The three known children of Nancy Whitney5Buttrick and Oren
Root were as follows:
21. i. Oren6 Root; born 18 May 1838 at Syracuse, New
York;14 married Anna
Julia Higgins, daughter of John Higgins, 2 December 1862 (Anna
was "of Waterford, New York");14 married Ida
Cecile Gordon,, daughter of John B. Gordon, as his 2nd wife,
May 1867;14 married Anna
Kay,, daughter of Chief-Justice R. D. Kay, as his 3rd wife, 16
December 1901 (Anna was "of Carrollton, Missouri");14 died after
1902.14
22. ii. Edward Walstein Root;
born 4 July 1841 at Clinton, Oneida Co., New York;15 died 15 November
1870 at Clinton, Oneida Co., New York, at age 29.15
23. iii. Hon. Elihu Root; born 15
February 1845 at Clinton, Oneida Co., New York;16 died 7 February
1937 at New York, New York, at age 91.16