An Illustrated History of Central Oregon, Western Historical Publishing Company,
Spokane, WA. 1905, page 388.

AMOS ROOT, a substantial farmer and fruit raiser, who resides about two miles
east from Mosier, was born in Ohio. His parents, John and Sarah (Hurst) Root,
were natives of Pennsylvania and from Dutch stock. They both died in Ohio. Our
subject was raised in Ohio until twenty-one where he received his education,
then journeyed west to Iowa. After four or five years' residence there he went
to Colorado and worked in the mines about six years. Returning home, he spent
two years in the Buckeye State and two in Indiana and in 1875, he came to
Oregon. He spent several years in the Willamette valley, ranching and then came
west of the mountains and raised sheep but was driven out of that business owing
to the uprising of the Indians. In 1878, he bought the place where he now
resides and since then has made it his home. The farm consists of one hundred
and sixty acres, forty of which are under cultivation. Thirty acres of the forty
are planted to apples, cherries, peaches, prunes and so forth. Mr. Root is a
skillful and thrifty horticulturist and turns off many boxes of fruit each year.      

In Indiana, Mr. Root married Miss Hannah Holderman, a native of that state. Her
parents, Samuel and Sarah (Boyer) Holderman were born in Ohio and died in
Indiana. Mrs. Root has several brothers and sisters and Mr. Root has the
following named brothers and sisters, Henry, Samuel, William, and Elizabeth
Zaner. To our subject and his esteemed wife eight children, have been born;
Elmer R., a farmer near The Dalles; Leo, with him; Leslie and Clyde, school
boys; Alice, wife of Wallace A. Husband, living four miles east of Mr. Root's
place; Zilla, the widow of Mr. Jones, residing with her father; Nora and Edna,
at home.      

Politically, Mr. Root has formerly been a Democrat and attends many of the
conventions, but recently he has embraced the Socialist faith which he believes
to contain the right principles for the settlement of the political questions.
He takes a lively interest in school affairs and has been a director for many
years.

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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in January 2005 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. 
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.