Robert E. Foster

Robert E. Foster
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 (1851-11-26)November 26, 1851 Linden, Mississippi, U.S.
Died	April 30, 1931(1931-04-30) (aged 79) Brandon, Mississippi, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouses	Nannie Elizabeth Heath ​ ​ (m. 1877; died 1913)​ Louise Lee White ​ (m. 1917)​

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 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

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. Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. p. 868.
2. 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. 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. 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. "Clarion-Ledger from Jackson, Mississippi on May 2, 1931 · Page 9". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
10. 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

• Robert Elisha Foster at Find a Grave

Mississippi House of Representatives
Preceded by Livingston Peyton	Mississippi Representative from Issaquena County 1912–1931	Succeeded by J. C. Newman