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Kezia Cordelia ROOT

Kezia Cordelia ROOT

Female 1860 - 1933  (73 years)


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  • Name Kezia Cordelia ROOT
    Census 1860  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Birth 11 May 1860  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female
    Census 1900  Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Death 18 Sep 1933  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Burial Marshville Cemetery, Marshville, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5] 
    Notes 
    • Parents identified in her 1878 marriage record as Stephen M. & Cecelia A. Root, but as Jacob and Emily Root in her 1892 marriage record, and as Adam Root (born in Germany) and Celia Ann Gains (born in West Virginia) in her death record. The 1860 Census lists her as Kizziah Root, age 1 month, inferred daughter of Stephen and Cela A, (Gain) Root.
    Person ID I50512  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 15 Aug 2026

    Father Stephen M. ROOT,   b. 13 Dec 1832, Chester Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jun 1903 (Age 70 years)
    Mother Cecelia Ann GAIN,   b. 15 Nov 1833
    Family ID F62954  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 William Loudin "Loudy" STROTHER,   b. 1853, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct 1891, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years)
    Marriage 10 Jan 1878  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Children 
    +1. Charles Willoughby "Wilba" STROTHER,   b. 27 Mar 1878, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Feb 1941 (Age 62 years)
     2. James STROTHER,   b. Feb 1881
    >3. Albert Lee STROTHER,   b. 4 May 1885   d. 1968 (Age 82 years)
    +4. Bertha Idella STROTHER,   b. 7 May 1886, New Creek, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Oct 1964 (Age 78 years)
    >5. Lucy May STROTHER,   b. 10 Apr 1891, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jul 1987 (Age 96 years)
    Family ID F20861  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Harrison Carson NUTTER,   b. 1 Dec 1854, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Aug 1911, Marshville, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)  [7, 8, 9]
    Marriage 15 Nov 1892  Adamston (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Children 
    +1. Blanche Carrie NUTTER,   b. 24 Dec 1893, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jul 1979 (Age 85 years)
    +2. Jasper Elzie NUTTER,   b. 1 Apr 1896, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jun 1978 (Age 82 years)
     3. Howard Lawrence NUTTER,   b. 24 Aug 1898   d. 4 Feb 1967, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
    Documents
    49550_HarrisonNutter_CordeliaRootStrother_MarriageRecord_15Nov1892.jpg    		49550_HarrisonNutter_CordeliaRootStrother_MarriageRecord_15Nov1892.jpg
    49550_NUTTER_Harrison_1900Census_HarrisonCoWV_TenmileDist_9Jun1900.jpg    		49550_NUTTER_Harrison_1900Census_HarrisonCoWV_TenmileDist_9Jun1900.jpg
    Family ID F20859  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    50512_NUTTER_CordeliaRoot_1860-1933_DeathCertificate.jpg    		50512_NUTTER_CordeliaRoot_1860-1933_DeathCertificate.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    2. [S5] Headstone.

    3. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    4. [S2243] Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, (Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, revised 1995)).
      Identified as K. Cordelia Root Strother Nutter (wife of Harrison).

    5. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    6. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 119.
      Identified as William L. Strother, 22, farmer, b. & res. in Harrison Co, son of Thomas & Elizabeth Strother; and Kezia C. Root, 18, b. & res. in Harrison Co, dau of Stephen M. & Cecelia A. Root. Married Jan 19 1878.

    7. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    8. [S1588] Death record of wife.

    9. [S1604] Death record of son.

    10. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 292.
      Identified as Harrison Nutter, widowed, 37, b. & res. in Harrison Co, son of Abram & Harriet Nutter; and Mrs. Cordelia Strother, widowed, 32, b. & res. in Harrison Co, dau of Jacob & Emily Root. Married Nov 15 1892 at Adamston School House in Harrison County by J. W. Flanagan, Minister of M. E. Church.