Gideon Foote Jr.

10 July 1834–5 May 1907 (Age 72)
Lenox, Lenox Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States

The Life Summary of Gideon

When Gideon Foote Jr. was born on 10 July 1834, in Lenox, Lenox Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Gideon Foote, was 35 and his mother, Lavina Gillett, was 37. He married Julia A Webb on 1 June 1860, in Johnson City, Broome, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Roaring Brook Township, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880 and Union, Broome, New York, United States in 1905. He died on 5 May 1907, in Johnson City, Broome, New York, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Broome, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Gideon Foote Jr.
1834–1907
Julia A Webb
1840–1900
Marriage: 1 June 1860
John Milo Foote
1861–1950
Zebulon Foote
1861–1864
Florence A Foote
1865–1930
Frank C Foote
1867–1880
Joseph H Foote
1870–1872
Emory Clinton Foote
1873–1950
Augusta Louise Foote
1877–
Bert Leland Foote
1880–1929

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1 June 1860Johnson City, Broome, New York, United States
    • Children

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1836 · Remember the Alamo
    Age 2
    Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
    1846
    Age 12
    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
    1863
    Age 29
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    Name Meaning

    English (Somerset):1. nickname for someone with a peculiarity or deformity of the foot, from Middle English fot (Old English fōt), or in some cases from the cognate Old Norse byname Fótr. 2. topographic name for someone who lived at the foot of a hill.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Foot

    Sources (16)

    • Geoden Foote, "New York State Census, 1905"
    • Gideon Foote, "United States Census, 1870"
    • Gideon Foote in household of Gideon Foote, "United States Census, 1850"

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