He was captain of a company which crossed the plains from Council Bluffs, Iowa, arriving in the Salt Lake Valley in September 1850.

Foote did not join the Church at that time but did travel with his father to Kirtland, Ohio.

[3] After moving to Glendale Foote served as a member of the Kanab Stake High Council.

Foote was concurrently in two marriages with Artemisia Sidnie Myers and Eliza Maria Ivie.

On March 2, 1856 at the age of 14, Ivie was sealed to Foote by Brigham Young in his office in Salt Lake City.