Nelson Root

b. 9 April 1903, d. May 1980
  • Nelson Root was born on 9 April 1903.
  • The following appeared on 29 March 1964 in The Binghamton Press: Mrs. Margaret A. Root, 85, 1311 Airport Rd., Endicott, died Tuesday morning at Wilson Memorial Hospital. She is survived by her husband, Miles C. Root, Endicott; a daughter, Mrs. Leah Roff, Vestal; two sons, Nelson Root, Owego and Leman (Pete) Root, Endicott; nine grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Katherine Green, Mrs. Myra Love and Mrs. Wilhelmina Morris, all of Endicott; a brother, John Sautter, Elmira Heights; also several neices and nephews. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Endicott and retired in 1954 from Endicott Johnson Crop. after 19 years of service. The body was removed to the H. P. Moat Funeral Home, 765 Main St., Vestal where funeral services will be held Friday at 9:30 a. m. The Rev. Henry Clay Banks, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Endicott will officiate. Interment services will be held at 2:30 p. m. at Oregon Hill Cemetery, Morris, Pa. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Wednesday and Thursday evenings from 7 to 9 p. m.
  • The SSDI lists Dundee, Yates County, New York, as the last residence of record of Nelson Root , and for last benefit, Vestal, Broome County.
  • Nelson Root died in May 1980 at age 77.
  • Last Edited: 31 Oct 2009