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Maggie M Root 1879–1958 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 Jan 1879

Birth Location: Illinois

Death Date: 21 Apr 1958

Death Location: Los Angeles, California

Father: John Root

Mother: Margaret Cox

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Maggie M Root was born in 1879 in Illinois, the child of John Guy Root And Margaret Chloe A Cox. In 1900, Maggie M Root resided in Shelbyville City, Shelby, Illinois. Maggie M Root married Misenhamer. Maggie M Root passed away in 1958 in Los Angeles, California.

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Biography

  • Maggie M Root was born in 1879 in Illinois, the child of John Guy Root And Margaret Chloe A Cox.
  • In 1900, Maggie M Root resided in Shelbyville City, Shelby, Illinois.
  • Maggie M Root married Misenhamer.
  • Maggie M Root passed away in 1958 in Los Angeles, California.

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Maggie Root's Ancestors

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Maggie Root
1879–1958
Birth Place: Illinois
Parents
John Guy Root
1853–1943
Plattsburg, Clinton County, New York
Margaret (Chloe A) Cox
1861–1937
Indiana
Grandparents
Samuel (Joseph) Cox
1833–1923
Ohio
Martha (Jane) Cheatham
1831–1890
Kentucky USA
Great-Grandparents
Jesse Cox
1808–1896
Louisa Douglas
1809–1892
Cheatham
1805–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Nathan Cox
1785–1840
Ann Dixon
1781–1844

Maggie Root's Timeline

3 Records

1879
24 Jan 1879
Birth of Maggie M Root in Illinois
Illinois
1900
1900
Age 21
Maggie M Root resided here in Shelbyville City, Shelby, Illinois
Shelbyville City, Shelby, Illinois
1958
21 Apr 1958
Age 79
Death of Maggie M Root in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 Jan 1879
    Event Place: Illinois
    Record Source:
    [1] California Death Index
    [2] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Shelbyville, Shelby, Illinois; Roll: T623_345; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 124.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1900
    Event Place: Shelbyville City, Shelby, Illinois
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Shelbyville, Shelby, Illinois; Roll: T623_345; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 124.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Apr 1958
    Event Place: Los Angeles, California
    Record Source: California Death Index

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