Harriet (Alger) Root (1826 - 1902)

Born 28 Nov 1826 in New York, United States

Wife of Lafayette Root — married about 1846 in New York, United States

Died 17 Jun 1902 at age 75 in New York, United States

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Biography

Harriet was born in New York in 1826.^[1] She married Lafayette Root by 1847, when their eldest child was born.^[1] She and Lafayette had at least four children by 1870, when they appear in the U.S. Census for that year, living in New York.^[2] There are six children linked to her Find A Grave memorial:^[3] Helen, d. 1859, Ellen, d. 1964, Melville, b. 1847, d. 1903, Adelbert, b. 1852, d. 1911, Clinton, b. 1854, d. 1924, and William Emmet, b. 1865, died 1924. Harriet died in New York in 1902 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Otsego, New York.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC14-643 : 12 April 2016), Harriet Root in household of La Fayette Root, Laurens, Otsego, New York, United States; citing family 295, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8VR-WK7 : 12 April 2016), Harriet Root in household of La Fayette Root, New York, United States; citing p. 32, family 286, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,575
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 14 March 2019), memorial page for Harriet N Alger Root (28 Nov 1826–17 Jun 1902), Find A Grave Memorial no. 81774406, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Otego, Otsego County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Kathy Sturgess Ouimet (contributor 47373862) .