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From Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Wisconsin, publ. 1901- page 920-921
TILDEN S. ROOT, a prominent farmer of Wyalusing township, Grant county, was a faithful soldier of the war of the Rebellion, being a member of Company C, 48th Wis. V.I. He was enrolled Feb. 11, 1865, and discharged March 24, 1866. He is one of three brothers who fought in defense of the old flag, all of whom were members of the same company, entered the service at the same time, and returned safe to home and friends. Tilden S. was with his regiment in active duty during the whole time of his service. The 48th did guard duty much of the time. On April 14, 1865, Company C arrived in Lawrence, Kan., and on Sept. 5, the same year, left that point for Colorado. Returning to Leavenworth, Kan. the following March, the regiment was mustered out of the United States service at that place, and soon afterward was discharged at Madison, Wisconsin.
The ROOT family is of English origin, but Vermont claims several generations prior to the emigration of Jared E. and Siena L. (LAMB) ROOT, the parents of Tilden S., who left Windham county, that State, in 1837, Ohio, where Tilden S. was born in 1843. In the family were nine children, four of whom were born in the Green Mountain State, the others in Ohio. The first to come to Grant county, Wis., were the oldest son, Jerome ROOT, and his sister Lydia, the oldest of the family, who came here in the early fifties; John F. came next, in 1857; and by 1860 all of the family had arrived, including the parents, who passed the remainder of their lives in Wyalusing township, and who were widely known and highly esteemed people. Six of the children are living at the present writing, in 1900, including those who took part in the Civil war, namely: John F. and Tilden S., both residents of Wyalusing township; and Addison L., of South Dakota.
After the war Tilden S. ROOT returned to Grant county and resumed farming, which he has made his life work. On Jan. 11, 1872, he was united in marriage with Miss Delilah BOORMAN, a most estimable lady, who was born in Grant county, in 1854, her father, John BOORMAN being one of the pioneers and respected citizens of Wyalusing township. By this union were born four children, as follows: Mrs. Ella BEER, Mrs. Estella HEATON, Edward and Carson. Mr. ROOT has to his credit an honorable war record, and as a citizen is held in high regard by all who know him. He is an honored member of the Grant Army of the Republic, and socially is quite popular in the community where he has so long made his home.
This biography generously submitted by Carol Holmbeck