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Helen Leota Root 1915–2010 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12/12/1915

Birth Location: Athens County, Ohio, USA

Death Date: 08/06/2010

Death Location: Athens County, Ohio, USA

Father: Shephard Root

Mother: Nellie Dunfee

Spouse(s): Nicholas Russell

Children(s): Carole Russell

Helen Leota Root was born in 1915 in Athens County, Ohio, USA, the child of Shephard Dudley Root And Nellie Ruth Dunfee. Helen Leota Root married Nicholas Longworth Russell, and had children including Carole Ann Russell, Jack Dale Russell. Helen Leota Root passed away in 2010 in Athens County, Ohio, USA.

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Biography

  • Helen Leota Root was born in 1915 in Athens County, Ohio, USA, the child of Shephard Dudley Root And Nellie Ruth Dunfee.
  • Helen Leota Root married Nicholas Longworth Russell, and had children including Carole Ann Russell, Jack Dale Russell.
  • Helen Leota Root passed away in 2010 in Athens County, Ohio, USA.

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Helen Root's Ancestors

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Helen Root
1915–2010
Birth Place: Athens County, Ohio, USA
Parents
Shephard Dudley Root
1890–1945
Athens County, Ohio, USA
Nellie (Ruth) Dunfee
1894–1990
Troy Township, Athens, Ohio
Grandparents
Hiram Root
1865–1942
Decatur Twp, Washington County, Ohio, USA
Lydia (Ellen) Bailey
1873–1952
Troy, Athens County, Ohio, USA
Walter (Edgington) Dunfee
1860–1932
Torch, Athens County, Ohio, USA
Effie (Ellen) Shotwell
1867–1960
Athens County, Ohio, USA
Great-Grandparents
Leonard Bailey
1826–1906
Martha Dunfee
1840–1919
David Dunfee
1814–1885
Sarah Johnson
1819–1901
Titus Shotwell
1826–1896
Mary Doan
1830–1923
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Dunfee
1804–1887
Frances Horner
1805–1887
William Dunfee
1772–1835
Elizabeth Johnson
1775–1845

Helen Root's Descendants

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Helen (Leota) Root (12/12/1915–08/06/2010) m. Nicholas (Longworth) Russell (1906–1982)
  1. 1. Carole (Ann) Russell 1942–2014

Helen Root's Timeline

2 Records

1915
12/12/1915
Birth of Helen Leota Root in Athens County, Ohio, USA
Athens County, Ohio, USA
2010
08/06/2010
Age 95
Death of Helen Leota Root in Athens County, Ohio, USA
Athens County, Ohio, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12121915
    Event Place: Athens County, Ohio, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 08062010
    Event Place: Athens County, Ohio, USA

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