Robert E. Foster

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Robert E. Foster
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Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
from the Issaquena County district
In office
January 1912 – April 30, 1931
Preceded by
Succeeded byJ. C. Newman
Personal details
Born(1851-11-26)November 26, 1851
Copiah County, MS
DiedApril 30, 1931(1931-04-30) (aged 79)
Mississippi
Political partyDemocrat
ResidenceFitler, Mississippi

Robert Elisha Foster (November 26, 1851 - April 30, 1931) was a Democratic member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing Issaquena County, from 1912 to his death.

Biography[]

Robert Elisha Foster was born on November 26, 1851, in Linden, Copiah County, Mississippi.[1][2][3][4] He was the son of Milton Hunter Foster (c. 1823–1905), and his wife Hannah Elizabeth (Greenlee) Foster.[1][2][4]

Political career[]

From 1884 to 1910, Robert was a member and president of the Board of Supervisors of Issaquena County, Mississippi.[1][2][4] He was first elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing that county as a Democrat, on November 5, 1911.[1][2] He was re-elected in 1915.[1] He was also elected in 1919, 1923, and 1927, serving until his death.[5][6][7] Foster, while still a member of the House, died after a two-week illness on April 30, 1931 in Mississippi.[7][8][9] At 79 years old, he was the oldest serving member of the Legislature at the time of his death.[9] He was succeeded in the House by J. C. Newman.[7]

Personal life[]

He married Nannie E. Heath in 1877.[1][10] They had three children, Annie Eliza (Foster) Ellis (b. 1877), Robert Heath Foster (b. 1885), and Mary Lurline (Foster) Donald (b. 1887).[10][4] After Nannie's death, he married Louise Lee White in 1917.[4] He had at least two children with Louise: Nannie E. Foster and Louise Foster.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. p. 868.
  2. ^ a b c d History, Mississippi Department of Archives and (1912). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. p. 423.
  3. ^ Mississippi Official and Statistical Register. 1924. p. 221.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Rowland, Dunbar (1923). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. p. 246.
  5. ^ Mississippi Official and Statistical Register. 1924. p. 222.
  6. ^ Mississippi Legislature House of Representatives (1930). Journal. p. 5.
  7. ^ a b c Mississippi Legislature House of Representatives (1931). Journal. pp. 9, 123.
  8. ^ "Mississippi, Death Certificate Index, 1912-1943", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CL3N-PWPZ : 28 March 2020), Robert Foster, 1931.
  9. ^ a b "Clarion-Ledger from Jackson, Mississippi on May 2, 1931 · Page 9". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  10. ^ a b Wright, Anne Julia Mims (1911). A Record of the Descendants of Isaac Ross and Jean Brown: And the Allied Families of Alexander, Conger, Harris, Hill, King, Killingworth, Mackey, Moores, Sims, Wade, Etc. Consumers Stationery and Printing Company. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-598-43211-7.

External links[]

Mississippi House of Representatives
Preceded by
 Mississippi Representative from Issaquena County
1912–1931 		Succeeded by
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