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John E Root

Page history last edited by cathy nelson 12 years, 10 months ago

John Erwin Root was born in December 1840.  He enlisted from Wethersfield into the 22nd Regiment, Company B on August 27, 1862.  He mustered out on July 7, 1863 in Hartford, CT.   He married in 1865 to Edith Wheeler (Etta).  He lived for over forty years on Worthington Ridge in Berlin.  He was a member of the Stanley GAR, Berlin Grange, and Berlin Congregational Church.  He died on January 14, 1917 at age 77 and was buried in Maple Cemetery in Berlin.  His obituary was in the Hartford Courant on January 15, 1917. 

Roster:  22nd Regiment, Company B

Berlin Connection:  Maple Cemetery

Berlin Connection: Soldier’s Monument in East Berlin:  John E Root B 22 – 4th side

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