San Joaquin County Biographies
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Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 12/13/2009
ROBERT NELSON FOOTE
Among the recent additions to the ranks of horticulturists in the Linden section of San Joaquin County is Robert Nelson Foote, a representative of the well-known pioneer family of that name. For the past two years he has devoted his energies to fruit-growing and has made a very important success in this line of work. He is a native son of California, born at Marysville, September 23, 1878, the eldest in a family of four living children of Forrest and Leila (Woodworth) Foote. His mother passed away and subsequently his father was married to Mrs. Laura A. Coburn and they were the parents of four children: Frank, Forrest, Gertrude and Vivian. The sketch of Forrest Foote will be found elsewhere in this volume. Robert Nelson was reared on the farm and received his education in the district school in his locality. Early in life he learned the practical side of farming, which has since been brought into use and has been the means of much of his success in fruit growing. He was in partnership with his father in ranching activities near Lockeford and later at Waterloo until 1914 when he gave up ranching and entered the employ of the Harris Manufacturing Company at Stockton. There he learned mill work, which he followed for six years; then two years ago he purchased ten acres near Linden and has since followed fruit raising with gratifying success.
In 1912, at Stockton, Mr. Foote was married to Miss Laura Bentz, a native of Shelbyville, Ill., a daughter of John C. Bentz, who since 1909 has resided on a ranch on Cherokee Lane, San Joaquin County. Their daughter, Ellen Marie, is a student in the Linden grammar school. Mr. Foote is a Democrat in politics and fraternally is a member of the Improved Order of Red Men at Stockton. He and his family are members of the Congregational Church. He has demonstrated his business qualifications through the successful control of his agricultural interests, which have made him one of the substantial farmers of the Linden community.
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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