Ancestry of
Henry Luce

Co-Founder of Time, Life, Fortune and Sports Illustrated magazines

Philander Sheldon Root

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• • Great-grandfather of Henry Luce — 4th Generation
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  • 12 
  • Father:
  • Elihu Root 
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  • Achsah Pomeroy   
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  • Oct 1809 
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  • Elizabeth Bloodgood
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  Lynott Bloodgood Root (Ahnentafel No:6 )

• Sources for Philander Sheldon Root

  • ¹ Roberts, Gary Boyd and William Addams Reitwiesner, American Ancestors and Cousins of The Princess of Wales, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1984), 47.
  • ² Root, James Pierce, Root Genealogical Records, 1600-1870: Comprising the General History of the Root and Roots Families in America, New York: R.C. Root, Anthony and Co. (1870), 416, 474.