Stephen L. Root
Stephen L. Root was born around 1849 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. He grew up and attended school in Austinburg, Ohio. He moved to Kingsbury in the Dakota Territory in the 1870s, and he worked as a farmer there. He married Martha Jolly there around 1883, and their daughter Lola was born around 1900. They also adopted a daughter named Elsie, who was born around 1880. They lived in De Smet, South Dakota. His wife died in 1927, and by 1930, he was living with a widowed woman named Lydia J. Day in Watertown, South Dakota. He died in Kingsbury County, South Dakota, on June 1, 1940.
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(1692)Root, Stephen L.18491940-06-01
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 1

  • (3564) [writer] ~ Stephen L. Root to Timothy D. Root, 21 December 1864

People - Records: 3

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

Places - Records: 2

  • (274) [birth] ~ Ohio
  • (1407) [death] ~ Kingsbury County, South Dakota

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SOURCES

1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; South Dakota Death Index, 1905-1955, available from Ancestry.com