Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Root, Dan S. 1882
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The Grand Rapids Eagle, Tuesday, February 23, 1882


Many members of the “Old Third,” together with soldiers of other commands and 
many citizens in this city and vicinity will be pained to hear of the death of 
Col. D. S. Root, which took place at Ionia, on Thursday evening last. 

The deceased was born in the State of New York, in 1837, and when 14 years of 
age came with his parents to Michigan and settled in Ionia county.  At the 
breaking out of the war he enlisted in the original Third Regiment for ninety 
days.  On the re-organization of the regiment he re-enlisted for three years.  
He went out as an orderly sergeant, and was successively promoted lieutenant, 
captain, lieutenant colonel and colonel.  He was never off duty on account of 
sickness.  He participated in all the great battles and shared in all the 
hardships with his regiment, and helped to earn that organization the honored 
place it holds among the commands that gave Michigan the lustrous position is 
enjoys in the war history of the rebellion.  He was twice wounded in battle.

At the close of the war he became a resident of this city.  Here he studied 
medicine with Dr. Evans.  He attended the medical school in Chicago, from which 
institution he graduated as one of two honor men of his class and as a reward 
of merit was appointed to a position in the city hospital.  After a time he 
entered upon the general practice of his profession in Chicago and at the time 
of his death had secured not only a large patronage, and an honored place in 
his profession but had amassed considerable fortune.  He had been in declining 
health for sometime and came over to Ionia on Monday, where his father, a 
brother, and a sister reside, hoping to recuperate by getting away from all 
business and professional care.

He, nor his friends were not seriously alarmed until Thursday last.  Physicians 
were called.  But there was no help.  He died at fifteen minutes before six in 
the evening.  The Colonel never married.  Funeral services occurred Sunday 
afternoon at the residence of Capt. D. T. Fargo, his brother-in-law, in Ionia, 
where he died.


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