Gerard Alexander Foote

Mr. Foote was one of the early settlers in Collin County. He was born on 28 Sept. 1823 in Fauquier County, Virginia to Mr. Alexander Foote and Miss Jane Elliott Washington.

When Gerard was nine years old, the family moved to Noxubee County Mississippi. Gerard Alexander Foote attended Centenary college in Mississippi.

In 1845, Dr. Foote came to Collin County.  A year later, he became the surgeon of Capt. William Fitzhugh's Texas Rangers.  On 11 Nov. 1847, our man married Miss Eliza Jane McGarrah, the daughter of Colonel J. McGarrah.

Gerard Alexander Foote practiced and studied medicine at the same time. In 1856, Mr. Foote graduated from Memphis Medical College. Besides being a local GP, during the Civil War, G A Foote also served as a surgeon in the 11th Texas Confederate Cavalry (under Col. William Young).
The doctor was dedicated to his work and the citizens of the local community.

Mr. G A Foote assisted in organizing a charter of St. John's Lodge in Collin County. He was also a member of Knights Templar McKinney Commandery No. 34.
 
Later, Dr. Gerard was also a member of the Texas legislature and, together with Mr. Henry C Herndon ran a Foote & Herndon drugstore in McKinney.

In 1880, Dr. Foote switched from merchandising to financial business - he was a co-founder of Collin County Bank and became its president.

Gerard's wife passed away on 13 September 1889. About nine years later, on 11 April 1898, Mr. Foote married Miss Corinne Lee from Clarksville, Texas.

Gerard Alexander Foote lived 78 years, 9 months, and 18 days. The man died at 9:20 am on Thursday, 17 July 1902, in his house in McKinney.

The house of Dr. GA Foote at 21 North Benge, McKinney

The indirect family line goes via the Kincheloe and the Rippy families

Gerard A. Foote

⇒ his father William Alexander Foote (b. about 1787, Fauquier, Virginia/d. about 1856, Macon, MI) + wife Jane Elliott Washington

⇒ his father William Alexander Foote Sr. (b. about 1758, Stafford County, Virginia/d. 1833, Fauquier, Virginia)

⇒ his father George Alexander Foote (b. about 1706, Stafford, Virginia/d. 28 June 1759) + wife Frances Berryman (b. about 1710/d. 12 Oct 1753)

⇒ his son George Berryman Gibson Foote (b. 20 Jan 1734, Cedar Grove, Stafford, Virginia/d. about 1808)

⇒ his wife Margaret (Kincheloe) Foote (b. about 1738, Prince William County, Virginia/d. about 1822, Fairfax County, Virginia), daughter of John Kincheloe and Elizabeth Canterbury

⇒ her brother William Elliot Kincheloe Sr. (b. 26 May 1736, Hamilton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia/d. 9 August 1797, Chaplin, Nelson County, Kentucky) + Mary White

⇒ his son Thomas Ludwell Kincheloe (b. 8 Oct. 1761, Fairfax County, Virginia/d. 10 Nov. 1845, Hardinsburg, Breckinridge County, Kentucky) + wife Nancy Edwards (b. 18 April 1779/d. 6 June 1869, Hardinsburg, Breckinridge, Kentucky) = married 2 Dec. 1794, Nelson County, Kentucky

⇒ his son Philip L Kincheloe (b. 4 Feb. 1798, Breckinridge, Kentucky/d. 9 Oct. 1887, Hartville, Wright, Missouri)

⇒ his son Thomas Ludwell Kincheloe (b. 2 Dec. 1827, Rockford, Breckinridge, Kentucky/d. 18 May 1919, Lebanon, Laclede County, Missouri)

⇒ his wife Louisa Jane (Rippy) Kincheloe (b. 24 May 1832, Rockford, Breckinridge, Kentucky/d. 18 May 1919, Lebanon, Laclede County, Missouri) - Thomas and Louisa married on 15 Feb. 1849 in Waynesville, Pulaski County, Missouri)

⇒ her father "Eli" Elijah Rippy (b. 10 Oct. 1801, Orange, NC/d. 28 March 1866, Pulaski, Missouri)

⇒ his brother John M Rippy Sr. (b. 15 April 1802, Orange, NC/d. 17 Oct 1887, Fairfield, Sumner, Tennessee) + wife Elizabeth Jane Bell (b. 24 April 1803, Botetourt County, Virginia) - they married on  3 March 1825 in Sumner, Tennessee

⇒ his daughter Soviah Elizabeth (Rippy) Gant (b. 25 March 1841, Sumner, TN/d. 23 Dec. 1903, Plano, Collin, TX) - our 2nd cousin four times removed - she married James Abram Gant (b. 22 Jan. 1840, Orange, NC) on 16 Nov. 1865 in Sumner, Tennessee

and here we get to TEXAS

⇒ her son Andrew Morgan Gant - our 2nd cousin twice removed

⇒ his daughter Georgia Lue (Gant) Mayes Gant (b. 23 August 1895,  Plano, Collin, TX) - our 3rd cousin once removed, she married Leffel on 24 Dec. 1911.

⇒ her second husband Leffel Last Gant


Resources:

• Thompson, F. C. The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 24, 1902, newspaper, July 24, 1902; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth192130/: accessed May 31, 2019), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.
• Clipping: The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 3, 1974, newspaper, January 3, 1974; Wylie, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth342513/: accessed May 30, 2019), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Smith Public Library.
• Collin County History 
• The photo of the House: By Beckyquilts - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35706210