From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (main entry)

William H. Fouse was the first African American graduate of Otterbein College in Ohio. He served as principal of William Grant High School in Covington, KY, Russell School in Lexington, KY, and  the first principal of old Dunbar High School as well as the supervisor of African American schools in Lexington. He also developed the Bluegrass Oratorical Association and the Bluegrass Athletic Association.

William Fouse was married to Elizabeth R. Fouse.

For more see Fouse Family Papers in ExploreUK;  Who's Who of the Colored Race. A general biographical dictionary of men and women of African descent, vol. 1, edited by F. L. Mather; and  the three files labeled "Fouse Papers (W. H. Fouse)" in the Fayette County section of Box 7 of the Kentucky Education Collection, Series I.