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Root, Joseph, was a native of Coventry, Conn., whose first settlement in this State was at Whitestown, Oneida
county. From there he moved to Jefferson county, and from the latter removed to Genesee county, locating at Batavia.
In 1820 he came to Barre (now Albion) and bought eighty acres from the land company at six dollars per acre. He
lived in a log house until 1833, and then built the stone residence now occupied by his son Henry. The children
of Joseph Root were as follows: Levi, Polly, Sallie, Clarissa, William, Henry, Chester, Ellura, Nathan and one
other who died unnamed. Joseph Root, the pioneer, was a blacksmith as well as a farmer, and as a mechanic could
make almost any kind of a tool used on a farm. He made a number of mill stones from the native stones of this locality,
which in pioneer days did very good service. As his boys grew to maturity they did the work on the farm, and it
was through their efforts their father was enabled to make his way comfortable in life. He died on the old home
farm August 22, 1846, and his wife, whose maiden name was Fannie West, died March 21, 1849. Henry Root was born
in Jefferson county, December 27. 1806, and came with his father to Barre in 1820. He worked in his father's shop,
but was determined to become a farmer, and possessed a like determination to accumulate a good property. In this
he has been successful, and is now the owner of 375 acres of good farm land in the town. On November 29, 1835,
Henry Root married Amanda W. Ferguson, by whom he had one child, Floyd Ferguson Root, of Albion. Mrs. Root died
March 1, 1876. Floyd F. Root was born May 20, 1841. On May 1, 1867, he married Henrietta, daughter of Joshua and
Esther D. Kendall, of Chemung county. They have five children, Kenry K., Alma L., Levi F., Gertrude D. and John
Irving Hartwell Root. Henry Root has lived to see two great grandchildren, which are named Benjamin H. Root and
Robert E. Cutts.
From:
Landmarks of Orleans County, New York
Edited by: Hon. Isaac C. Signor
Assisted by: H. P. Smith and others
D. Mason & Co., Publishers
Syracuse, N. Y. 1894
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