Leroy Root^[1]

1840 - 1905  (64 years)

• Gender	Male
  Cemetery	Kansas Center Cemetery  [2]
  Residence(s)	1850: Wellington, Lorain Co., Ohio 1860: Allegan twp., Allegan Co, Michigan 1863: Martin, Allegan, Michigan 1870: Mound Valley, Labette Co., Kansas 1875: Rice Co., Kansas 1880: Lincoln twp., Rice Co., Kansas 1885-1900: Victoria twp., Rice Co., Kansas  [3, 4, 5]
  Birth	21 August 1840	Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA   [6]
  Death	7 July 1905	Little River, Rice Co., Kansas, USA
  Burial	Frederick, Rice Co., Kansas, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I425	Angus Saline's Genealogy
  Last Modified	12 August 2012

  
  

  Father	William Russell Root,   b. 20 September 1799, Waterbury, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA d. 7 August 1873, Victory, Mason Co., Michigan, USA (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Clarissa Serena Terrill,   b. December 1805, Connecticut, USA d. 6 January 1873, Allegan, Allegan Co., Michigan, USA (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	11 November 1826	Salem, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA
  Family ID	F287	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family/Spouse	Jenny May Land,   b. 2 December 1859, Canton, Lewis Co., Missouri, USA d. 2 December 1920, Frederick, Rice Co., Kansas, USA (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	1879	Kansas, USA
  Children	1. Syrena Deliliah Root,   b. 28 March 1880, Rice Co., Kansas, USA d. 15 February 1915, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, USA (Age 34 years)   2. Benjamin LeGrande Root,   b. about 1882   3. Albert Henry Root,   b. August 1884 + 4. Bertha May Root,   b. 28 December 1884, Little River, Rice Co., Kansas, USA d. 13 June 1963, Otsego, Allegan Co., Michigan, USA (Age 78 years)   5. Jasper Leroy Root,   b. August 1887, Kansas, USA   6. Effie Armania Root,   b. January 1890, Kansas, USA   7. Daisy Lenorah Root,   b. about 1892, Kansas, USA d. before 1900 (Age < 8 years)   8. Amy Marie Root,   b. April 1898, Kansas, USA
  Family ID	F280	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Fought with Co. D of the 1st MI Engineers & Mechanics in the Civil War. Mustered in 24 Sep 1861 at Grand Rapids for 3 years, age 27. Discharged on Surgeon’s certificate of disability at Huntsville, Ala. July 18, 1862. Enlisted in Co B, 13th MI Inf, 4 Feb 1864 in Allegan for 3 years at the age of 18. Mustered out Louisville, KY, July 25, 1865

  
  

• Sources

  [S2604] Michigan Deaths and Burials Index, 1867-1995. [S2608] . [S2607] . [S2606] . [S2609] . [S2601] .