| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Tenth Generation748. Dorcas Angelina STOWELL was born on 15 May 1825 in Waitsfield Township, Washington County, VT.65,96,146,147,148 (Her age was listed as 25 in the 1850 Census, as 35 in 1860, and as 49 in 1870. She was probably born about 1825.) She appeared in the census in October 1850 in Niles, Cook County, IL.148 She was listed as "D. A. S." She appeared in the census in 1860 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.149 Dorcas appeared in the census in 1870 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.146 She died in 1871 at the age of 46 in Augusta, Eau Claire County, WI.150,151 (Her husband was listed as a widower in the 1880 census.) She was buried in 1871 in Otter Creek Township, Eau Claire County, WI.151 in the Hales Corners Cemetery. Dorcas Angelina STOWELL and William L. ROOT were married before October 1850.148,152 (They were married at the time of the 1850 Census.) William L. ROOT was born about 1822 in Canada.118,147,148,149,150,153 (He was listed as "William L." in the 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880 Census'; he was listed as "William" in 1855.) (His age was listed as 28 in the 1850 Census, as 36 in 1860, as 50 in 1870, and as 58 in 1880.) (A family bible in possession of his great-great-grandson, Fred Root, lists his birth place as New York state.) (His birth place was listed as Canada in the 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880 Census'.) (According to the 1880 Census, his father was born in Vermont and his mother in New York; it was vice versa.) (He may have been the same person as William James Root, son of Ira and Sarah (Mallory) Root. Must research.) He appeared in the census in October 1850 in Niles, Cook County, IL.148 His household consisted of "William L.," "D.A.S." (Dorcas), and their son, Mortimer. William's occupation was listed as "Farmer." He appeared in the census in 1855 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI.154,155 His household consisted of 2 males and 2 females and his occupation was listed as "Farmer." William appeared in the census in 1860 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.149 His occupation was listed as "Farmer." He appeared in the census in 1870 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.153 His occupation was "Farmer." He appeared in the census in 1880 in Grant County, ND.150 He was a widower and living in the household of his son Alexander. His occupation was "Farmer." (The census records lists its location as "Town 120, Range 48, Grant County, Dakota Territory.") Dorcas Angelina STOWELL and William L. ROOT had the following children:
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