- Gender
- Male
Foster, Robert D.
Biography
14 Mar. 1811–1 Feb. 1878. Physician, land speculator. Born in Braunston, Northamptonshire, England. Son of John Foster and Jane Knibb. Married Sarah Phinney, 18 July 1837, at Medina Co., Ohio. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter–day Saints, before Oct. 1839. Ordained an elder, Oct. 1839, in Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock Co., Illinois. Traveled to Washington DC with JS and others, Oct. 1839–Feb. 1840. Instructed in JS revelation to buy stock for building Nauvoo House, 19 Jan. 1841. Appointed surgeon general in Nauvoo Legion, Mar. 1841. Regent of University of Nauvoo, 1841–1844. Member of Nauvoo Masonic Lodge. Appointed to serve mission to Tioga Co., New York, 10 Apr. 1843. Excommunicated, 18 Apr. 1844, in Nauvoo. Cashiered from Nauvoo Legion, May 1844. Publisher of Nauvoo Expositor. Appointed apostle in William Law’s schismatic church and actively worked against JS until JS’s murder. Moved to Canandaigua, Ontario Co., New York, by 1850. Moved to Loda, Iroquois Co., Illinois, by 1860. Died in Loda.
Links
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Affidavit from John P. Greene, 21 June 1844
- Affidavit, 18 December 1843
- Appendix 2: Council of Fifty, Minutes, 27 February 1845
- Appendix 3: Willard Richards, Journal Excerpt, 23–27 June 1844
- Assignment from Robert D. Foster, 1 July 1842
- Bond, Erie Rhodes to Robert D. Foster, 4 March 1841
- Certification of Deed, 12 January 1844
- Certification of Deed, 16 March 1844
- Certification of Deed, 17 April 1844
- Certification of Deed, 19 April 1844
- Certification of Deed, 2 May 1843–A
- Certification of Deed, 2 September 1843
- Certification of Deed, 22 May 1843
- Certification of Deed, 24 January 1844
- Certification of Deed, 25 April 1843
- Certification of Deed, 25 October 1843
- Certification of Deed, 3 June 1844
- Certification of Deed, 7 June 1844
- Certification of Deed, 8 May 1843
- Complaint, 10 April 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Colton ]
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 2, 1 March–6 May 1845
- Deed from Abraham and Tamer Washburn, 26 December 1843
- Deed from Charles C. and Sarah Pea Rich, 18 July 1843
- Deed from Charles C. and Sarah Pea Rich, 5 August 1843
- Deed from Daniel H. and Eliza Robison Wells, 4 February 1843
- Deed from Ethan Kimball, 18 December 1843
- Deed from Joseph and Lorana Camp Thorn, 21 March 1843
- Deed from Robert D. and Sarah Phinney Foster, 22 January 1844
- Deed from Solon and Sarah Morris Powers, 5 July 1842
- Deed from Willard and Jennetta Richards, 23 February 1843
- Deed to Asahel Perry, 17 March 1843
- Deed to Catherine Clawson, 5 July 1843
- Deed to Charlotte Harrington Haws, 18 May 1842
- Deed to Dimick B. Huntington, 7 March 1843
- Deed to Elizabeth Davis Durfee, 10 March 1843
- Deed to Emily Rockwell and Others, 28 February 1843
- Deed to George C. Hampton, 7 March 1843
- Deed to Gilbert Gouldsmith, 7 March 1843
- Deed to John Tidwell, 9 March 1843
- Deed to Jonathan Holmes, 9 March 1843
- Deed to Lydia Dibble Granger, 15 March 1843
- Deed to Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner, 5 July 1843
- Deed to Mary Fielding Smith, 15 March 1843
- Deed to Reuben W. Allred, 15 March 1843
- Deed to Sally Murdock, 23 November 1843
- Discourse, 21 February 1843, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff
- Discourse, 21 February 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 24 March 1844-A, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff
- Discourse, 24 March 1844–A, as Reported by Willard Richards
- Discourse, 26 May 1844, as Compiled by Leo Hawkins
- Docket Entry, 1 April 1844 [ City of Nauvoo v. C. L. Higbee–B ]
- Docket Entry, between circa 12 and circa 13 April 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Colton ]
- Docket Entry, between circa 18 February and circa 8 March 1842 [ JS v. Shearer ]
- Docket Entry, between circa 2 May and circa 3 June 1844 [ City of Nauvoo v. R. D. Foster ]
- Docket Entry, between circa 2 and circa 3 April 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Greene et al. ]
- Docket Entry, between circa 23 and circa 24 November 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Finch ]
- Docket Entry, circa 10 March 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of JS ]
- Docket Entry, circa 17 January 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Simpson ]
