Chloe Priscilla Luce oldest child of Cheney Luce (Sr.) and "Polly" Mary Darrow Luce. She married 1831 to Rev. Nathaniel Root in New York State.
Spent most of her married life in Verona, Dane Co., WI.
Children were:
1 Catherine Root b. July 1832 New York m. James B. Gallup
2 Henry Ransom Root b. 5 July 1834 New York m. Susan S.
Hubbard
3 Wesley William Root b.abt. 1837 New York
4 Mary Jane Root b. Feb 1838 New York
5 Sarah E. Root b. abt 1839 New York
6 Helen Amelia Root b. Apr 1848 New York
7 James Nathaniel Jr., b.abt 1851 New York
8 Sarah Elizabeth Root b. 17 Nov. 1853 New York
9 Caroline Permilla Root b. Aug. 1858 Verona, Dane Co., WI. m. John B. Richards died 1930 Duluth, MN.
Chloe Root took care of her father Cheney Luce in later life because of his blindness.
Federal Census
1850 Niagara, Niagara Co., NY
1860 Vernona, Dane Co., WI.
1870 Vernona, Dane Co., WI.
1880 Vernona, Dane Co., WI.
1900 Madison, Dane Co., WI. Living with daughter Sarah A. McConnell and husband Robert B. McConnell in Madison, WI.
age 82, widowed, mother of 11 children, 5 children living
Her husband Nathaniel Root joined the Union from the State of Wisconsin and died in 1864 in Arkansas during the war.
Burial in Little Rock, AR., cemetery unknown.
Chloe Root applied as widow for Civil War Pension on husbands name Nathaniel Root in 1866.
Obituary:
Northwestern Christian Advocate, Volume 50
May 28, 1902
ROOT-Mrs. Chloe P. Luce Root died after a brief illness at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. B. Richards in Duluth, MN., and was buried by the side of her husband and two of her sons, in the family cemetery in Verona, Wis.
She was born in Caledonia Springs near Rochester, NY. August 1817. She married Rev. Nathaniel Root of the old Black River Conference in the year, 1831. Sister Root for twenty years was a faithful itinerant's wife always deeply solicitous of the welfare of the charges they served and assisting efficiently in every line of church work. Upon the failure of her husband's health in 1854 they moved to a farm near Verona, Wis. During the civil war her husband enlisted, but died soon after reaching the South, and Sister Root was left with a family of eight children to care for. Though raised a Presbyterian, she became a thorough Methodist, and always maintained a deep and intelligent interest in the welfare of the church. Her five daughters testify very tenderly to their mother's love and to the abiding influence of her life and religious character upon their characters.-WHC
Chloe P. Luce Root had a brother Benjamin Franklin H. Luce who married a Julia A. Root Luce FAG5370969 her parents?
Chloe Root had another brother whose middle name was
"Root"-James Root Luce also a Civil War Veteran FAG#18642702.
Spent most of her married life in Verona, Dane Co., WI.
Children were:
1 Catherine Root b. July 1832 New York m. James B. Gallup
2 Henry Ransom Root b. 5 July 1834 New York m. Susan S.
Hubbard
3 Wesley William Root b.abt. 1837 New York
4 Mary Jane Root b. Feb 1838 New York
5 Sarah E. Root b. abt 1839 New York
6 Helen Amelia Root b. Apr 1848 New York
7 James Nathaniel Jr., b.abt 1851 New York
8 Sarah Elizabeth Root b. 17 Nov. 1853 New York
9 Caroline Permilla Root b. Aug. 1858 Verona, Dane Co., WI. m. John B. Richards died 1930 Duluth, MN.
Chloe Root took care of her father Cheney Luce in later life because of his blindness.
Federal Census
1850 Niagara, Niagara Co., NY
1860 Vernona, Dane Co., WI.
1870 Vernona, Dane Co., WI.
1880 Vernona, Dane Co., WI.
1900 Madison, Dane Co., WI. Living with daughter Sarah A. McConnell and husband Robert B. McConnell in Madison, WI.
age 82, widowed, mother of 11 children, 5 children living
Her husband Nathaniel Root joined the Union from the State of Wisconsin and died in 1864 in Arkansas during the war.
Burial in Little Rock, AR., cemetery unknown.
Chloe Root applied as widow for Civil War Pension on husbands name Nathaniel Root in 1866.
Obituary:
Northwestern Christian Advocate, Volume 50
May 28, 1902
ROOT-Mrs. Chloe P. Luce Root died after a brief illness at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. B. Richards in Duluth, MN., and was buried by the side of her husband and two of her sons, in the family cemetery in Verona, Wis.
She was born in Caledonia Springs near Rochester, NY. August 1817. She married Rev. Nathaniel Root of the old Black River Conference in the year, 1831. Sister Root for twenty years was a faithful itinerant's wife always deeply solicitous of the welfare of the charges they served and assisting efficiently in every line of church work. Upon the failure of her husband's health in 1854 they moved to a farm near Verona, Wis. During the civil war her husband enlisted, but died soon after reaching the South, and Sister Root was left with a family of eight children to care for. Though raised a Presbyterian, she became a thorough Methodist, and always maintained a deep and intelligent interest in the welfare of the church. Her five daughters testify very tenderly to their mother's love and to the abiding influence of her life and religious character upon their characters.-WHC
Chloe P. Luce Root had a brother Benjamin Franklin H. Luce who married a Julia A. Root Luce FAG5370969 her parents?
Chloe Root had another brother whose middle name was
"Root"-James Root Luce also a Civil War Veteran FAG#18642702.
