The Foote family sailed aboard a ship from Chagres & Havanna to New Orleans in January 1852. They later moved to California.
Merced Express 20 Feb 1904 p3c4
Death of W W Foote
The Passing of One of California's Most Eminent Lawyers
January 16, 1848 was born in the old Foote home in Jackson, Mississippi, the youngest son of United States Senator Henry S[Stuart] Foote and his wife, Ann Winter Foote. They were both of the oldest and most distinguished families of the South.
After the expiration of his gubernatorial term of Mississippi term of Mississippi Hon Henry S Foote, having lost his wife, removed to Oakland, California with his children - four daughters and three sons. The eldest daughter, Mrs. Jane married J[John] West Martin and is now a widow residing in Oakland. Miss Virginia Foote is now Mrs [Louis] Aldrich of Clay St, San Francisco. She was the mother of Mrs Wildman, who with her husband and children were on the ill fated Rio, in the Golden Gate [Golden Gate Titanic, 21 Feb 1901]. W W Foote felt this loss keenly as Mrs. Wildman was his favorite niece. It was at her home in Hong Kong that his wife, Isabelle Bertha Taylor Foote died a few months previously [1900]. Mrs. Foote had started to Paris by way of the East Indies with her two daughters, when she reached Consul Wildman's home in time for a cablegram to reach Mr. Foote of her illness and death on the eve of his starting to New York on his way to Paris to meet her. These things depressed him greatly, supplemented by the death of his third sister, Mrs. Isabelle Wood. In September following his sister, Mrs. [Annie Elizabeth Foote] Senator William M[Morris] Stewart was killed in an automobile accident in Oakland.
All these things changed the soldier, club man and lawyer, show as so prominent in the state, political and legal circles in California, and who had brought to the advocacy of so many great cases his splendid ability.
His father having returned to the east and settled at Nashville, Tenn., where he remarried widow Smiley. W W Foote was the at school when the South took up arms. At 16 he joined the First Tennessee Infantry. Before he reached 17 he won laurels that are historical as sergeant major of artillery at the defense of Fort Donelson. He was captured twice during the wat and twice exchanged, but with the exception of the time he served in prison he fought bravely throughout the war, at the close he was adjutant of an Arkansas regiment. At the close of the war, while yet a boy, he entered the law department of the university of Virginia where he graduated. He practiced law for a short time at Omaha, and came to California where his career is a part of the history of that state.
That he was a close student of the art of government, and of the great principles underlying all government, was shown by his address before the Grand Army of the Republic at Bakersfield a few months ago, and before the Confederate reunion at Colusa more recently.
He passed away at the residence of his friend, James V Coleman at San Francisco on Saturday afternoon, leaving two daughters and three sons. His older brother, Henry S Foote and his half brother, M H Foote, reside in San Francisco.
Source note: Additional information from the 1880 census & member Sue (#47371789) and Anne (#46947920).
Merced Express 20 Feb 1904 p3c4
Death of W W Foote
The Passing of One of California's Most Eminent Lawyers
January 16, 1848 was born in the old Foote home in Jackson, Mississippi, the youngest son of United States Senator Henry S[Stuart] Foote and his wife, Ann Winter Foote. They were both of the oldest and most distinguished families of the South.
After the expiration of his gubernatorial term of Mississippi term of Mississippi Hon Henry S Foote, having lost his wife, removed to Oakland, California with his children - four daughters and three sons. The eldest daughter, Mrs. Jane married J[John] West Martin and is now a widow residing in Oakland. Miss Virginia Foote is now Mrs [Louis] Aldrich of Clay St, San Francisco. She was the mother of Mrs Wildman, who with her husband and children were on the ill fated Rio, in the Golden Gate [Golden Gate Titanic, 21 Feb 1901]. W W Foote felt this loss keenly as Mrs. Wildman was his favorite niece. It was at her home in Hong Kong that his wife, Isabelle Bertha Taylor Foote died a few months previously [1900]. Mrs. Foote had started to Paris by way of the East Indies with her two daughters, when she reached Consul Wildman's home in time for a cablegram to reach Mr. Foote of her illness and death on the eve of his starting to New York on his way to Paris to meet her. These things depressed him greatly, supplemented by the death of his third sister, Mrs. Isabelle Wood. In September following his sister, Mrs. [Annie Elizabeth Foote] Senator William M[Morris] Stewart was killed in an automobile accident in Oakland.
All these things changed the soldier, club man and lawyer, show as so prominent in the state, political and legal circles in California, and who had brought to the advocacy of so many great cases his splendid ability.
His father having returned to the east and settled at Nashville, Tenn., where he remarried widow Smiley. W W Foote was the at school when the South took up arms. At 16 he joined the First Tennessee Infantry. Before he reached 17 he won laurels that are historical as sergeant major of artillery at the defense of Fort Donelson. He was captured twice during the wat and twice exchanged, but with the exception of the time he served in prison he fought bravely throughout the war, at the close he was adjutant of an Arkansas regiment. At the close of the war, while yet a boy, he entered the law department of the university of Virginia where he graduated. He practiced law for a short time at Omaha, and came to California where his career is a part of the history of that state.
That he was a close student of the art of government, and of the great principles underlying all government, was shown by his address before the Grand Army of the Republic at Bakersfield a few months ago, and before the Confederate reunion at Colusa more recently.
He passed away at the residence of his friend, James V Coleman at San Francisco on Saturday afternoon, leaving two daughters and three sons. His older brother, Henry S Foote and his half brother, M H Foote, reside in San Francisco.
Source note: Additional information from the 1880 census & member Sue (#47371789) and Anne (#46947920).
