Lockley, Fred.  "History of the Columbia River Valley, From The Dalles to the
Sea." Vol. 3.  S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1928.  p. 325.

CLYDE A. ROOT

Clyde A. Root, manager of the Rosedale fruit farm, near Mosier, Wasco county,
Oregon, is regarded as one of the most progressive and enterprising farmers in
his section of the Columbia river valley and is meeting with well merited
success. Born at Mosier, on the 8th of October, 1892, he is a son of Amos and
Hannah (Holderman) Root, descended from stanch old Pennsylvania Dutch stock. His
father was born in Ohio and his mother in Elkhart, Indiana. Amos Root was
educated in the public schools of Ohio, in which state he lived until twenty-one
years of age, when he moved to Iowa, where he engaged in farming for a few
years. From there he went to Colorado, where he worked in the mines for six
years, after which he returned to Ohio arid lived in that state and Indiana
until 1875, when he came to Oregon, locating in the Willamette valley, where he
bought a large band of sheep, which he drove to eastern Oregon, herding them on
Cherry creek until the Indians went on the war path and compelled him to leave
that section. However, he managed to save his sheep, which he drove to1 The
Dalles, where he sold them, and in 1878 he bought one hundred and sixty acres of
land, two and a half miles east of Mosier, in Wasco county. The place was
covered with timber and, after building a log house, he entered upon the task of
clearing the land and getting it into cultivation, in which he was assisted by
his two sons. In the course of time nearly all of the land was cleared and he
was the first man in Wasco county to plant a commercial dry land orchard,
putting thirty acres in cherries, peaches and apples. This proved a successful
enterprise and he made a number of substantial improvements on the farm, having
built a fine, modern house in 1900, a substantial barn in 1904 and a packing
house in 1920. He continued to live there until his death, both he and his wife
passing away September 30, 1923. They were the parents of eight children,
namely: Mrs. Mary A. Husband, who lives in Mosier; Elmer L., of Mosier; Leo
Alvin, of Portland, Oregon; Mrs. Sarah Rozella Davidhizar, of Mosier; Mrs. Nora
A. Rordein, deceased; Mrs. Edna A. Evans, of Mosier; Leslie O., of Portland,
Oregon; and Clyde A. Amos Root was active in local affairs, having helped to
organize the Mosier Fruit Growers Association, of which he was president for
eighteen years. He was a member of the school board of Rosedale school district,
and donated land for the schoolhouse, which he helped to build.

Clyde A. Root secured his educational training in the district school of his
home neighborhood and remained with his father until his marriage, though
occasionally working out as a blacksmith. He now operates the old home farm, his
principal crops being fruit and hay, also keeping a few cows and hogs, and is an
up-to-date farmer, giving his painstaking attention to his work, in the
management of which he has shown good judgment.

On December 16, 1923, Mr. Root was united in marriage to Miss Christine Pugh,
who was born in Dufur, Oregon, and is a daughter of Archibald and Lillian
(Campbell) Pugh, both of whom are still living in Wasco county. Her paternal
grandparents, Andrew J. and Christine Pugh, were natives of Virginia, from
which state they moved to Missouri. Archibald Pugh was born in St. Louis,
Missouri, August 31, 1859, and in the late Ô70s came to Oregon, settling on a
farm near Dufur, Wasco county. Later he sold that place and bought a ranch eight
miles southeast of Dufur, where he now owns four hundred acres of fine land,
which he devotes to cattle and wheat raising. His wife, who was born in Ontario,
Canada, of Scotch parents, came to Oregon in 1881. She was first married to
George McLeod, who died at Dufur. They became the parents of five children:
Stewart, of Dufur, Oregon; Mrs. Rena Brown, of Detroit, Mich.; Floyd, of Maupin,
Oregon; Mrs. Grace Chalmers, of Maupin, Oregon; and John, of The Dalles. Mr.
Pugh was married twice and by his first wife had a daughter, Ruth, who is now
the wife of William Galbraith, of Portland, Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Pugh had two
children, Mrs. Christine Root and Alda, who is now attending a business college
in Portland, Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Root are the parents of two children, Verne
Leroy, born October 24, 1924, and Kenneth Archie, born November 29, 1926. Mr.
Root is a member of Mosier Lodge, No. 182, I.O.O.F.; Hood River Camp, M. W. A.,
and the United Artisans, and also belongs to the Mosier Fruit Growers
Association. He is a veteran of the World war, having enlisted in the air
service, and was stationed at Tilly field, Texas, where he was with the One
Hundred and Seventeenth Aerial Squadron, from which he was honorably discharged
at the close of the war. Because of his earnest and upright life, his success as
a farmer and his genial and agreeable manner, he is held in high regard
throughout his section of the county and is extremely popular among his
associates.

 
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