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Born: abt. 1795 in Westfield, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown


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Silas  married  Lucy FOWLER .  Lucy FOWLER  was born abt. 1803 in Westfield, Massachusetts, USA .  Lucy died 11 March 1853 in Westfield, Massachusetts, USA . 

Silas ROOT died 8 May 1871 in Westfield, Massachusetts, USA .



Father: Silas Root

m. Lucy Fowler
m. Marilla Bartholomew

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Recorded occupation: Farmer

The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
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farmer
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

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Silas ROOT married flag female ancestor Lucy FOWLER
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NewsThe War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.
NewsFrom the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1853 Death of Spouse/Partner
Lucy FOWLER died 11 March 1853, Westfield, Massachusetts, USA (Wyben)
News1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
News1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
Death
Name: Silas Root
Gender: Male
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Place: Westfield
Death Date: 08 May 1871
Death
Place: Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
Age: 76
Birth Date: 1795
Birth
Place: Westfield
Occupation: Farmer
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Marital Status: Married
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B50052-7
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
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Film Number: 185476
Reference ID: p 56

'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FH1K-1LW : 10 December 2014), Silas Root, 08 May 1871; citing Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, reference p 56; FHL microfilm 185,476.'
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Pine Hill Cemetery Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA

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Pine Hill Cemetery Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
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Did You Know?The name 'Massachusetts' originates with native Americans in the Massachusetts Bay area (from the language of the Algonquian nation). The name translates roughly as 'at or about the great hill.' (statesymbolsusa.org)

1620 - 1627 - Plymouth Colony, New England
1628 - 1686 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1689 - 1692 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1692 - 1775 - Province of Massachusetts Bay
1776 - 1788 - Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
February 6, 1788 - Massachusetts becomes 6th U.S. state

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