Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Foster, Robert 1812 - 
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Author: History Grundy County 1882

Robert Foster, retired farmer, P. O. Gardner, was born July 8, 1812, in Old 
Virginia; he is a son of Vincent and Oma (Hickman) Foster, natives of 
Virginia, and the parents of three children - Sarah, Robert and Vincent. The 
father was in the war of 1812. Robert attended school in the pioneer cabins, 
walking a distance of five miles. His father was killed in the war spoken of 
above, and the son was reared by his grandfather Foster. At the age of 
seventeen, he began for himself in rural pursuits for some time, and then 
engaged in a brewery at Zanesville, Ohio; he was married, November 28, 1834, 
to Malina, a daughter of Jesse and Mary (Toben ) Smith; she was born April 5, 
1813, and was one of seven children - Maranda, Ann, Malina, John, William, 
Eliza and Emily. Mr. Foster's union gave him six children, five of whom 
survive - George, a farmer of Benton County, Ind.; Sarah E., wife of Josiah 
Foreman, farmer, of McLean County, Ill.; Mary A., the wife of Franklin Clark, 
she is deceased; Thomas J., in Colorado; James M., married to Sarah Daniels, 
the result being two children, viz., Ella B. and Anna F.; he is also a farmer 
in Benton County; the last son is Robert J., farmer in the same county. After 
marriage, our subject settled in Muskingum County, Ohio, and subsequently in 
Belmont and Washington Counties. In 1852, he settled in Mazon Township, Grundy 
County, Ill., where he bought sixty acres of improved land, which he sold in 
1876, and has since retired to Gardner, his present residence. He and wife 
have been members of the M. E. Church for forty-five years, in which he has 
held office and has been Superintendent of Sabbath school in said 
organization. He cast his first Presidential vote for Gen. Jackson, and is now 
identified with the Republican party.

Additional Comments:
Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers.

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