Elias Root (November 30, 1806 – September 10, 1880) was an American businessman and politician from

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Life

He was born on November 30, 1806, in Fort Ann, Washington County, New York. He attended the Fort Ann village school and the

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grammar school. Then he enrolled at the

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in West Point, but left after one year due to ill health. He taught school for two years in Newburgh, and then became a merchant there. On January 14, 1830, he married Lydia Noyes (died 1871), and they had three children. Later he moved to Mohawk, and there engaged in the wholesale and forwarding business. He was Supervisor of the Town of German Flatts. He was also Vice President of the Mohawk Valley Bank. In 1856, he moved to Oswego, where he continued his business, and was President of the Marine Bank, later the National Marine Bank, for many years. Root was a member of the

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(Oswego Co., 1st D.) in

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; and Collector of the Port of Oswego for six years. On March 20, 1873, he married Mary A. Chalmers. He died on September 10, 1880, at his home in

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Root, Elias 1806 births 1880 deaths Politicians from Oswego, New York People from Fort Ann, New York Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly Politicians from Newburgh, New York United States Military Academy alumni Town supervisors in New York (state) People from German Flatts, New York 19th-century American legislators