| NAME |
Root, Mary (Mrs.) |
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| PLACE |
West Rochester, VT |
| AGE
IN 1850 |
50 |
| MAIDEN
NAME |
Mary Jones |
| PARENTS |
Benjamin Jones and Mary Adams |
| BORN |
11
April 1800
in Hillsborough,
NH |
| DIED |
31
December 1886
in Rochester,
VT
of “old age” at the age of 86 |
| BURIED |
Woodlawn
Cemetery,
Rochester,
VT |
| MARRIED |
Samuel
Root, 27
March 1835
in Rochester,
VT. The son of Lemuel Root and Ruth Shannon, he was
born 10
August 1799
in Rochester,
VT,
and died 06
January 1888
of “gangrene in foot.” |
| CHILDREN |
1.
Willard J. Root, b. 13 February 1836
in Goshen, VT, d. 1922.
2.
Mary E. Root, b. 06 December 1838 in
Goshen, VT, d. 17 July 1870, m. Alonzo Worcester. He
later remarried to Ellen I. Kinsman.
3.
Samuel Stillman Root, b. 26 June 1840
in Goshen, VT, d. 1930, m. Lois Ella McDuffee who was b. 1848 and d. 1911. |
| FEDERAL
CENSUS RECORDS |
1840 |
Goshen,
Addison
County,
VT. The Samuel Root household consists of one male
between the ages of 30-40, two males under 5, one female 30-40, and one female under 5. Listed next door to John W. McAllister. |
| 1850 |
Rochester, Windsor County, VT
(dwelling 130). Samuel Root (50 VT) and wife
Polly (48 NH) have three children: Willard
(15), Mary (11), and Stillman (9). Real estate
$800.
The 1850
agricultural census records the following for the Samuel Root farm in Rochester:
75 improved acres
100 unimproved acres
$1,400 cash value of the farm
$100 value for farm machinery
2 horses
3 milch cows
4 working oxen
3 other cattle
45 sheep
2 swine
$415 value in livestock
19 bushels of wheat
16 bushels of rye
60 bushels of Indian corn
75 bushels of oats
20 bushels of buckwheat
125 lbs. of wool
4 bushels of peas/beans
125 bushels of Irish potatoes
300 lbs. of butter
35 tons of hay
$45 value of animals slaughtered
$50
value of home-made manufactures |
| 1860 |
Rochester, Windsor County, VT
(dwelling 194). Samuel Root (60 VT) and wife
Mary (60 NH) are living with their children Willard (24), Mary (21), and Stillman (19). Real estate $1,400.
Personal estate $500.
The 1860
agricultural census records the following for the Samuel Root farm in Rochester:
60 improved acres
50 unimproved acres
$1,600 cash value of the farm
$50 value in farm implements and machinery
2 horses
4 milch cows
2 working oxen
5 other cattle
10 sheep
1 swine
$450 value in livestock
20 bushes of Indian corn
30 bushels of oats
50 lbs. of wool
160 bushels of Irish potatoes
450 lbs. of butter
50 tons of hay
$55 value of animals slaughtered |
| 1870 |
Rochester, Windsor County, VT. Samuel Root (70 VT) and wife Mary (70 NH), and son
Stillman (29) are enumerated in the same household. Real
estate $2,400. Personal estate $500.
The 1860
agricultural census records the following for the Samuel Root farm in Rochester:
80 acres improved
20 acres woodland
$2,500 cash value of farm
$350 value in implements
1 horse
3 cows
4 other cattle
6 sheep
$400 value in livestock
20 bushels of Indian corn
10 bushels of spring wheat
50 bushels of oats
6 bushels of buckwheat
100 lbs. of wool
150 bushels of Irish potatoes
$10 value in orchard products
400 lbs. of butter
25 tons of hay
800 lbs. of maple sugar
$250 value in home manufactures
$50 value in animals slaughtered
$750 value in farm production |
| 1880 |
Rochester, Windsor County, VT
(dwelling 106). Samuel (80) and Mary (80) Root
are living with their son Stillman (39) and his wife Louis E. (32).
Ozark, Barton
County,
MO. Son Willard J. Root (49) is an unmarried farmer,
renting rooms to three boarders. |
| NOTES |
Mary Jones, was a half-sister to “Mrs. Lovina McAlister” and
therefore a half first cousin to “Mrs. Permelia Brink.” Benjamin Jones’ second wife, after Jemima
Boynton, was Mary Adams, who died in 1850. |
