Brief Life History of Webster H
When Webster H Root was born in 1823, in Plainfield, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Jesse Root, was 21 and his mother, Ruth Spaulding, was 21. He married Mary Maria Ann Howe on 4 January 1848, in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. He lived in Vermont, United States in 1870 and Montpelier, Washington, Vermont, United States for about 20 years. He died on 9 July 1903, at the age of 80, and was buried in Middlesex, Washington, Vermont, United States.
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- Webster Root, "United States Census, 1850"
- Webster H Root, "Find A Grave Index"
- Root in entry for Mary M Dodge, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1833 · First Public Library Founded in Petersborough
In 1833, the oldest tax-supported public library in the world was established by Reverend Abiel Abbot.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: perhaps a nickname for a cheerful person, from an unrecorded Middle English rote (Old English rōt) ‘glad, cheerful’.
English: from Middle English rote, route, rotte ‘rote’ (of uncertain origin but apparently ultimately akin to Welsh crwth), perhaps used for a player of the medieval stringed instrument, a kind of harp or fiddle. Compare Rutter .
English: perhaps a habitational name from Wroot (Lincolnshire), from Old English wrōt ‘snout, spur of land’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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