Miles Charles Root

Miles Charles Root

• Father: Ira Root b. circa 1832
• Mother: Mary (?) b. circa 1841

• Miles Charles Root was born on 28 May 1878.
• He married Margaret A. Sautter, daughter of Peter Sautter and Elizabeth Bohnert, circa 1898.
• Miles Charles Root registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, while living with his wife in Morris, and self-employed there farming.
• Miles Charles Root became a widower at the 25 March 1964 death of his wife Margaret A. Sautter.
• 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 Vestal, Broome County, New York, as the last residence of record of Miles Charles Root.
• Miles Charles Root died in October 1968 at age 90.

• Last Edited: 29 Oct 2009