

1918
Name: W. J. Faust
Occupation: Minister Honorably Retired
Presbytery: Fort Smith
Place of Death: Lamar, Johnson County, Arkansas
Date: Oct. 20, [sic] 1917
Age: 76
[source: PCUSA GA Minutes, Ministerial Necrology, 1918, page 285]

The Church of God as Indicated Through the Bible. With Notes and Remarks. By W. J. Faust. Nashville, Tennessee: Cumberland Presbyterian Publishing House, 1891. [have one copy, second copy needed for archives]

Analytic Articles on Baptism, The Ritual and Doctrinal Unity of the Bible, and the Constitutional Identity of the Church Trhough All the Ages, Etc.. By Prof. W. J. Faust. Nashville, Tennessee: Printed for the Author, 1893. [have 1 copy, second copy needed for archives]

A Thesis on the Study of the Classics. By Rev. W. J. Faust, A.M., 1894. [two copies in the Historical Library and Archives of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church]