John Wesley Foote was born on 23. Jan. 1856 at Cass Twp., Greene County, Indiana. He was the son of
Robert Foote and
Louisa Jane Chapman. John Wesley Foote died on 26. Mar. 1926 at Lerna, Coles County, Illinois, at age 70. He was buried on 29. Mar. 1926 at Gordon Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, Coles County, Illinois. John Foote, 70 years, 2 months, and 3 days, died in the Dixon State Hospital, March 26 of chronic of (sic) myocarditis. The remains were brought to Lerna and funeral services were held at the Shilo Church, Monday, March 29, being conducted by Albert Smith, followed by interment in the Gordon Cemetery. The deceased was born near Bedford, Indiana, January 23, 1856, and lived on a farm near Lerna for some 50 years. He had been an inmate of the Dixon hospital only a few years. Surviving him are one sister and two brothers, Mrs. Louisa Templeton and John Foote, Lerna, and Clarence Foote, Mattoon.