Suggest bio information:
From birth order of William's sibblings it appears he was born in MA. Around the age of 5 his family moved to NY where he grew up.
William Taylor in the "Centennial History of Columbus" p. 669 reports that a "William A. and Derinda (Cole) Root, both of whom where natives of New York State, where [he] followed general agriculture and stock raising for many years, subsquently removing to this state [Ohio] where he departed this life January 14, 1894, surviving his wife, who also passed away here by twenty-three years. Mr Root was well known throughout the country in New York state in which he resided as an enterprising man and also as a substantial and desirable citizen."
From his children's birth order it appears this family moved to Ohio after 1836 and before 1840 puting Williams in his mid 30's.
In the 1840 & 50 Cencus William's brother "Uri A. Root" is residing in Monroe, Ashtabula Co., Ohio.
1850 Census has William and his family in Andover, Ashtabula Co., Ohio. William was a farmer. Wife and 6 children are all listed on this record.
It is reported that in 1860 William's mother "Mercy" died in Andover though her stone say 1869.
Finally in the 1870 Census William & Derinda are both still in Andover but children are gone. He died at ripe old age of 84 in 1894.
-contributor Dave Kulchar
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Sometime after 1872 and before 1880, William Adams Root married Jane Young Gray, widow of John Gray (1837 PA-1866 Ashtabula County). Jane, born 1835 in Cherry Valley, was the eldest daughter of Benjamin N. Young and Rhoda Brown of Cherry Valley.
William, Jane, Jane's youngest son Dwight Gray and a presumed boarder can be seen in the 1880 census below of neighboring Cherry Valley. Jane, who died in Sentinel, lenox Township in 1907, was known as "Grandma Root" by her Gray grandchildren. She is buried in Cherry Valley Cemetery, Find a Grave memorial 54353677.
Name William A Root
Event Type Census
Event Date 1880
Event Place Cherry Valley, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States
Gender Male
Age 70
Marital Status Married
Race White
Race (Original) W
Occupation Farmer
Relationship to Head of Household Self
Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Self
Birth Year (Estimated) 1810
Birthplace New York, United States
Father's Birthplace Massachusetts, United States
Mother's Birthplace Massachusetts, United States
Sheet Letter A
Sheet Number 344
Person Number 0
Volume 1
Household
Role
Gender
Age
Birthplace
William A Root Self M 70 New York, United States
Jane Root Wife F 45 Ohio, United States
Dwight Gray Stepson M 14 Ohio, United States
William Hall Other M 18 Pennsylvania, United States
Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ1W-YGG : 14 July 2016), William A Root, Cherry Valley, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 5, sheet 344A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0992; FHL microfilm 1,254,992.
-contributor John Calaway
From birth order of William's sibblings it appears he was born in MA. Around the age of 5 his family moved to NY where he grew up.
William Taylor in the "Centennial History of Columbus" p. 669 reports that a "William A. and Derinda (Cole) Root, both of whom where natives of New York State, where [he] followed general agriculture and stock raising for many years, subsquently removing to this state [Ohio] where he departed this life January 14, 1894, surviving his wife, who also passed away here by twenty-three years. Mr Root was well known throughout the country in New York state in which he resided as an enterprising man and also as a substantial and desirable citizen."
From his children's birth order it appears this family moved to Ohio after 1836 and before 1840 puting Williams in his mid 30's.
In the 1840 & 50 Cencus William's brother "Uri A. Root" is residing in Monroe, Ashtabula Co., Ohio.
1850 Census has William and his family in Andover, Ashtabula Co., Ohio. William was a farmer. Wife and 6 children are all listed on this record.
It is reported that in 1860 William's mother "Mercy" died in Andover though her stone say 1869.
Finally in the 1870 Census William & Derinda are both still in Andover but children are gone. He died at ripe old age of 84 in 1894.
-contributor Dave Kulchar
------------------------
Sometime after 1872 and before 1880, William Adams Root married Jane Young Gray, widow of John Gray (1837 PA-1866 Ashtabula County). Jane, born 1835 in Cherry Valley, was the eldest daughter of Benjamin N. Young and Rhoda Brown of Cherry Valley.
William, Jane, Jane's youngest son Dwight Gray and a presumed boarder can be seen in the 1880 census below of neighboring Cherry Valley. Jane, who died in Sentinel, lenox Township in 1907, was known as "Grandma Root" by her Gray grandchildren. She is buried in Cherry Valley Cemetery, Find a Grave memorial 54353677.
Name William A Root
Event Type Census
Event Date 1880
Event Place Cherry Valley, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States
Gender Male
Age 70
Marital Status Married
Race White
Race (Original) W
Occupation Farmer
Relationship to Head of Household Self
Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Self
Birth Year (Estimated) 1810
Birthplace New York, United States
Father's Birthplace Massachusetts, United States
Mother's Birthplace Massachusetts, United States
Sheet Letter A
Sheet Number 344
Person Number 0
Volume 1
Household
Role
Gender
Age
Birthplace
William A Root Self M 70 New York, United States
Jane Root Wife F 45 Ohio, United States
Dwight Gray Stepson M 14 Ohio, United States
William Hall Other M 18 Pennsylvania, United States
Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ1W-YGG : 14 July 2016), William A Root, Cherry Valley, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 5, sheet 344A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0992; FHL microfilm 1,254,992.
