William Merriam Root

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When William Merriam Rice Root was born on 16 June 1877, in Berea, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, his father, George Geoffrey Root, was 36 and his mother, Clarissa Angelina Merriam, was 32. He married Iva Blanch Boyer on 17 June 1908, in Charlotte, Eaton, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Chester Township, Eaton, Michigan, United States in 1940 and Charlotte, Eaton, Michigan, United States in 1940. He died on 1 November 1950, in Plainwell, Allegan, Michigan, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Chester Township, Eaton, Michigan, United States.