Person:Stillman Foote (1)

For many years he and his brother Appleton ran the grist mill and saw mill erected by their father on the west side of the Otter Creek in Middlebury, Vermont. After dividing the mill property with his brother, he continued to run the upper mills. His property included the north part of the present college campus.

About 1800 he left Middlebury and was the first permanent settler at the village of Canton, New York. There he owned the mile square on which the village of Canton now stands and was the first magistrate appointed in town. A vivid description of the actual migration from Middlebury to Canton can be found in Hough's "History of St. Lawrence County."

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Foote, Abram William. Foote Family: Comprising the Genealogy and History of Nathaniel Foote, of Wethersfield, Conn., and his Descendants; Also a Partial Record of Descendants of Pasco Foote of Salem, Mass., Richard Foote of Stafford County, Va., and John Foote of New York City. (Rutland, Vermont: Marble City Press, 1907-1932)
   p. 123, 1907.

   After dividing the mill property with his brother Appleton, which their father left them at Middlebury, he continued to run the upper mills. His property included the (Middlebury) College campus.