| Name |
Benjamin J. Foote [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] |
| Born |
16 Mar 1833
Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA  [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 14]
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| Gender |
Male |
| Military |
ServiceNumber: 1141839; SideOfWar: Union; SurvivedWar: Yes [8, 10] |
| Ethnicity |
American [4, 11] |
| Military Enlistment |
Rank: Private [8, 10] |
| Occupation |
1860
Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA [ 14]
– Waiter |
| Residence |
1860
Ward 6, Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA [ 14]
– 25 Age: 25; Waiter Occupation: Waiter |
| Military Enlistment |
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| Military Muster |
Information: Enlisted; MilitaryCompany: I; MilitaryUnit: 2204; Regiment: 1st Militia [8, 10] |
| Military Muster |
11 Sep 1862
Pennsylvania, USA [ 8, 10]
|
| Military Muster Out |
Information: Mustered Out [8, 10] |
| Military Muster Out |
25 Sep 1862
Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [ 8, 10]
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| Race |
Black [4, 11, 13, 14] |
| Veteran |
Need to recheck. I am pretty sure he was a civil war veteran. |
| Name |
Benj J Foote [4, 11] |
| Name |
Benjamin Foot [5, 13, 14] |
| Name |
Berj Foot [12] |
| Occupation |
1867
North 4th and North, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [ 9]
– Black Entrepreneur and owner of a varieties store |
| Residence |
1867
North 4th and North, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [ 9]
– Owner of a varieties store at the same location |
| Residence |
1870
Ward 7, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [ 5]
– Age: 35; MaleCitizenOverTwentyone: Yes; Occupation: Hotel Porter |
| Residence |
1880
502 South, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [ 2]
– Age: 47; Occupation: Porter; EnumerationDistrict: 094; MaritalStatus: Married; Self RelationToHead: Head |
| Residence |
1882
502 South, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [ 9]
– Occupation: Porter |
| Residence |
1890
127 Cranberry, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [ 9]
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| Residence |
1900
515 State, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [ 4, 11]
– Age: 65; Occupation: Hotel Porter; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; CityWard: 8th; EnumerationDistrict: 0071; HomeOwnership: Rent; MonthsUnEmployedPastYear: 0; OwnsFarm: H; YearsMarried: 45; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Hea |
| Residence |
1900
Ward 8, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [ 4, 11]
– Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head |
| Died |
23 May 1901
515 State, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [ 1, 6, 15, 16]
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- First Colored Policeman of This City Passes Away. At an early hour this morning, surrounded by his family, Benjamin Foote passed away at his home.
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| Buried |
201 South 30th, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [ 1, 6, 15]
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| Notes |
- Civil War Pennsylvania 1st Militia September 1862 mustered in and out of service-Is this him?
My Contribution: I was a trustee of Wesley Union A.M.E. Zion Church, a leading member of Brotherly Love Lodge Number 896 and Chosen Friends Lodge Number 43, and the first African American policeman in Harrisburg.
My Legacy: I was a faithful servant to my city, whether by managing a local business, sustaining the hotel industry, investing in the future of Wesley Union A.M.E. Zion Church, maintaining justice as a police officer, or supporting the work of Harrisburg’s secret societies. My upstanding character made me an excellent ambassador of the moral equality of Harrisburg’s Black community. My contributions to Harrisburg as the city’s first African American policeman retain great relevance today, given contemporary conversations about complicated relationships between race and justice in the nation. Further, my investments in Wesley Union A.M.E. Zion Church and Harrisburg’s local chapters of secret societies are evident in the active work that their members still do today.
About Me: “He was the first colored policeman of this city and earned a fine reputation as an efficient, painstaking officer. For upwards of twenty-six years, Mr. Foote had been a consistent, active member of the South Street Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church and was for many years a trustee of said church. He was a widely known worker in secret society circles…” Harrisburg Daily Independent, May 23, 1901.
Full Name: Benjamin J. Foote
Birth Date: March 16, 1833
Death Date: May 23, 1901
Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland.
