
Daughter ofElihu RootandClara Frances (Wales) Root
Sister ofElihu Root Jr.
Wife ofUlysses Simpson Grant III— married27 Nov 1907 inDistrict of Columbia United States
Mother ofEdith Clara (Grant) Griffiths,Clara Frances (Grant) Ruestow andJulia (Grant) Dietz
Family Tree of Edith (Root) Grant
Edith

Daughter ofElihu RootandClara Frances (Wales) Root
Sister ofElihu Root Jr.
Wife ofUlysses Simpson Grant III— married27 Nov 1907 inDistrict of Columbia United States
Mother ofEdith Clara (Grant) Griffiths,Clara Frances (Grant) Ruestow andJulia (Grant) Dietz
Parents
15 Feb 1845 - 07 Feb 1937
Clinton, New York, United States
24 Oct 1853 - 18 Jun 1928
New York, United States
Grandparents
01 Nov 1803 - 27 Feb 1891
Vernon, NY
12 Aug 1812 - 27 Feb 1891
Westminister, MA
04 Oct 1825 - 02 Dec 1902
Wales, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
01 Jul 1832 - 02 Nov 1908
Connecticut, United States
Great-Grandparents
abt 1772 - 1843
Great Barrington, Berkshire Co.,Massachusetts
07 Oct 1777 - 28 Dec 1856
Suffield, Hartford Co. Connecticut, USA
14 Mar 1778 - 26 Jun 1856
Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
29 Dec 1788 - 18 Feb 1874
Westminster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
08 Aug 1779 - 26 Sep 1855
Wales, Massachusetts, United States
28 Mar 1789 - 07 Oct 1859
South Brimfield (now Wales), Massachusetts, United States
Oct 1805 - 20 Aug 1863
Connecticut, United States
13 Oct 1811 - 02 Mar 1852
Connecticut, United States
2nd-Great-Grandparents
14 Aug 1747 - 1802
1749 - 1788
03 May 1735 - 19 Jun 1790
05 Nov 1735 - abt 1795
20 Jul 1731 - 16 May 1791
17 May 1745 -
Jun 1742 - 01 Feb 1804
17 Jan 1757 - 05 Feb 1844
27 Feb 1744 - 23 Mar 1816
27 Oct 1751 - 09 Jan 1790
10 Nov 1760 - 25 Mar 1823
09 Jul 1756 - 18 Mar 1823
Feb 1774 - 25 Feb 1851
1774 - 12 Oct 1849
20 Aug 1783 - 25 Jun 1856
abt 1791 - 01 Oct 1867
Descendants of Edith (Root) Grant

Biography
Mother is Clara Frances Wales Root
Sources
- FindAGrave Memorial #14671661
- New York State Census, 1905, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/SPFB-TT1 : 21 December 2017), Edath Root in household of Elihue Root, Manhattan, A.D. 29, E.D. 14, New York, New York; citing p. 23, line 16, county offices, New York.; FHL microfilm 1,433,110.
- New-York tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, November 24, 1907, Image 17 Image provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Persistentlink:http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1907-11-24/ed-1/seq-17/
- "District of Columbia Marriages, 1830-1921," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F7BR-5MC : 6 December 2014), Ulyssis S. 3rd Grant and Edith Koot, 27 Nov 1907; citing District Of Columbia, reference 39357; FHL microfilm 2,051,872.
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