San Joaquin County Biographies
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Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 12/13/2009
FORREST FOOTE
For many years Forrest Foote was a prosperous agriculturalist near the town of Waterloo, where he owned a ranch consisting of 200 acres, and also a ranch of 160 acres in the northeastern part of the county of San Joaquin. He is now living retired at his residence, 1324 North Lincoln street, Stockton. He was born in Steuben County, N.Y., March 5, 1852, a son of Dr. Erastus N. Foote and Marie H. (White) Foote. Dr. Foote, who was engaged in the practice of medicine in Steuben County, came out to California in 1852, making the trip via Panama, and for several years he was engaged in both placer and quartz mining in this state. He was a partner in the Foote & Thompson Gold Mining Company, which operated near Mokelumne Hill, and his gold mining enterprises were successful. He subsequently moved to Comanche, in Calaveras County, where he practiced medicine and later continued his profession in Lockeford, San Joaquin County, where he was a widely known and accomplished physician for many years. He died there in his seventy-ninth year. He was a Mason as well as a member of the State Medical Society.
Forrest Foote, the third oldest of the family, was four years old when he accompanied his mother and a sister from New York via Panama to California, where they joined the father in Calaveras County. He received his early education in Calaveras and San Joaquin counties, taking up agricultural pursuits in youth, and until his retirement from the active duties of life, he devoted his chief energies to that occupation, in which he gained pronounced success. He located on his ranch near Waterloo in 1901.
Mr. Foote's first marriage united him with Miss Leila Woodworth, who was born in Nova Scotia, and who became the mother of five children, four of whom are living: Robert N., Myrtle, Ralph M. and Marie. After the death of his first wife, Mr. Foote subsequently was married to Mrs. Laura Coburn (nee Finn) of Plymouth, a daughter of Robert Finn, one of the pioneers of Amador County. Four children were born of this second marriage: Frank, Forrest, Gertrude and Vivian. Mr. Foote is affiliated with Vesper Lodge No. 94, Knights of Pythias, and with Progressive Lodge No. 134, I.O.O.F., both at Lockeford.
History of
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
With A
Biographical Review
of
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present
HISTORY BY
George H. Tinkham
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1923
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