-contributor John Calaway
Suggest bio information:
From birth order of William's sibblings it appears he was born in MA. Around the age of 5 his family moved to NY where he grew up.
William Taylor in the "Centennial History of Columbus" p. 669 reports that a "William A. and Derinda (Cole) Root, both of whom where natives of New York State, where [he] followed general agriculture and stock raising for many years, subsquently removing to this state [Ohio] where he departed this life January 14, 1894, surviving his wife, who also passed away here by twenty-three years. Mr Root was well known throughout the country in New York state in which he resided as an enterprising man and also as a substantial and desirable citizen."
From his children's birth order it appears this family moved to Ohio after 1836 and before 1840 puting Williams in his mid 30's.
In the 1840 & 50 Cencus William's brother "Uri A. Root" is residing in Monroe, Ashtabula Co., Ohio.
1850 Census has William and his family in Andover, Ashtabula Co., Ohio. William was a farmer. Wife and 6 children are all listed on this record.
It is reported that in 1860 William's mother "Mercy" died in Andover though her stone say 1869.
Finally in the 1870 Census William & Derinda are both still in Andover but children are gone. He died at ripe old age of 84 in 1894.
-contributor Dave Kulchar
------------------------
Sometime after 1872 and before 1880, William Adams Root married Jane Young Gray, widow of John Gray (1837 PA-1866 Ashtabula County). Jane, born 1835 in Cherry Valley, was the eldest daughter of Benjamin N. Young and Rhoda Brown of Cherry Valley.
William, Jane, Jane's youngest son Dwight Gray and a presumed boarder can be seen in the 1880 census below of neighboring Cherry Valley. Jane, who died in Sentinel, lenox Township in 1907, was known as "Grandma Root" by her Gray grandchildren. She is buried in Cherry Valley Cemetery, Find a Grave memorial 54353677.
Name William A Root
Event Type Census
Event Date 1880
Event Place Cherry Valley, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States
Gender Male
Age 70
Marital Status Married
Race White
Race (Original) W
Occupation Farmer
Relationship to Head of Household Self
Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Self
Birth Year (Estimated) 1810
Birthplace New York, United States
Father's Birthplace Massachusetts, United States
Mother's Birthplace Massachusetts, United States
Sheet Letter A
Sheet Number 344
Person Number 0
Volume 1
Household
Role
Gender
Age
Birthplace
William A Root Self M 70 New York, United States
Jane Root Wife F 45 Ohio, United States
Dwight Gray Stepson M 14 Ohio, United States
William Hall Other M 18 Pennsylvania, United States
Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ1W-YGG : 14 July 2016), William A Root, Cherry Valley, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 5, sheet 344A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0992; FHL microfilm 1,254,992.
-contributor John Calaway
From birth order of William's sibblings it appears he was born in MA. Around the age of 5 his family moved to NY where he grew up.
William Taylor in the "Centennial History of Columbus" p. 669 reports that a "William A. and Derinda (Cole) Root, both of whom where natives of New York State, where [he] followed general agriculture and stock raising for many years, subsquently removing to this state [Ohio] where he departed this life January 14, 1894, surviving his wife, who also passed away here by twenty-three years. Mr Root was well known throughout the country in New York state in which he resided as an enterprising man and also as a substantial and desirable citizen."
From his children's birth order it appears this family moved to Ohio after 1836 and before 1840 puting Williams in his mid 30's.
In the 1840 & 50 Cencus William's brother "Uri A. Root" is residing in Monroe, Ashtabula Co., Ohio.
1850 Census has William and his family in Andover, Ashtabula Co., Ohio. William was a farmer. Wife and 6 children are all listed on this record.
It is reported that in 1860 William's mother "Mercy" died in Andover though her stone say 1869.
Finally in the 1870 Census William & Derinda are both still in Andover but children are gone. He died at ripe old age of 84 in 1894.
-contributor Dave Kulchar
------------------------
Sometime after 1872 and before 1880, William Adams Root married Jane Young Gray, widow of John Gray (1837 PA-1866 Ashtabula County). Jane, born 1835 in Cherry Valley, was the eldest daughter of Benjamin N. Young and Rhoda Brown of Cherry Valley.
William, Jane, Jane's youngest son Dwight Gray and a presumed boarder can be seen in the 1880 census below of neighboring Cherry Valley. Jane, who died in Sentinel, lenox Township in 1907, was known as "Grandma Root" by her Gray grandchildren. She is buried in Cherry Valley Cemetery, Find a Grave memorial 54353677.
Name William A Root
Event Type Census
Event Date 1880
Event Place Cherry Valley, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States
Gender Male
Age 70
Marital Status Married
Race White
Race (Original) W
Occupation Farmer
Relationship to Head of Household Self
Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Self
Birth Year (Estimated) 1810
Birthplace New York, United States
Father's Birthplace Massachusetts, United States
Mother's Birthplace Massachusetts, United States
Sheet Letter A
Sheet Number 344
Person Number 0
Volume 1
Household
Role
Gender
Age
Birthplace
William A Root Self M 70 New York, United States
Jane Root Wife F 45 Ohio, United States
Dwight Gray Stepson M 14 Ohio, United States
William Hall Other M 18 Pennsylvania, United States
Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ1W-YGG : 14 July 2016), William A Root, Cherry Valley, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 5, sheet 344A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0992; FHL microfilm 1,254,992.
-contributor John Calaway
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