SH-1, DAY-ROOT FAMILY Cemetery, Sheffield Twp.,  Lorain County Ohio
 
Copied  from Lorain County's out-of-print publication,
Cemetery Inscriptions of Lorain County, Ohio 1980, pp. 431
by Marilyn Allis, and updated by Thomas Hoerrle , LCHS volunteer.
Any additions and corrections to the book are noted in red.
On the west side of East River Road, just north of its intersection with French Creek Road, this is a small family burial place.
The dates on the stones begin with Rhoda Maria Day who died in 1825 aged 27 years.
Day-Root Family Cemetery. Only 8 members of the Root and Burrell Family Founders
located there. Contact Catherine Price Gentile, 5450 Colorado Ave, Sheffield Village OH
44054-2331. Phone or fax# 440-934-3055

p. 431
ROOT
      Henry, d Apr 6, 1829, 62y
     Mary D., wife, d Feb 14, 1859, 87y
ROOT
      Sarah Eliza, wife Wm. H., d Apr 29, 1833, 25y
DAY
      Capt. John, d Oct 8, 1827, 54y   War of 1812
     Lydia, wife, d Oct 9, 1854, 80y
     Rhoda Maria, d Oct 20, 1825, 27y
DAY
      Frederic, d Aug 11, 1870, 25y
DAY
      John Ingersol, d Oct 15, 1838, 60y
     Sophia Ann, d Oct 1838, __y
DAY
      Robert I., son J & CA, d June 7, 1850
BETTS
      Mary ABBOT, wife Lawrence, d June 27, 1837, 24y
DAY
      Harriet C., dau J & CA, d Oct 26, 1837, 17m
DAY
      Charles E., son James & Anne E., d Apr 14, 1837, 3m 29d

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