In a message dated 9/4/99 10:05:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << I am interested ingetting information on the descendants of William Root, who died in Ravenna in 1895. He was married to Almira Silverthorne and had 7 sons and one daughter. He was the son of Sally Ann Tousley and Edwin Root. >> Have you checked to see if they may be in the ROOT family for whom Rootstown , Portage Co. was named? <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohportag/hist015.htm">Rootstown</A> Carol in FL.