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| Report of the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan Volume XXXV Lansing, Michigan Wynkoop, Hallenbeck, Crawford Company, State Printers Page 705 BAY COUNTY |
| Mrs. Martha E. Root, oldest daughter of Avery B. and Vienna H. Snyder was born in Mexico, New York, January 26, 1839. She was educated at Falley seminary in Fulton, and very early began teaching. The family moved to Humboldt, Iowa, which was the family home until 1889. |
| Going to Dansville, N. Y., to receive treatment for an injury resulting from a fall from a high swing, she met and married Melvin A. Root, in 1873. They made their home at Bay City for more than thirty years, and were identified with public matters and all altruistic work, and gained a wide acquaintance throughout the State. She was a ready writer and did quite an amount of editorial work. She was very prominent in the women's clubs organization, a great worker for the cause of temperance and woman suffrage. One of her closest interests was forestry and tree culture. She was an ordained minister and often performed marriage ceremonies, while great demands were made for her to officiate at funerals. |
| After long months of suffering, borne uncomplainingly and bravely, the release came April 2, 1904. Memorial services were held in her honor, and intimate friends, Mrs. Perry, Mrs. Doe and Mrs. Knaggs conducted the exercises. The body at her request was cremated. The many eulogies showed her strong personality, her power to make and retain friends, her interest in all objects that work for the good of humanity, and her unbounded influence for the good of others. |
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