In a message dated 11/4/00 2:21:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, cat2dog1bmc@webtv.net writes: << Subj: HCC lookup -Root Date: 11/4/00 2:21:30 PM Eastern Standard Time From: cat2dog1bmc@webtv.net (Barb) To: kwsroots@aol.com Hello Ken, First thank you for all the kindness shown to light our way. I am looking for information on Josiah Root b.1768. m. to Phebe Vinton Root who both are buried in Huron Co. and esp their son David Vinton Root. David is my ancestor: there were 6 other children, Josiah, Anson, Eber, Horace, Hiram and Sophia who married Wyatt Cook (Cooke). David left Ohio at some point and landed in MO where he married Margaret McDonald abt. 1846. Our family history has a birth date for David abt. 1806 which would have made him some what "old" for a 1846 marriage date. Although I have not lived in Ohio for many years I grew up in Galion. So this Thanksgiving part of my trip home will be to Huron Co and the cemetery to pay a visit to my long lost/newly found family. I am also keeping my fingers crossed the library maybe open. Davids daughter; my G-grand, Vintie Root McDonald Lutz(1) McDonald(2) ( married a cousin with same last name) died in 1907 while visiting Root cousins in NE Ohio but we don't know which ones. Another mystery for another day. Thanks again, Barbara Campbell >> Hi Barbara, Here are references I found which appear to relate to your Josiah ROOT family. I could find nothing, however, on your David ROOT. 1. Huron County, Ohio Marriages, by Scheuer Publications, 1992. Josiah ROOT m. Delia TILLOTSON 6 May 1830. Josiah ROOT, Jr. m. Nancy GREEN 24 Feb 1820. Eber ROOT m. Mary GAMBLE 27 Apr 1823. Anson ROOT m. Minerva JOHNSON 10 Sep 1823. Horace ROOT m. Julia COOKE 29 Nov 1826. Sophia ROOT m. Wyatt COOKE 30 Nov 1828. 2. Huron County, Ohio Cemetery Inscriptions. Peru Center (School House) Cemetery, Peru Township. Page 720. Row 14. 5 Phebe ROOT w/o Josiah ROOT, d. 12 Jan 1838 age 61y 11m 19d. 6 Sophia COOK w/o Wyatt COOK, d. 12 Jan 1852 age 49y 7m 9d. 7 Mary Elma COOK d/o W. & Sophia COOK, d. 16 Nov 1854 age 20y 1m 26d. North Monroeville Cemetery, Ridgefield Township. Page 809. Row 21. 16 Josiah ROOT, d. 12 Jan 1828 age 57y 11m 1d. 17 Nancy Iantha ROOT, d/o Eber & Mary ROOT, d. 26 Jun 1826 age 17 m. 3. History of the Fire Lands, by W.W. Williams, 1879. Page 206. Peru Township. Mentions Josiah ROOT and Wyatt COOK, among others, were early settlers of Peru Township. Josiah ROOT was from New York, and took up residence on the Parker tract. Wyatt COOK was a Vermonter, and arrived in Peru as early as 1818. Page 222. Peru Township. Listed in the 1827 enumeration of some 90 white male inhabitants over age 21 in Peru Township was Josiah ROOT. Page 225. Peru Township. The first saw mill in Peru Township was built in 1819 by Josiah ROOT on the Huron river, on land now (1879) owned by Hiram Smith. Regards, Ken Shute, in MD (kwsroots@aol.com). Note: There's no obligation whatsoever to do this, but if this information has been helpful, you might consider making a donation to the Huron County Chapter/OGS, P.O. Box 923, Norwalk, OH 44857-0923.