The Foote family sailed aboard a ship from Chagres & Havanna to New Orleans in January 1852. They later moved to California.
Merced Express 20 Feb 1904 p3c4
Death of W W Foote
The Passing of One of California's Most Eminent Lawyers
January 16, 1848 was born in the old Foote home in Jackson, Mississippi, the youngest son of United States Senator Henry S[Stuart] Foote and his wife, Ann Winter Foote. They were both of the oldest and most distinguished families of the South.
After the expiration of his gubernatorial term of Mississippi term of Mississippi Hon Henry S Foote, having lost his wife, removed to Oakland, California with his children - four daughters and three sons. The eldest daughter, Mrs. Jane married J[John] West Martin and is now a widow residing in Oakland. Miss Virginia Foote is now Mrs [Louis] Aldrich of Clay St, San Francisco. She was the mother of Mrs Wildman, who with her husband and children were on the ill fated Rio, in the Golden Gate [Golden Gate Titanic, 21 Feb 1901]. W W Foote felt this loss keenly as Mrs. Wildman was his favorite niece. It was at her home in Hong Kong that his wife, Isabelle Bertha Taylor Foote died a few months previously [1900]. Mrs. Foote had started to Paris by way of the East Indies with her two daughters, when she reached Consul Wildman's home in time for a cablegram to reach Mr. Foote of her illness and death on the eve of his starting to New York on his way to Paris to meet her. These things depressed him greatly, supplemented by the death of his third sister, Mrs. Isabelle Wood. In September following his sister, Mrs. [Annie Elizabeth Foote] Senator William M[Morris] Stewart was killed in an automobile accident in Oakland.
All these things changed the soldier, club man and lawyer, show as so prominent in the state, political and legal circles in California, and who had brought to the advocacy of so many great cases his splendid ability.
His father having returned to the east and settled at Nashville, Tenn., where he remarried widow Smiley. W W Foote was the at school when the South took up arms. At 16 he joined the First Tennessee Infantry. Before he reached 17 he won laurels that are historical as sergeant major of artillery at the defense of Fort Donelson. He was captured twice during the wat and twice exchanged, but with the exception of the time he served in prison he fought bravely throughout the war, at the close he was adjutant of an Arkansas regiment. At the close of the war, while yet a boy, he entered the law department of the university of Virginia where he graduated. He practiced law for a short time at Omaha, and came to California where his career is a part of the history of that state.
That he was a close student of the art of government, and of the great principles underlying all government, was shown by his address before the Grand Army of the Republic at Bakersfield a few months ago, and before the Confederate reunion at Colusa more recently.
He passed away at the residence of his friend, James V Coleman at San Francisco on Saturday afternoon, leaving two daughters and three sons. His older brother, Henry S Foote and his half brother, M H Foote, reside in San Francisco.
Source note: Additional information from the 1880 census & member Sue (#47371789) and Anne (#46947920).
Merced Express 20 Feb 1904 p3c4
Death of W W Foote
The Passing of One of California's Most Eminent Lawyers
January 16, 1848 was born in the old Foote home in Jackson, Mississippi, the youngest son of United States Senator Henry S[Stuart] Foote and his wife, Ann Winter Foote. They were both of the oldest and most distinguished families of the South.
After the expiration of his gubernatorial term of Mississippi term of Mississippi Hon Henry S Foote, having lost his wife, removed to Oakland, California with his children - four daughters and three sons. The eldest daughter, Mrs. Jane married J[John] West Martin and is now a widow residing in Oakland. Miss Virginia Foote is now Mrs [Louis] Aldrich of Clay St, San Francisco. She was the mother of Mrs Wildman, who with her husband and children were on the ill fated Rio, in the Golden Gate [Golden Gate Titanic, 21 Feb 1901]. W W Foote felt this loss keenly as Mrs. Wildman was his favorite niece. It was at her home in Hong Kong that his wife, Isabelle Bertha Taylor Foote died a few months previously [1900]. Mrs. Foote had started to Paris by way of the East Indies with her two daughters, when she reached Consul Wildman's home in time for a cablegram to reach Mr. Foote of her illness and death on the eve of his starting to New York on his way to Paris to meet her. These things depressed him greatly, supplemented by the death of his third sister, Mrs. Isabelle Wood. In September following his sister, Mrs. [Annie Elizabeth Foote] Senator William M[Morris] Stewart was killed in an automobile accident in Oakland.
All these things changed the soldier, club man and lawyer, show as so prominent in the state, political and legal circles in California, and who had brought to the advocacy of so many great cases his splendid ability.
His father having returned to the east and settled at Nashville, Tenn., where he remarried widow Smiley. W W Foote was the at school when the South took up arms. At 16 he joined the First Tennessee Infantry. Before he reached 17 he won laurels that are historical as sergeant major of artillery at the defense of Fort Donelson. He was captured twice during the wat and twice exchanged, but with the exception of the time he served in prison he fought bravely throughout the war, at the close he was adjutant of an Arkansas regiment. At the close of the war, while yet a boy, he entered the law department of the university of Virginia where he graduated. He practiced law for a short time at Omaha, and came to California where his career is a part of the history of that state.
That he was a close student of the art of government, and of the great principles underlying all government, was shown by his address before the Grand Army of the Republic at Bakersfield a few months ago, and before the Confederate reunion at Colusa more recently.
He passed away at the residence of his friend, James V Coleman at San Francisco on Saturday afternoon, leaving two daughters and three sons. His older brother, Henry S Foote and his half brother, M H Foote, reside in San Francisco.
Source note: Additional information from the 1880 census & member Sue (#47371789) and Anne (#46947920).
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