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ROBERT E. FOSTER, druggist and post master at Glencoe, Ky., was born near Napoleon, Gallatin Co., Ky., May 3, 1830. His father, Thomas Foster, a native of Scott County, was born in 1804, and was a well-to-do farmer. He married Eliza Carlton, a native of Virginia, and a daughter of Edwin and Sarah (Mournin) Carlton, natives of Maryland. The birth of two sons and one daughter followed their union, of whom the subject of this sketch is the eldest; they were both members of the Baptist Church for many years, and firm supporters of its principles. Robert Foster, the paternal grandfather of Robert E., a native of Pennsylvania, came to Kentucky about the year 1800, and first settled on a farm in Scott County, near Georgetown, where he remained until about 1816, and then removed with his family to Gallatin County, where he settled on a farm near the present site of Napoleon, and remained there until his death, which occurred in 1847; he took an active part in the war of 1812 under the command of Col. Richard M. Johnston, and participated in the battle of Tippecanoe. The maternal grandfather of our subject was one of the earliest settlers of Grant County, Ky., in which county he died. Robert E. Foster was educated in the common schools of Gallatin County, where he secured an ordinary English education. In 1833 he settled on a farm in Owen County, near Owenton, with his father, and in 1861-62 engaged in merchandise at Eagle Hill, having lived there for twenty-seven years, and acted as postmaster from 1848 to 1856. In November, 1869, he settled in Glencoe, Gallatin County, and for five years kept a hotel and livery stable. September 12, 1855, he married Elizabeth Greene, a native of Boone County, and a daughter of Thomas and Martha (Anderson) Greene, of Pennsylvania, and of Irish extraction. The birth of one son and four daughters followed their union, viz.: William E., a graduate of the Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, Minnie, Eliza, Ella, Mattie; the latter a graduate of Kentucky College at Pewee Valley, Oldham County. Politically Mr. Foster is a Republican, and has held the office of postmaster at Glencoe since 1875. He is a member of the Glencoe Lodge, and also of the F. & A. M., having attained the degree of Master Mason, and also the chapter degree. He is a consistent member of the Baptist Church, and ranks among the best business men of Glencoe. His wife is a member of the Presbyterian Church.