BIOGRAPHY

OLIVER ROOT - OF OAKFIELD, NY

Root, Oliver, P.O. Oakfield, N. Y., was born in Cattaraugus, N. Y., February 5, 1817, a son of Oliver Root, who was a native of Whitestown, N. Y., born March 16, 1793, and one of the pioneer settlers of Cattaraugus County; he died aged seventy-eight years. Oliver Root, the subject, was educated in the common schools and is a successful farmer. He came to Batavia in 1837 and to Oakfield in 1849. He married Sarah Sprague, Their children are Charles W., William, Emory, Lillie, Elmer E., Otis and Frank.

Source:
Our County and it's people
A descriptive work on Genesee County, New York
Edited by: F. W. Beers
J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1890