Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Root, A. P. November 5, 1839 - 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Root, A.P., Norway, was born in Russia, November 5, 1839.  His father was 
Palmer Root, born 1802 in Russia.  His mother was Sallie Truman, born October 
26, 1826.  Mr. Root was a colonel in the State militia, and was a Whig and 
afterwards a Republican.  He held the offices of supervisor and assessor.  His 
life was spent in Russia, except the last year, when he resided in Norway, 
where he died in 1863, and his wife in 1885.  The subject was reared on a farm 
and educated in the common schools and in Fairfield Seminary.  In 1862 he 
married Mary Walrath, of Fort Plain, and their children are Nellie E., Minnie, 
Charles M. and Edith.  In 1885 Mrs. Root died, and in 1888 Mr. Root married 
Mrs. Sarah Hall Slocum.  Mr. Root was a resident of Russia until 1863, when he 
went to Norway and purchased the farm on which he now resides.  He is a 
Prohibitionist and he and wife are Baptists.  Mr. Root is a member of Norway 
Grange, No. 586, and is at present its secretary.

Additional Comments:
source:
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of 
its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.

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