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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 in 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,
Illinois, 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 famers
of the Linden community.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Pages
1332-1335. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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