William W. Root
William W. Root was born around 1844 in Ohio to Timothy and Adeline Root. His father was a farmer who owned $4,500 of real estate and $2,050 of personal property by 1860. Root grew up and attended school in Austinburg, Ohio. He enlisted in the Union army on February 24, 1864, and he mustered in as a private in Company C of the 60th Ohio Infantry on April 5. He died at North Anna River, Virginia, on May 25, 1864.
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(2422)Root, William W.18441864-05-25
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 5

  • (7127) [recipient] ~ Thomas J. Merrill to William W. Root, 31 May 1863
  • (7128) [recipient] ~ Thomas J. Merrill to William W. Root, 16 March 1863
  • (7129) [recipient] ~ Thomas J. Merrill to William W. Root, 24 February 1863
  • (7130) [recipient] ~ Thomas J. Merrill to William W. Root, 5 November 1862
  • (7131) [recipient] ~ Thomas J. Merrill to William W. Root, 29 September 1862

People - Records: 4

  • (2422) Root, William W. is the [sibling of] (1691) Root, Timothy Dwight
  • (2422) Root, William W. is the [sibling of] (1692) Root, Stephen L.
  • (2422) Root, William W. is the [friend of] (2421) Merrill, Thomas Jefferson
  • (3252) Root, Edward L. is the [sibling of] (2422) Root, William W.

Places - Records: 2

  • (274) [birth] ~ Ohio
  • (1851) [death] ~ North Anna, Virginia

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (253) [enlisted] [C] ~ 60th Ohio Infantry
SOURCES

1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com.