Root, Child c1889 - 1895

ROOT

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 3/17/2021 at 13:20:18

Source: Decorah Republican July 25, 1895 P 3 C 1

—A six-year-old child of an Illinois Central engineer named Root, at Waterloo, was very badly burned on Monday afternoon. The little one got too near the stove and its clothes caught fire.

Source: Decorah Republican Aug. 1, 1895 P 3 C 2

—The little six-year-old child of engineer Root, burned at Waterloo, reported last week, died of her injuries.