DARKE COUNTY OHIO 
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File contributed to the Montgomery County, Ohio Biographies Project  by:
Billy J. Baker
billybak@erols.com
April 24, 2000 
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William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas 
First published in 1883 by A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL.

Elk County --

JOSEPH ROOT, tinner, was born in Miami County, Ohio, in 1839. In 1844,
he removed to Montgomery County and lived there and in Darke County
until 1853, from thence to Wabash County, Ind., where he remained until
1861, where he enlisted in the Eighth Indiana Volunteer Infantry,
serving over four years. In   1863, he was veteranized, serving in the
Western Division; was in the battles of Pea Ridge, Vicksburg and
Champion Hill. After coming out of the army, he returned to Wabash
County, and learned the tinner's trade. In 1871, he emigrated to Kansas
and located in Howard County, and took a claim on Section 22, Township
31, Range 11. After living in this State five years, he came to Elk
Falls, and the following year put up a tinshop and has followed the
business since. He was married in 1866, in Darke County, Ohio, to Miss
Amelia Nowlin. They have two sons - Willam and Phares. He is a member of
Rollins Post, No. 26, Grand Army of the Republic.