Fred Winfield Root (1886 - 1948)

Born 23 Jul 1886 in Bijou Hills, Brule, South Dakota, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth Ann (Landes) Root — married 27 Jul 1917 in Kootenai, Bonner, Idaho, USA

Died 11 Nov 1948 at age 62 in Greenacres, Spokane, Washington, USA

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Biography

• Family migrated from Iowa to South Dakota then to Washington. Siblings Gertrude, Ellsworth, Katie and Charles likely remained in South Dakota. The other siblings probably went to Washington with their parents.
• When Frederick Winfield Root was born on July 23, 1886, in Brule, South Dakota, his father, Willis, was 30 and his mother, Sarah, was 28. He married Ruth Ann Landes on June 27, 1917, in Kootenai, Idaho. They had two children during their marriage. He died on November 11, 1948, in Greenacres, Washington, at the age of 62, and was buried there.

Sources

• 1880 Federal Census, Sioux County, IA, Buncombe Twp, ED 194, Sheet 15, line 8
• Sioux County Marriage Index: LDS Microfilm 1404833
• 1900 Federal Census, Brule County, SD, America Twp, ED 61, Sheet 4, line 2
• LDS IG Index, page 4,085
• 1910 Federal Census, Spokane County, WA, Green Acres Twp, ED 136, Sheet 1A, line 5
• https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/77953457/person/44374390217/story