Timothy Dwight Root
Timothy Dwight Root was born around 1846 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 8, 1864, and he mustered in as a private in the 14th Ohio Light Artillery later that day. The regiment took part in the Atlanta campaign, and he mustered out on August 9, 1865. He returned to Ohio after the war, and he died on March 31, 1871.
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(1691)Root, Timothy Dwight18461871-03-31
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 11

  • (3558) [recipient] ~ John W. Lathrop to Timothy D. Root, 29 March 1864
  • (3559) [recipient] ~ Hannah Lathrop to Timothy D. Root, 25 December 1864
  • (3560) [recipient] ~ Matthew G. Forman to Timothy D. Root, 22 August 1864
  • (3561) [recipient] ~ Emma Lathrop and John W. Lathrop to Timothy D. Root, 17 April 1864
  • (3562) [recipient] ~ Emma Lathrop to Timothy D. Root, 24 August 1864
  • (3563) [writer] ~ Hannah Lathrop to Timothy D. Root, 15 December 1864
  • (3564) [recipient] ~ Stephen L. Root to Timothy D. Root, 21 December 1864
  • (3565) [recipient] ~ (?) Reed to Timothy D. Root, 29 May 1864
  • (3826) [recipient] ~ Edward L. Root to Timothy D. Root, 1 July 1864
  • (7122) [recipient] ~ Edgar O. Miller to Timothy D. Root, 31 October 1864
  • (7123) [recipient] ~ Edgar O. Miller to Timothy D. Root, 7 June 1862

People - Records: 9

  • (1374) Miller, Edgar Orlando is the [friend of] (1691) Root, Timothy Dwight
  • (1692) Root, Stephen L. is the [sibling of] (1691) Root, Timothy Dwight
  • (1693) Reed, (?) is the [friend of] (1691) Root, Timothy Dwight
  • (2260) Lathrop, John W. is the [friend of] (1691) Root, Timothy Dwight
  • (2261) Lathrop, Hannah is the [friend of] (1691) Root, Timothy Dwight
  • (2262) Forman, Matthew G. is the [friend of] (1691) Root, Timothy Dwight
  • (2263) Lathrop, Emma is the [friend of] (1691) Root, Timothy Dwight
  • (2422) Root, William W. is the [sibling of] (1691) Root, Timothy Dwight
  • (3252) Root, Edward L. is the [sibling of] (1691) Root, Timothy Dwight

Places - Records: 1

  • (274) [birth, death] ~ Ohio

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (61) [enlisted] [Independent Battery] ~ 14th Ohio Light Artillery
SOURCES

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