Memphis Daily Appeal
Dec 31 1871
The Nashville Union and American of Friday announces the death of General Robert C. Foster, which occurred at four o'clock, yesterday morning, at his residence on West Church street, after an acute illness of four or five weeks in the fifty-fourth year of his age. General Foster was a native of Nashville, and the eldest son of the late Hon. E.H. foster, a distinguished jurist and politician of Tennessee. He was educated at the University of Nashville, after which he devoted himself for some years to the study and practice of law. He commanded a company of the First Tennessee regiment during the Mexican war. When the war was over, Captain Foster returned to his home in that city. About the year 1850 he was elected attorney general for the Nashville criminal court district, which office he held for one term, performing its duties in a most faithful and acceptable manner. When the war between the North and South was inevitable, General Foster became actively engaged in the organization and discipline of Tennessee troops, and remained in the service of the Confederacy till the close of the war. In 1867 he was elected city recorder of Nashville, in which capacity he was serving when death called him. His funeral, which took place on Friday, was attended by the governor and his staff, the trustees and faculty of the university, the soldiers of the Mexican war, members of the bar and city council. The old flag of the first Tennessee regiment in the Mexican war, time-worn and riddled with bullets, was taken from the library at the capitol to shroud his coffin.
Dec 31 1871
The Nashville Union and American of Friday announces the death of General Robert C. Foster, which occurred at four o'clock, yesterday morning, at his residence on West Church street, after an acute illness of four or five weeks in the fifty-fourth year of his age. General Foster was a native of Nashville, and the eldest son of the late Hon. E.H. foster, a distinguished jurist and politician of Tennessee. He was educated at the University of Nashville, after which he devoted himself for some years to the study and practice of law. He commanded a company of the First Tennessee regiment during the Mexican war. When the war was over, Captain Foster returned to his home in that city. About the year 1850 he was elected attorney general for the Nashville criminal court district, which office he held for one term, performing its duties in a most faithful and acceptable manner. When the war between the North and South was inevitable, General Foster became actively engaged in the organization and discipline of Tennessee troops, and remained in the service of the Confederacy till the close of the war. In 1867 he was elected city recorder of Nashville, in which capacity he was serving when death called him. His funeral, which took place on Friday, was attended by the governor and his staff, the trustees and faculty of the university, the soldiers of the Mexican war, members of the bar and city council. The old flag of the first Tennessee regiment in the Mexican war, time-worn and riddled with bullets, was taken from the library at the capitol to shroud his coffin.
Memphis Daily Appeal
Dec 31 1871
The Nashville Union and American of Friday announces the death of General Robert C. Foster, which occurred at four o'clock, yesterday morning, at his residence on West Church street, after an acute illness of four or five weeks in the fifty-fourth year of his age. General Foster was a native of Nashville, and the eldest son of the late Hon. E.H. foster, a distinguished jurist and politician of Tennessee. He was educated at the University of Nashville, after which he devoted himself for some years to the study and practice of law. He commanded a company of the First Tennessee regiment during the Mexican war. When the war was over, Captain Foster returned to his home in that city. About the year 1850 he was elected attorney general for the Nashville criminal court district, which office he held for one term, performing its duties in a most faithful and acceptable manner. When the war between the North and South was inevitable, General Foster became actively engaged in the organization and discipline of Tennessee troops, and remained in the service of the Confederacy till the close of the war. In 1867 he was elected city recorder of Nashville, in which capacity he was serving when death called him. His funeral, which took place on Friday, was attended by the governor and his staff, the trustees and faculty of the university, the soldiers of the Mexican war, members of the bar and city council. The old flag of the first Tennessee regiment in the Mexican war, time-worn and riddled with bullets, was taken from the library at the capitol to shroud his coffin.
Dec 31 1871
The Nashville Union and American of Friday announces the death of General Robert C. Foster, which occurred at four o'clock, yesterday morning, at his residence on West Church street, after an acute illness of four or five weeks in the fifty-fourth year of his age. General Foster was a native of Nashville, and the eldest son of the late Hon. E.H. foster, a distinguished jurist and politician of Tennessee. He was educated at the University of Nashville, after which he devoted himself for some years to the study and practice of law. He commanded a company of the First Tennessee regiment during the Mexican war. When the war was over, Captain Foster returned to his home in that city. About the year 1850 he was elected attorney general for the Nashville criminal court district, which office he held for one term, performing its duties in a most faithful and acceptable manner. When the war between the North and South was inevitable, General Foster became actively engaged in the organization and discipline of Tennessee troops, and remained in the service of the Confederacy till the close of the war. In 1867 he was elected city recorder of Nashville, in which capacity he was serving when death called him. His funeral, which took place on Friday, was attended by the governor and his staff, the trustees and faculty of the university, the soldiers of the Mexican war, members of the bar and city council. The old flag of the first Tennessee regiment in the Mexican war, time-worn and riddled with bullets, was taken from the library at the capitol to shroud his coffin.
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