Adam
Root
Born in Wellsville, Allegany, New York, United States
Ancestors 
Son of John Root
and Barbara (Schweitzer) Root
Brother of
Johanna A. (Ruth) Kelley, John (Root) Ruth, Mary Margaret (Root) Caton, Maximillian Joseph Meis Root, Sebastian Wesley Root, Mary Louise F. (Root) Peterson, Theresa Clarissa (Root) Stewart and Wendell Linias Root
Died
at age 22
in Alma, Allegany, New York, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Jun 2017
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Biography
Adam was born 10 March 1865 in Wellsville NY, the the son of John Root and Barbara Schweitzer. His father was in the Union Army when Adam was born.
The census records show Adam living in Wellsville with his parents and siblings in 1865, 1870, 1875, and 1880. [1] [2]
He was admitted to the Allegany County Poor House on 13 July 1887 with a diagnosis of consumption. He was discharged on 9 September 1887 with a prognosis of "no hopes" for "probable destiny of this Person as respects recovery" and went home with his father. [3]
He died a month later on October 10, 1887, in Alma NY and is buried in Sacred Heart Cemetery in Wellsville.[4]
Sources
- ↑ Year: 1870; Census Place: Wellsville, Allegany, New York; Roll: M593_905; Page: 787B; Family History Library Film: 552404
- ↑ Year: 1880; Census Place: Wellsville, Allegany, New York; Roll: 810; Family History Film: 1254810; Page: 395A; Enumeration District: 027; Image: 0019
- ↑ New York State Archives; Albany, New York; Census of Inmates in Almshouses and Poorhouses, 1875-1921; Series: A1978; Reel: A1978:7; Record Number: 525
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148611234
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Adam by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Adam:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Adam by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Adam:
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~6.25%
J (Kelley) Grohsmeyer
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Jkgrohsmeyer
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~3.12%
~25.00%
Kris (Rathgeb) Monroe :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ES5950834 [compare], Ancestry member monroke23
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