Thirteenth Generation

677. John ROOT Sr. was born in 1794 in Havre De Grace, Harford County, MD.^{96,98,103,154} (The 1850 Census listed his age as 56, indicating a birth year of about 1794; other sources list it as 1796.)

. He appeared in the census in 1820 in Antis Township, Blair County, PA.^107,138 He was living with his parents. (Antis Township was part of Huntingdon County until 1846, when it became a part of Blair County.) He appeared in the census in 1830 in Antis Township, Blair County, PA.¹⁰⁹ His household consisted of 2 males, age under 5 (John, Jr. and Unknown); 1 male, age 30-40 (John); 1 female, age under 5 (Mary); and 1 female, age 20-30 (John's wife). His household was next to that of his brother, Jacob. John appeared in the census in 1840 in Antis Township, Blair County, PA.¹¹⁰ His household consisted of 1 male under 5 years of age (Edward), 1 male 5-10 (possibly Lemuel), 1 male 10-15 (John Mathias), 1 male 40-50 (John), 2 females under 5 (Unknown and Amanda), 1 female 5-10 (Martha), 1 female 10-15 (Mary), and 1 female 20-30 (John's second wife, Hannah). He appeared in the census in 1850 in Antis Township, Blair County, PA.⁹⁸ His occupation was listed as "Farmer." He appeared in the census in 1860 in Sandusky Township, Richland County, OH.¹⁵⁵ His occupation was listed as "Farmer." John died on 21 October 1869 at the age of 75 in Galion, Crawford County, OH.^{96,102,111,156,157}
Excerpts from article about Edward N. Root, 1852-??: "John Root, grandfather of our subject, was born on the old homestead place in Antis township, then Huntingdon County, and after his second marriage moved to Ohio, where he owned considerable land near Galion. He met an accidental death at the age of 68 years, being run over by a corn wagon." (His death at the age of 68 would have meant that he died in 1862, but a biographical sketch of the husband of his daughter Amanda lists his date of death as Oct. 21, 1869.)

John ROOT Sr. and Hannah KEELEY were married about 1839.^96,100 (They had five children.) Hannah KEELEY was born in 1816 in Clearfield County, PA.^96,98,154 (The 1850 Census listed her age as 36, indicating a birth year of about 1814.)

. She appeared in the census in 1840 in Antis Township, Blair County, PA.¹¹⁰ She appeared in the census in 1850 in Antis Township, Blair County, PA.⁹⁸ Hannah appeared in the census in 1860 in Sandusky Township, Richland County, OH.¹⁵⁵

John ROOT Sr. and Hannah KEELEY had the following children:

John ROOT Sr. and Mary Ann SMITH were married about 1822.^96,100,154 Mary Ann SMITH was born about 1809.¹¹⁰ (Her age was listed as Between 20 and 30 in the 1840 Census, so she may have been born about 1810.)

. She appeared in the census in 1830 in Allegheny, Huntingdon County, PA.¹⁰⁹ She died before 1840 at the age of 31 in Pennsylvania.

John ROOT Sr. and Mary Ann SMITH had the following children: