Brief Life History of Nathaniel H.
When Nathaniel H. Foote was born on 28 May 1825, in Cherry Valley, Otsego, New York, United States, his father, Gideon Foote, was 26 and his mother, Lavina Gillett, was 29. He married Lucretia Helen Peterson in 1847, in Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Abington Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850 and Lowell, Cedar Creek Township, Lake, Indiana, United States in 1860. He died about 1863, at the age of 39.
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- Nathaniel H Footer, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Nathaniel H. Foote - birth: 28 May 1825; Cherry Valley, Otsego, New York, United States
- Foote in entry for Polly Anna Kenyon, "Washington Deaths and Burials, 1810-1960"
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1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
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.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: from Middle English fot ‘foot’ (Old English fōt), sometimes translated in medieval documents by Latin cum pede ‘with the foot’. Probably a nickname for someone with a deformity of the foot or with large feet.
English: occasionally perhaps from the rare Middle English personal name Fot, from Old Norse Fótr, originally a nickname with the same sense as 1 above.
English: topographic name for someone who lived at the foot of a hill.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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