Chloe Priscilla Luce oldest child of Cheney Luce (Sr.) and "Polly" Mary Darrow Luce. She married 1831 to Rev. Nathaniel Root in New York State.
Spent most of her married life in Verona, Dane Co., WI.
Children were:
1 Catherine Root b. July 1832 New York m. James B. Gallup
2 Henry Ransom Root b. 5 July 1834 New York m. Susan S.
Hubbard
3 Wesley William Root b.abt. 1837 New York
4 Mary Jane Root b. Feb 1838 New York
5 Sarah E. Root b. abt 1839 New York
6 Helen Amelia Root b. Apr 1848 New York
7 James Nathaniel Jr., b.abt 1851 New York
8 Sarah Elizabeth Root b. 17 Nov. 1853 New York
9 Caroline Permilla Root b. Aug. 1858 Verona, Dane Co., WI. m. John B. Richards died 1930 Duluth, MN.
Chloe Root took care of her father Cheney Luce in later life because of his blindness.
Federal Census
1850 Niagara, Niagara Co., NY
1860 Vernona, Dane Co., WI.
1870 Vernona, Dane Co., WI.
1880 Vernona, Dane Co., WI.
1900 Madison, Dane Co., WI. Living with daughter Sarah A. McConnell and husband Robert B. McConnell in Madison, WI.
age 82, widowed, mother of 11 children, 5 children living
Her husband Nathaniel Root joined the Union from the State of Wisconsin and died in 1864 in Arkansas during the war.
Burial in Little Rock, AR., cemetery unknown.
Chloe Root applied as widow for Civil War Pension on husbands name Nathaniel Root in 1866.
Obituary:
Northwestern Christian Advocate, Volume 50
May 28, 1902
ROOT-Mrs. Chloe P. Luce Root died after a brief illness at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. B. Richards in Duluth, MN., and was buried by the side of her husband and two of her sons, in the family cemetery in Verona, Wis.
She was born in Caledonia Springs near Rochester, NY. August 1817. She married Rev. Nathaniel Root of the old Black River Conference in the year, 1831. Sister Root for twenty years was a faithful itinerant's wife always deeply solicitous of the welfare of the charges they served and assisting efficiently in every line of church work. Upon the failure of her husband's health in 1854 they moved to a farm near Verona, Wis. During the civil war her husband enlisted, but died soon after reaching the South, and Sister Root was left with a family of eight children to care for. Though raised a Presbyterian, she became a thorough Methodist, and always maintained a deep and intelligent interest in the welfare of the church. Her five daughters testify very tenderly to their mother's love and to the abiding influence of her life and religious character upon their characters.-WHC
Chloe P. Luce Root had a brother Benjamin Franklin H. Luce who married a Julia A. Root Luce FAG5370969 her parents?
Chloe Root had another brother whose middle name was
"Root"-James Root Luce also a Civil War Veteran FAG#18642702.
Spent most of her married life in Verona, Dane Co., WI.
Children were:
1 Catherine Root b. July 1832 New York m. James B. Gallup
2 Henry Ransom Root b. 5 July 1834 New York m. Susan S.
Hubbard
3 Wesley William Root b.abt. 1837 New York
4 Mary Jane Root b. Feb 1838 New York
5 Sarah E. Root b. abt 1839 New York
6 Helen Amelia Root b. Apr 1848 New York
7 James Nathaniel Jr., b.abt 1851 New York
8 Sarah Elizabeth Root b. 17 Nov. 1853 New York
9 Caroline Permilla Root b. Aug. 1858 Verona, Dane Co., WI. m. John B. Richards died 1930 Duluth, MN.
Chloe Root took care of her father Cheney Luce in later life because of his blindness.
Federal Census
1850 Niagara, Niagara Co., NY
1860 Vernona, Dane Co., WI.
1870 Vernona, Dane Co., WI.
1880 Vernona, Dane Co., WI.
1900 Madison, Dane Co., WI. Living with daughter Sarah A. McConnell and husband Robert B. McConnell in Madison, WI.
age 82, widowed, mother of 11 children, 5 children living
Her husband Nathaniel Root joined the Union from the State of Wisconsin and died in 1864 in Arkansas during the war.
Burial in Little Rock, AR., cemetery unknown.
Chloe Root applied as widow for Civil War Pension on husbands name Nathaniel Root in 1866.
Obituary:
Northwestern Christian Advocate, Volume 50
May 28, 1902
ROOT-Mrs. Chloe P. Luce Root died after a brief illness at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. B. Richards in Duluth, MN., and was buried by the side of her husband and two of her sons, in the family cemetery in Verona, Wis.
She was born in Caledonia Springs near Rochester, NY. August 1817. She married Rev. Nathaniel Root of the old Black River Conference in the year, 1831. Sister Root for twenty years was a faithful itinerant's wife always deeply solicitous of the welfare of the charges they served and assisting efficiently in every line of church work. Upon the failure of her husband's health in 1854 they moved to a farm near Verona, Wis. During the civil war her husband enlisted, but died soon after reaching the South, and Sister Root was left with a family of eight children to care for. Though raised a Presbyterian, she became a thorough Methodist, and always maintained a deep and intelligent interest in the welfare of the church. Her five daughters testify very tenderly to their mother's love and to the abiding influence of her life and religious character upon their characters.-WHC
Chloe P. Luce Root had a brother Benjamin Franklin H. Luce who married a Julia A. Root Luce FAG5370969 her parents?
Chloe Root had another brother whose middle name was
"Root"-James Root Luce also a Civil War Veteran FAG#18642702.
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