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, Hathi Trust Digital Library.
  • ² Roberts, Gary Boyd , The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Fa milies 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, Ancestry.com (Online Database).
  • ⁴ Root, James Pierce , Root Genealogical Records, 1600-1870: Comprising the General History of the Root and Roots Fa milies in America , New York: R.C. Root, Anthony and Co. (1870) , 474, Google Books (Digital Library).
  • ⁵ Wikipedia , "Elihu Root" , (accessed 05/14/2015).