OBIT: Luther ROOT, 1899, formerly of Blair County, PA

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BELLWOOD BRIEFS.

  Mr. Lemuel Root is absent from home attending the funeral of his 
brother, Luther, who died suddenly at his home in Michigan.  Mr. Luther 
Root was well known by older residents of this vicinity as he left here 
only sixteen years ago, and there are many friends besides his aged 
father, Mr. John Root, who resides near Sabbath Rest, who will mourn 
his sudden death.  Two brothers, E. W. Root, and Lemuel, also reside in 
Bellwood.

Morning Tribune, Tuesday, December 5, 1899

LUTHER A. ROOT, DECEASED.
Some Interesting Facts Concerning the Life of This Man.

  The following information clipped from a Port Huron, Mich., newspaper 
will be of interest to many friends of Luther A. Root, whose recent 
death in that place has been a sorrow, not only to his relatives, but 
to many who knew and loved him in other years:
  "Mr. Root went to Port Huron in 1884 as a book agent.  He took a 
situation at $4 a week as a clerk to Major Boynton, great record keeper 
of the Knights of the Order of Tented Maccabees.  He soon became 
invaluable and was advanced to the position of chief clerk, at a salary 
of $120 a month.  He was a member of the Woodmen, also.  He had been in 
ill health for some time and had imagined his best friends were talking 
about him.  This, in the opinion of a prominent physician, was a sure 
indication that he was insane.  Those who knew him felt sure that he 
was not in a responsible condition when he took the draught of carbolic 
acid that ended his life.  At the request of relatives, four physicians 
held a post mortem and found that the unfortunate man had been a 
sufferer from chronic inflammation of the upper part of the top of the 
brain on either side of the longitudinal fissure.  There were also 
small tumors in both lateral ventricles.  The doctors are of the 
opinion that for some time past he was not responsible for his acts.  
His funeral was largely attended.  The floral offerings were numerous, 
including a Maccabee tent furnished by the great camp.  The City band, 
Uniform Rank K.O.T.M., Woodmen Light infantry, Diamond tent, the 
Woodmen of the World, and the Modern Woodmen turned out as an escort 
and marched to Pine Grove park."

Morning Tribune, Tuesday, December 26, 1899