Born in Jamestown, Steuben, Indiana, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Archer
and Hannah Archer
Sister of
Ira Archer
Wife of
Salomon Parker
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Wife of
Rodney Henry Root
— married
8 Jul 1855 in Gilead Township, Branch, Michigan, United States
Descendants 
Died
at age 95
in Orland, Steuben, Indiana, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Jan 2019
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Biography
Caroline was the daughter of John and Hannah "Archer" Archer (1st cousins). She married 1st Rodney Root on July 8, 1855 in Gilead Township, Branch County, Michigan. He died while serving in the Civil War. She married 2nd to Salmon Parker September 6, 1866 in Kinderhook Township, Branch County, Michigan.
Sources
"Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCDR-VW5 : 17 January 2020), Rodney Root, 1855.
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4NJ-YZB : 13 December 2017), Rodney Root, 1860.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHSX-HXF : 13 January 2022), Carrie Root in household of Solomon Parker, Jamestown Township, Steuben, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
- FROM "OVER 50 PAGES OF XEROXED MATERIAL FROM MABLE'S BIG
BOOK," CARNEGIE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF STEUBEN COUNTY, ANGOLA, INDIANA.
"Marriage Records, Steuben County, Indiana, 1837 - 1899." Steuben Republican, 21 Aug 1907, "Old Settlers" death list, Edwin L. "Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990," by Audree Seibel Lewis, Vol. 1, page 331; Vol. 2, pages, 1319, 1399, 1400, 1401, 1402, 1403. SCGS Quarterly, Vol.8, No.4, page 3, Winter 2003, Edwin L. www.familysearch.org Submitted by Mona Hilden-Beckwith e-mail (denied in accordance with requirements of Wikitree)
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Caroline by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Caroline by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
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Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup H2A2B, FTDNA kit #392060
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~0.78%
Joyce Bacon :
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