Sacramento County
Biographies
WILLIAM M. FOOTE
WILLIAM
M. FOOTE. A successful orchardist of Sacramento is William, M. Foote, who came to this state from Illinois forty-one years ago, and has since that time spent the greater portion
of his time in the Sacramento valley. His ancestors
were natives of Scotland and England, and he is the second son of William Z. and Sarah
(Ashby) Foote, the former a native of New York State, born in 1831, and the latter was born in 1835. William Z. Foote removed to Michigan when a young lad, and was reared principally in that state, but later
went to Carroll county, Ill. In 1864 he brought his family to California, traveling by water and rail, and upon reaching this state he located
in Sacramento, where he has since resided.
William M. Foote was born in Carroll county, Ill.,
on a farm, in June, 1859, and is one of seven children born to his parents,
five of whom are living. He was educated
in the district schools until he was fifteen years of age, then started out in
life to make his own way, working at various
occupations for four years, after which he engaged in raising various kinds of
fruit. For a number of years he had
charge of several orchards, one of which he owned, the others being leased, but
he now devotes his time and attention to a tract of two acres of land upon
which he raises peaches, plums, apricots and prunes.
In 1899 Mr. Foote was married to Miss
Celia L. Lansing, of Sacramento, the daughter of James Lansing, one of the pioneers
of the state, also one of the early settlers of Sacramento county. At one time he was sheriff of the county and
county assessor, being one of the prominent politicians of his day, as well as
a representative citizen of his county and a man well known and respected by
all. Mr. and Mrs. Foote became the
parents of the following children: Alice May, who died in her sixth year; James L., and Manilla May.
Transcribed by Priscilla Delventhal.
Source: “History of
the State of California and Biographical Record of the Sacramento Valley,
California” by
J. M. Guinn. Page 944.
Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago 1906.
© 2007 Priscilla Delventhal.