Robert E. Foster
Looking for any info on Robert E. Foster. He has a marker in Rocky Mount Presbyterian Cemetery in Bossier Parish Louisiana with inscription on it indicating he served in Company H, 11th Arkansas Cavalry , CSA. No dates on the stone. More like a memorial marker. Howvever, his 2nd wife, Julia A. Bounds is buried there with a stone. "Wife of R.E. Foster" and dates of her birth and death.
Robert was previously married to Rachel Nelson and had 8 kids by her:
Mattie, who married Enoch David Shaver, Dave Foster who married Ivy Strong, Clint Foster, Eddie Foster, Willie Foster, Georgia Ann Foster, Herbert Foster and Molly Foster who married Jack Lynn.
I have nothing on Robert E. Foster's origins, birth date or death, Father, mother etc. I assume at some time he was in Arkansas connected, but his second wife Julia Ann came from Alabama to Louisiana with her family after the war. In 1880 Bossier parish LA census, she is found at age 35 living in the household of her mother along with other sisters and in-laws. There is no Robert E. Foster living with them at that time. I don't know when or how long he was married to her.
Anything anyone knows about his ancestry would be appreciated. Also if anyone has anything about his time in the 11th Arkansas cavalry.
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Re: Robert E. Foster
Joyce Baham 9/30/10