Person

Ira Root (Newport, Kentucky, attorney)

b. 1806-05-04 d. 1868-02-12

Newport, Kentucky, attorney. Piermont, New Hampshire, native. Married to Sarah A. Root. Father of Oliver W. Root, Albert Root, James C. Root, and Sussie Root. Attorney in Newport in 1850. Attorney in Newport in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 28.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Campbell County, Newport, p. 203.

New Hampshire, Births and Christenings Index, 1714-1904, Ancestry, Grafton, 1806.

Find A Grave, "Ira Root (1806-1868)," Memorial #88686959, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88686959/ira-root (accessed April 18, 2017).

Citation

Root, Ira. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207946 (November 12, 2026).

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