- Docket Entry, circa 22 December 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Eagle ]
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1844
- Execution, 7 May 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Greene et al. ]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 Addenda
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
- 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 1, 21 December 1842–10 March 1843
- Journal, December 1841–December 1842
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 2, 10 March 1843–14 July 1843
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 3, 15 July 1843–29 February 1844
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- Letter from Don Carlos Smith, 3 June 1841
- Letter from Edward Hunter, 27 October 1841
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 9 March 1840
- Letter from Robert D. Foster, 24 December 1839
- Letter from Robert D. Foster, 7 June 1844
- Letter from Robert D. Foster, 7 September 1843
- Letter from Sarah Phinney and Robert D. Foster, circa 16 August 1842
- Letter from Thomas Rawcliff, 24 May 1843
- Letter to Edward Hunter, 21 December 1841
- Letter to James W. Woods and Hugh T. Reid, 25 June 1844
- Letter to James W. Woods and Hugh T. Reid, 26 June 1844
- Letter to Robert D. Foster, 11 March 1840
- Letter to Robert D. Foster, 30 December 1839
- Letter, Robert D. Foster to John Proctor, 20 June 1844
- Letter, Robert D. Foster to John Proctor, 20 June 1844, John McEwan Copy
- Letter, Robert D. Foster to Nauvoo City Council, 8 July 1844
- Letterbook 2
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1844–1845
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- Minutes and Discourses, 5–7 October 1839
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 April 1840
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–9 April 1844, as Reported by Thomas Bullock
- Minutes, 13 April 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Colton ]
- Minutes, 20 December 1840
- Minutes, 4 February 1841
- Minutes, 6 May 1844
- Minutes, Nauvoo Legion, 2 March 1841
- Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 3 February 1841–8 February 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February 1844–January 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, January–November 1842
- Notice, 2 May 1844
- Petition from Alanson Ripley and Others, 10 June 1844
- Petition from Robert L. Campbell and Others, 13 January 1844
- Petition to United States Congress, circa 29 November 1839
- Petition, 12 April 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Colton ]
- Petition, 2 April 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Greene et al. ]
- Power of Attorney to Amasa Lyman, 28 February 1843
- Power of Attorney to Benjamin F. Johnson, 10 April 1843
- Proclamation, 15 January 1841
- Receipt to Heirs of Edward Partridge, 24 October 1840
- Revelation, 19 January 1841 [D&C 124]
- Statement from Robert D. Foster, circa 15 June 1844
- Statement from Robert D. Foster, circa 23 June 1844
- Subpoena, 12 April 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Colton ]
- Subpoena, 13 April 1843 [ Dana v. Brink ]
- Subpoena, 15 February 1843 [ Dana v. Brink ]
- Subpoena, 23 February 1843 [ Dana v. Brink ]
- Subpoena, 24 November 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Finch ]
- Subpoena, 3 April 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Greene et al. ]
- Summons, 10 March 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of JS ]
- Summons, 7 April 1843 [ Dana v. Brink ]
- The Book of the Law of the Lord
- Transcript of Proceedings, 10 March 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of JS ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, between 4 and 10 March 1843 [ Dana v. Brink ]
- Warrant for Arrest of Robert D. Foster, 9 May 1844
- Warrant, 1 April 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Greene et al. ]
- Warrant, 10 April 1844 [ State of Illinois v. Colton ]
- Warrant, 4 April 1843 [ State of Illinois v. Hoopes et al. ]
- Writ of Habeas Corpus, 12 April 1844–A [ State of Illinois v. Colton ]
- Writ of Habeas Corpus, 12 April 1844–B [ State of Illinois v. Colton ]
- Writ of Habeas Corpus, 2 April 1844–A [ State of Illinois v. Greene et al. ]
- Writ of Habeas Corpus, 2 April 1844–B [ State of Illinois v. Greene et al. ]