Charles Augustus Foote, jr.
Charles Augustus Foote, jr., b. 18 March, 1818; died 28 Feb., 1896 at Delhi;
He married 11 September, 1844 Sally Adelia Johnson, daughter of Elias Johnson [Foote Hist;338; "18 Sept." Raitt, "Marriages and Deaths in the Delaware Gazette, 1837-1849"]
"Inheriting good competence while still a child, he erected a building during his minority, and for over 60 years conducted there a mercantile and manufacturing business, meanwhile busied with numberless outside interests. Held most of the town offices, was county treasurer for three successive terms. One of the organizers and chief pillar of his church, like his father and grandfather, Trustee of Delaware Academy, Director of the Bank, Com[misioner] of Railroad, and for a few years in business in California where his building was twice swept away, first by the great flood, then by fire. Always gentle and courteous, the village papers said of him at his death, 'The last gentleman of the old school in our midst has passed away.'” —kaf
Their children were:
- Katherine Adelia Foote, b. 27 Sept., 1845, “Active in local affairs, and with a large social acquaintance outside Delhi. Member of D. A. R. and County Regent for a number of years. Secretary of State Charities Aid for 25 years. Secretary for Columbia Exposition, etc.” [Foote Hist;338]. She was an editor of a book, transcriptions, of letters to her gr. grandfather, Ebenezer Foote. She lived Delhi, visited Manhattan every season for Opera during which time she would stay in a hotel just around the corner from the old Opera House [jpf;90].
- Charles Augustus Foote, b. Feb., 1862, d. Feb., 1862 [Foote Gen.;205].
