"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD25-5WD : 14 July 2016), Joseph Root, Oxford Mills, Jones, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 341, sheet 510A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0348; FHL microfilm 1,254,348.
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 January 2019), memorial page for Joseph Root (1817–1905), Find A Grave Memorial no. 40185817, citing Mayflower Cemetery, Oxford Junction, Jones County, Iowa, USA ; Maintained by Yvette Aune (contributor 47044096) .(https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40185817/joseph-root)
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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