Encyclopedia of Biography of New York A Life Record of Men and Women of the Past Whose Sterling Character and Energy and Industry Have Made Them Preeminent in Their Own and Many Other States (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Encyclopedia of Biography of New York: A Life Record of Men and Women of the Past Whose Sterling Character and Energy and Industry Have Made Them Preeminent in Their Own and Many Other States

Elihu Root was born in Clinton, New York, February 15, 1845, son of Oren and Nancy Whitney (buttrick) Root. He was descended from John Roote, who came from Northamptonshire, England, and was among the Farmington (connecti cut) settlers in 1640. Oren Root was for many years instructor in mathematics, astronomy, mineralogy and geology in Hamilton College, and his son Elihu was born in what is now known as Knox Hall of that institution, and which contains the scientific and other collections which Oren Root brought to the college.

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