Argalus Isaac Foote was a twin son of Joseph (died c. 1826) and Rebecca Whallon Foote (1777-1865) and was born on March 23, 1817 in Lanesborogh, Massachusetts. Argalus married Adelia N. Gregory of New Haven Connecticut in March 1848. They had three sons, Andrew D., William A., and Frank G.. Adelia died on December 6, 1876. Argalus came to Eureka after his brother Augustus in 1851. They lived in a mansion they had constucted near Eureka, Wisconsin the mansion had 30 rooms. The floor plan was of 2 identical sets of 15 rooms with a hall in the center. The home was built about 1855, the same year they purcased 320 acres of land in Rushford Township. The brothers sold the home c. 1859 and moved to the Van Alstine farm near Omro, Wisconsin. They then moved to Oshkosh where Arglus' sons established Foote Brothers & Co. flour mill. Argalus died in the home of his son Andrew in New London, WI May 6, 1902.
Augustus Ira Foote, was the twin son of Joseph and Rebecca Whallon Foote (1777-1865) and born on March 23, 1817 in Lanesborogh, Massachusetts. Augustus married Anna M. (?) prior to 1849 when he moved to Rushford Township in Wisconsin and was living with the Parsons Family. The brothers purchased 320 acres in Section 27 in 1855. Anna died on December 19,1855, after giving birth to a daughter Mary. Mary died in 1856. The brothers lived in a mansion they had constucted in Eureka, Wisconsin, the mansion had 30 rooms. The floor plan was of 2 identical sets of 15 rooms with a great hall in the center. In 1859, the brothers sold the home and moved to the Van Alstine farm near Omro, Wisconsin. Augustus died in the home of his nephew Andrew D. Foote in New London, WI on February 17, 1901.
See file 550-F the Foote Brothers' House.
Argalus Isaac Foote was a twin son of Joseph (died c. 1826) and Rebecca Whallon Foote (1777-1865) and was born on March 23, 1817 in Lanesborogh, Massachusetts. Argalus married Adelia N. Gregory of New Haven Connecticut in March 1848. They had three sons, Andrew D., William A., and Frank G.. Adelia died on December 6, 1876. Argalus came to Eureka after his brother Augustus in 1851. They lived in a mansion they had constucted near Eureka, Wisconsin the mansion had 30 rooms. The floor plan was of 2 identical sets of 15 rooms with a hall in the center. The home was built about 1855, the same year they purcased 320 acres of land in Rushford Township. The brothers sold the home c. 1859 and moved to the Van Alstine farm near Omro, Wisconsin. They then moved to Oshkosh where Arglus' sons established Foote Brothers & Co. flour mill. Argalus died in the home of his son Andrew in New London, WI May 6, 1902.
Augustus Ira Foote, was the twin son of Joseph and Rebecca Whallon Foote (1777-1865) and born on March 23, 1817 in Lanesborogh, Massachusetts. Augustus married Anna M. (?) prior to 1849 when he moved to Rushford Township in Wisconsin and was living with the Parsons Family. The brothers purchased 320 acres in Section 27 in 1855. Anna died on December 19,1855, after giving birth to a daughter Mary. Mary died in 1856. The brothers lived in a mansion they had constucted in Eureka, Wisconsin, the mansion had 30 rooms. The floor plan was of 2 identical sets of 15 rooms with a great hall in the center. In 1859, the brothers sold the home and moved to the Van Alstine farm near Omro, Wisconsin. Augustus died in the home of his nephew Andrew D. Foote in New London, WI on February 17, 1901.
See file 550-F the Foote Brothers' House.
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