- Gender
- Male
Foster, Charles Ambrose
Biography
Sept. 1815–1904. Physician, pharmacist. Born in England, likely in Braunston, Northamptonshire. Son of John Foster and Jane Knibb. Immigrated to U.S., arriving in New York on 27 June 1831. Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, by 1844. Publisher of Nauvoo Expositor. Identified by Willard Richards as member of mob that killed JS and Hyrum Smith. Graduated from Botanica Medical College in Cincinnati, 22 Feb. 1847. Married Caroline Lind, 18 Oct. 1848, in Warren Co., Ohio. Moved to Salem Township, Warren Co., by 1850; to Chicago, by 1859; and to Vicksburg, Warren Co., Mississippi, by June 1869. Appointed collector of customs at Vicksburg, June 1869. Moved to Canandaigua, Ontario Co., New York, by 1888. Died in Canandaigua.
Links
- Docket Entry, between circa 2 May and circa 3 June 1844 [City of Nauvoo v. C. Foster]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February 1844–January 1845