FOOTE BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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FOOTE, William Avery - b: 1839 Oneida Co, NY
source: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co - 
page: 359
residence: Clinton, Clinton Twp

William Avery Foote, a pioneer business man of Clinton, now living retired, is a 
native of New York. He was born in Oneida County, December 12, 1839. His 
parents were John and Mary (Lull) Foote, both natives of the State of New York. 
The Foote family is of English lineage and the ancestors of William A. Foote were 
early settlers in New England. Nathaniel Foote, of England, immigrated to New 
England in 1636 and was one of the first settlers of Weathersfield, Connecticut. 
Mary Lull, the mother of William Avery Foote, is a descendant of one of the early 
families to settle in New York. John and Mary (Lull) Foote went to Wisconsin and 
spent the last years of their lives in Dane County, that State, where they both 
died. They were the parents of nine children and three of their sons served in the 
Union Army during the Civil War. William Avery Foote was ten years of age when 
his parents removed from Oneida to Wyoming County, New York, where the father 
conducted a tannery. In 1858 William went to Springfield, Illinois. Here he 
attended school for a time and for four years was employed in a hardware store. 
He then went to Indianapolis, Indiana, to work in a hardware store for the same 
employer, where he remained about four years. In 1869 he came to Henry County, 
Missouri, where he and his brother, Ebenezer Lull Foote engaged in the hardware 
business under the firm name of Foote Brothers. They also conducted a grain and 
elevator business in partnership, E. L. having charge of that department while 
William A. conducted the hardware business. When the Foote Brothers started in 
business in Clinton there was no railroad in Henry County and their goods were 
hauled mostly from Warrensburg. They continued business in Clinton for forty 
years, disposing of their mercantile business in 1909, and since that time Mr. 
Foote has been practically retired, with the exception of looking after his 
various business interests. Mr. Foote was united in marriage September 14, 1869, 
with Miss Emma D. Wood, a native of Springfield, Massachusetts. To Mr. and Mrs. 
Foote were born two children, Mary L., who married Henry W. Kerr of Denver, 
Colorado, who is now deceased, and she resides with her father in Clinton; and S. 
Elizabeth, married Robert E. Harmon of Clinton, Missouri. Mrs. Foote departed this 
life January 12, 1917. She was a highly educated and cultured woman who lived a 
consistent Christian life. She was a life long member of the Baptist Church and 
was active in the work of her denomination. Mr. Foote is also a member of the 
Baptist Church and has been a Republican. To Henry W. and Mary L. Kerr was born 
one son, Derry William Kerr. Robert E. and S. Elizabeth Harmon have one child, 
Elizabeth Agnes Harmon.

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