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From: Arlene Boulette <>
Subject: Root/Roote family in Licking County
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 09:46:04 -0700

I have recently found my ggg-grandmother in the new LDS Familysearch
site--someone I thought I would never find. The information
(undocumented) that is given is that Amanda Root was born September 28,
1818, in Granville, Licking Co., to Noble Root and Damaris Barrett
Root. I have explored the Licking County web site and see that there
was a court house fire in 1875. I'm hoping some of you experienced in
researching in Licking County can help. Is there any other source out
there for proving that Amanda is their daughter? Her mother died before
Amanda was 2 and there were numerous older brothers and sisters.
Perhaps she (and other children) were raised by someone other than the
father.

Prior to finding this information my only information on Amanda was a
marriage record from Preble County for her and John Melville Crabb on
May 17, 1838. He was a Presbyterian minister and they lived in Williams
County. Amanda died Jan. 1, 1848. The information given in the
ancestral file on the Familysearch site says John Middleton Crabb, which
is incorrect. There was a John Middleton Crabb in the family, but he
was not the minister. When exploring the Licking county web pages, I
did find cemetery records documenting death and burials for several
members of the Root family, but Amanda was buried in a little country
church graveyard in Williams county.

Any help or suggestions on where to look next would be most welcome.
Thank you in advance. Arlene

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