Fifth Generation

156. Clarence Washington ROOT¹⁵⁹ was born on 23 October 1897 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA.^161,252 He appeared in the census in 1900 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA.²⁵² (There is a listing for Clarence W. Root, age 12, born CA (with his parents also born in CA), in the household of Emelia L. Pfaff at 269 23rd Avenue in San Francisco. He is listed as her grandson. That may have been him.) He appeared in the census in 1910 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA.²⁵⁵ He was living with his maternal grandmother. The whereabouts of his parents is not known, but they cannot be located in the 1910 Census. Clarence appeared in the census in 1920 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA.⁴²⁶ He was Single, a Lodger and his occupation was "Machinist, Automobile.) He died on 25 August 1990 at the age of 92 in Napa, Napa County, CA.¹⁶¹

Clarence Washington ROOT and Ruth ADAMSON were married.¹¹⁰ Ruth ADAMSON was born (date unknown).