Robert E. Foster
Robert E. Foster | |
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 Portrait of Foster, c. 1917 | |
| Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the Issaquena County district | |
| In office January 1912 – April 30, 1931 | |
| Preceded by | Livingston Peyton |
| Succeeded by | J. C. Newman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Robert Elisha Foster November 26, 1851 Linden, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Died | April 30, 1931 (aged 79) Brandon, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]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 Brandon, 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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Mississippi Official and Statistical Register. 1924. p. 221.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Mississippi Official and Statistical Register. 1924. p. 222.
- ^ Mississippi Legislature House of Representatives (1930). Journal. p. 5.
- ^ a b c Mississippi Legislature House of Representatives (1931). Journal. pp. 9, 123.
- ^ "Mississippi, Death Certificate Index, 1912-1943", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CL3N-PWPZ : 28 March 2020), Robert Foster, 1931.
- ^ a b "Clarion-Ledger from Jackson, Mississippi on May 2, 1931 · Page 9". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
- ^ 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.