Ancestry of
Elihu Root

38th U.S. Secretary of State

Elihu Root

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • Oren Root 
  • Mother:
  • Nancy Whitney Buttrick   
  • Birth Date:
  • 15 Feb 1845 
  • Birth Location:
  • Clinton, Oneida, New York 
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  • Death Date:
  • 7 Feb 1937 
  • Death Location:
  • New York, New York 
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  • U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of War, and U.S. Secretary of State

• Marriages for Elihu Root

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  • Spouse:
  • Clara Frances Wales
  • Marriage Date:
  • 8 Jan 1878
  • Marriage Location:
  • New York, New York

• Sources for Elihu Root

  • ¹ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Volume 26, New York: James T. White and Company (1937), 1-5.
  • ² Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 422.
  • ³ Roberts, Gary Boyd and William Addams Reitwiesner, American Ancestors and Cousins of The Princess of Wales, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1984), 53.
  • ⁴ 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), 474.
  • ⁵ Wikipedia, "Elihu Root", (accessed 05/14/2015).