Joseph A. Root & Abigail Phelps 
Joseph A. and Abigail were married in a religious ceremony on September 21st, 1853 in Pleasant Valley, CT.1 They had a son and a daughter, named Albert J. and Florence.
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Children
Albert J. Root
Albert J. was born on August 25th, 1856 in Hartford, CT.2 He died due to Pri-Septic Cardiolitis; Sec-Septicimia at the age of 71 on April 25th, 1928 in Hartford, CT ( 21 Lenox St.).2