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Sylvester Solomon Root 1860–1938 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Jan. 22, 1860

Birth Location: Forest, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USA

Death Date: 25 Oct. 1938

Death Location: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States

Father: Sylvester Root

Mother: Mary Root

Spouse(s): Julia Hardgrove

Children(s): Irene Root

In 1860, Sylvester Solomon Root entered the world in Forest, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USA, born to Sylvester Root And Mary Berthiah Newman Root. Sylvester Solomon Root married Julia L Hardgrove, and had children including Irene Root. Sylvester Solomon Root passed away in 1938 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States.

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Biography

  • In 1860, Sylvester Solomon Root entered the world in Forest, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USA, born to Sylvester Root And Mary Berthiah Newman Root.
  • Sylvester Solomon Root married Julia L Hardgrove, and had children including Irene Root.
  • Sylvester Solomon Root passed away in 1938 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sylvester Root
1820–1895
Birth Location: New York, USA
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Mary Root
1823–1910
Birth Location: Lewis County, New York, United States
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Spouses(s)

Julia Hardgrove
1865–1932
Birth Location: Forest, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USA
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Children(s)

Irene Root
1899–1984
Birth Location: Forest, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States of America
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Sylvester Root's Ancestors

Self
Sylvester Root
1860–1938
Birth Place: Forest, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USA
Parents
Sylvester Root
1820–1895
New York, USA
Mary (Berthiah Newman -) Root
1823–1910
Lewis County, New York, United States
Grandparents
Solomon Root
1764–1853
Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Bulah\Beulah Harris
1775–1854
New York, USA
Albert (A) Newman
1793–1890
Poland
Caroline Dewitt
1801–1888
Salisbury, Herkimer, New York, United States
Great-Grandparents
Corporal Jr
1738–1783
Martha *
1740–1811
MOSES DeWITT
1759–1850
BETHIAH NICHOLS
1760–1850
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Joseph II
1691–1741
Hannah Wadsworth
1701–1741
Dr Ann)
1705–1759
Anna Abijah)
1706–1755
Isaiah DeWitt
1726–1771
Deborah Stewart
1726–1826
SAMUEL NICHOLS
1729–1808
LYDIA WILLARD
1741–1818

Sylvester Root's Descendants

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Sylvester (Solomon) Root (Jan. 22, 1860–25 Oct. 1938) m. Julia (L) Hardgrove (25 Jan 1865–20 Dec 1932)
  1. 1. Irene Root 1899–1984 m. Clarence (William) Canniff 1898–1958
    1. 1. Kathleen (Julia) Canniff 1924–2009 m. Richard Jelinski 1922–1996
    2. 2. Ramona (Fay) Ambrosius 1938–2004
    3. 3. Geraldine (Frances) Canniff 1922–2003

Sylvester Root's Timeline

2 Records

1860
Jan. 22, 1860
Birth of Sylvester Solomon Root in Forest, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USA
Forest, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USA
1938
25 Oct. 1938
Age 78
Death of Sylvester Solomon Root in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Jan. 22, 1860
    Event Place: Forest, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 Oct. 1938
    Event Place: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States
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