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William Henry Root

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William Henry Root

Birth
Vernon, Jennings County, Indiana, USA
Death
18 Aug 1903 (aged 61)
Donnellson, Montgomery County, Illinois, USA
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Enrolled on 21 Aug 1862 in Co. A, 26th Missouri Volunteer Infantry. He joined the regiment at Jacinto, Miss., about September 5th. Private Root was in the battle of Iuka, September 19th, and Corinth, October 3rd and 4th, 1862; on the Yazoo Pass Expedition in spring of 1863; in battle of Raymond, May 12th; Jackson, May 14th; Champion Hills, May 16th; Siege of Vicksburg, 1863; in battle of Missionary Ridge, Nov. 25th, 1863; battle of Allatoona, Ga., Oct. 5, 1864; on Sherman's campaign through Georgia, and siege of Savannah, to the sea. Was through South and North Carolina campaign during which campaign he participated in the following engagements: Tallahatchie River, Columbia, Feb. 17th; skirmish on Lynch's creek, Feb. 25th; raid to Florence, March 5th, and battle of Bentonsville, North Carolina, March 20 and 21, 1865. He participated in the Grand Review and was discharged May 30, 1865, at Washington, DC.

In the year of 1873, he married to Permelia J. Stevens, to this union were born four children, three still survive, he leaves a wife, one daughter, two sons, and aged Mother, two sisters, three brothers, and a host of friends and relatives to mourn his loss. Mr. Root was connected with the Masons Order and was buried with Masonic Rites, The Walshville Masonic Lodge being in charge. The service was held in the Donnellson Church, Rev. L. D. Lasewell delivered the address. The interment was in Donnellson Cemetery.
--The Montgomery News, Friday 28 August 1903

Married: November 10, 1873, at Walshville, Montgomery County, Illinois
Children: John Chauncey Root, Cynthia Ann (Root) Edwards (Mrs. Martin Isaac Edwards), William "Weaver" Root, Elmer Clinton Root.
Enrolled on 21 Aug 1862 in Co. A, 26th Missouri Volunteer Infantry. He joined the regiment at Jacinto, Miss., about September 5th. Private Root was in the battle of Iuka, September 19th, and Corinth, October 3rd and 4th, 1862; on the Yazoo Pass Expedition in spring of 1863; in battle of Raymond, May 12th; Jackson, May 14th; Champion Hills, May 16th; Siege of Vicksburg, 1863; in battle of Missionary Ridge, Nov. 25th, 1863; battle of Allatoona, Ga., Oct. 5, 1864; on Sherman's campaign through Georgia, and siege of Savannah, to the sea. Was through South and North Carolina campaign during which campaign he participated in the following engagements: Tallahatchie River, Columbia, Feb. 17th; skirmish on Lynch's creek, Feb. 25th; raid to Florence, March 5th, and battle of Bentonsville, North Carolina, March 20 and 21, 1865. He participated in the Grand Review and was discharged May 30, 1865, at Washington, DC.

In the year of 1873, he married to Permelia J. Stevens, to this union were born four children, three still survive, he leaves a wife, one daughter, two sons, and aged Mother, two sisters, three brothers, and a host of friends and relatives to mourn his loss. Mr. Root was connected with the Masons Order and was buried with Masonic Rites, The Walshville Masonic Lodge being in charge. The service was held in the Donnellson Church, Rev. L. D. Lasewell delivered the address. The interment was in Donnellson Cemetery.
--The Montgomery News, Friday 28 August 1903

Married: November 10, 1873, at Walshville, Montgomery County, Illinois
Children: John Chauncey Root, Cynthia Ann (Root) Edwards (Mrs. Martin Isaac Edwards), William "Weaver" Root, Elmer Clinton Root.

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