Sex: Male
Race: “Mulatto” (1870 Federal Census) and Black (1880 and 1900 Federal Censuses)
Places of Residence: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: N. 4th Street & North Street (1867), 502 South Street (1876-1882), 106 Short Street (1885-unknown), 517 State Street (1886-1887), 127 Cranberry Avenue (1889-1893), 626 Walnut Street (1894-1897), 426 State Street (1899), and 515 E. State Street (1901).
Connection to the Old Eighth Ward: Resident; involved in social political organizations; member of Wesley Union A.M.E. Zion Church.
Family Members: Wife: Ellen Jefferson Foote (1855-1892). Children: Eloise, Fannie, Henrietta, Susan, Anna, Julia, Alfred, Joseph, and Samuel.
Education: Could read and write.
Occupations: Confectioner. Tobacco and Cigar salesman. Hotel porter. Inspector of Elections, Second Precinct (1875). Policeman.
Church Membership: Wesley Union A.M.E. Zion Church
Activism: Dauphin County Equal Rights Club (marshal); Chosen Friends Lodge; Free and Accepted Masons, Number 43 (steward); Grand Order of United Odd Fellows, Lodge Number 896; and Wesley Union A.M.E. Zion Church (trustee).
Connections: Jacob Compton, T. Morris Chester, William Howard Day, John W. Simpson, Charles J. Carter, Zachariah Johnson, David R. Chester, George Galbraith, Joseph Thomas, Joseph Popel, William H. Marshall, John Quincy Adams, Annie E. Amos, David Stevens, John Gaitor, and John P. Scott.
Digital Harrisburg. “Benjamin J. Foote,” October 23, 2020. https://digitalharrisburg.com/benjamin-j-foote/.
Harrisburg Daily Independent, Harrisburg, PA
DEATH OF BENJAMIN FOOTE First Colored Policeman of This City Passes Away. At an early hour this morning, surrounded by his family, Benjamin Foote passed away at his home, 515 East State street. Mr. Foote has been ill over two years and his death was not unexpected. A patient, uncomplaining sufferer, death came as a relief. He was born at Baltimore, Md., March 16, 1833, and has lived in this city over forty years. He was the first colored policeman of this city and earned a fine reputation as an efficient, painstaking officer. For upwards of twenty-six years Mr. Foote has been a consistent, active member of the South Street Wesley AME Zion church and was for many years a trustee of said church. He was a widely known worker in secret society circles, being a leading member of Brotherly Love lodge No. 896 GUO of OF and was also attached to Chosen Friends lodge, NO 43, Free and Accepted Masons. Both these lodges will attend his funeral. He was married in 1855 to Miss Ellen Jefferson. His wife died nine years ago. He is survived by five daughters and three sons. Funeral Sunday afternoon from Wesley church, Rev. F. H. Hill, officiating. Interment at Lincoln.
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| Person ID |
I3648
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| Family 1 |
Ellen Jefferson (Age 56 years)
b. 1837, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
d. 25 Dec 1893, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 56 years) |
| Children |
| | 1. Jennie Virginia Foote (Age 58 years)
b. 11 Mar 1857, Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA
d. 25 Sep 1915, 303 South 14th, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 58 years) [natural] |
| | 2. Alberta Foote
b. 1858, Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA [natural] |
| | 3. Ella Foote
b. 1859, Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA [natural] |
| | 4. George B Foote
b. 1864, Canada [natural] |
| | 5. Henrietta Foote
b. 1866, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [natural] |
| | 6. Samuel Foote
b. 1867, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [natural] |
| | 7. Susan Foote (Age 26 years)
b. Oct 1869, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
d. 28 Apr 1896, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 26 years) [natural] |
| | 8. Eloise Foote
b. Mar 1867, Maryland, USA [natural] |
| | 9. Anna Mary Foote (Age 41 years)
b. May 1872, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
d. 29 Jul 1913, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 41 years) [natural] |
| | 10. Alfred G. Foote
b. Abt 1875, Pennsylvania, USA [natural] |
| | 11. Joseph Foote
b. Abt 1877, Pennsylvania, USA [natural] |
| | 12. Julia Foote (Age 4 years)
b. Abt 1878, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
d. 10 Feb 1882, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 4 years) [natural] |
| | 13. Fannie Foote
b. Jun 1876, Pennsylvania, USA [natural] |
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| Last Modified |
1 Nov 2024 |
| Family ID |
F1212
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