Here is what I found about Sidney Root: Sidney Root married Mary Finley 12/19/1892 by CF Matheny Vol. 7, p. 324 in Gallia County They are buried in Pine Street Cemetery in Gallipolis Township, Gallia County Root, Sidney b.1849 d 1914 " , Mary E. b 1867 d 1932 Here is other information re: the name Root: Marriage: J. F. Root amrried Agnes Thaxton 11/16/1884 German Ridge Cemetery--Walnut Township, Gallia County Root, _____________Stone gone " , Frederic Co. B 173 Ohio Inf. b. Dorst, Germany March 14, 1826, d. Oct. 31, 1902 Rife Cemetery--Addison Township, Gallia County Root, Alva Fred s/o Fred & Alma b.1922 d. 1923 I have birth records up to 1899--no record of children Fred and Nora there. Perhaps Alva Fred was the child of your Fred? That is all I found in the Gallia County info that I have. Joanne Galvin