From the book History of Walworth County Wisconsin, by Albert Clayton Beckwith, 
publ. 1912 - Pages 684 - 686
 
LUCIEN ANDREW FOOTE.  The life record of such a man as the late Lucien Andrew 
FOOTE, for many years one of the prominent citizens of Montgomery county, 
Indiana, is worthy of perpetuation on the pages of history, for in it may be 
gleaned many valuable lessons, for he was a man of sterling characteristics of 
head and heart and left behind him a heritage of which his descendants and 
friends may well be proud.  He was the son of Andrew FOOTE, who was born at 
Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on December 15, 1786, and he was a son of Thomas and 
Jane FOOTE.  According to family tradition, four generations before Andrew 
ROOTE the family came from Wales to Ireland between the years 1680 to 1690.  
The ancestor in the third generation before the subject was born during the 
siege of Londonderry, 1690.  His son Thomas afterwards resided in Rapho, 
province of Ulster, and there reared his family.  One of his sons, Thomas, 
father of Andrew FOOTE, emigrated to America in 1774, landing in Philadelphia 
and married Janet ROAN at Middleton, Pennsylvania, in 1778 and they settled in 
Carlyle, that state.  About 1781 they moved to Baltimore, Maryland, where they 
resided a number of years, then returned to Carlisle, then in 1793 moved to 
Ohio and there he spent the rest of his life, dying in Adams county in 1806, 
when fifty-two years old.
 
Thomas S. FOOTE son of the above named gentleman, married Mary TWEED, daughter 
of Archibald TWEED, of Clermont county, Ohio.  He was an attorney-at-law.  
Archibald TWEED married Jeannette PATTERSON in Pennsylvania and in 1798 moved 
to what is now Ripley county, Ohio, and reared a large family, one of whom, 
Jane, married Andrew FOOTE.  Ancestors of the TWEED family lived in the north 
of Scotland, the name having probably originated from the TWEED river, or vice 
versa.  Andrew and Jane (TWEED) FOOTE were the parents of Major FOOTE.  The 
mother was born December 7, 1787.  Susan Greer Sunderland FOOTE, mentioned 
above, died on April 1, 1858.
 
Maj. Lucien A. FOOTE was born in Batavia county, Ohio, December 16, 1824.  In 
April 1833, he moved with the family to Indiana, locating at Rockville, where 
the father engaged in the general merchandise business.  Lucien acquired such 
education as he could in the common schools and he assisted his father in his 
business when a boy.  On March 9, 1849, he started with a party overland to 
California.  At that time all west of the Mississippi river was a vast 
wilderness.  The trip with ox teams required nearly six months, they arriving 
there in September.  Major FOOTE located in Placerville and remained there two 
years engaged in mining, then returned to Rockville, Indiana, where, on 
December 31, 1851, he was united in marriage with Susan G. SUNDERLAND, a 
daughter of John and _______ (PAGE) SUNDERLAND. She was born in Rockville in 
1833 and her death occurred on April 1, 1858 in that town.  Her parents were 
pioneers in Parke county, Indiana.
 
Three daughters were born to Major FOOTE and wife; Mrs. Howard E. PROCTOR, of 
Chicago; Mrs. William H. STEVENS, of Versailles, Missouri; and Mrs. Walter 
CURTIS, of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.  About two years after the death of his 
first wife the Major was united in marriage with Amelia Ann HOLT, of Madison, 
Wisconsin, who now survives him and lives with Mrs. Walter CURTIS, of Lake 
Geneva.
 
In October 1859, Major FOOTE was elected auditor of Parke county, Indiana, and 
he served in that capacity until the Civil war broke out, when he recruited a 
company and was elected captain of Company A, Fourteenth Indiana Volunteer 
Infantry.  He resigned on account of disability and afterwards enlisted in 
company C, Seventy-eighth Indiana Volunteer Infantry.  He was captured with 
part of the regiment in Uniontown, Kentucky, September 1, 1862, and sent home 
on a parole.  After his exchange was effected he re-enlisted in Company G, One 
Hundred and Thirty-third Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was commissioned major 
of that regiment.  He was a splendid officer and own the admiration of his men 
and superior officers.
 
In March 1865, the Major moved to Crawfordsville, Indiana, and engaged in the 
book and stationery business several years.  For more than sixty years he was a 
very prominent Mason, reaching by gradual succession the highest office in the 
gift of the order, grand master of the grand lodge, and was one of the most 
widely known and influential men in the order in the United States.  He was a 
charter member of McPherson Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Crawfordsville, 
Indiana, also a charter member of the Loyal Legion of Indiana, and at the time 
of his death he was chaplain of the order.  He lived to be nearly eighty-six 
years old, his death occurring at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Walter CURTIS, 
near Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, December 1, 1910, after an unusually active, 
honorable and useful career.
 
The Major was an intimate friend of many celebrated people of his day and 
generation.  In a copy of "Ben-Hur," written by Gen. Lew WALLACE, his fellow 
townsman at Crawfordsville, Indiana, we find the following written by the great 
author himself: "Major FOOTE asks me to write my name here, and as I am an 
ancient friend of his, I can refuse him nothing.  Lew WALLACE, February 1, 
1889."

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