Death Claims Elihu Root At Age of 86
NEW YORK (AP) - Elihu Root Jr., 86, a prominent lawyer and son of the late statesman, died in New York Hospital Sunday after a month's illness. Root, had a distinguished life as a lawyer, civic leader, patron of the arts, yachtsman, soldier and amateur painter.
His father died in 1937 at the age of 91 after a career that included award of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1912 and service as a U.S. senator, secretary of war under President William McKinley and secretary of state under President Theodore Roosevelt.
The son. a native of New York City, lived with his second wife, the former Nancy Root, a second cousin, at 25 Sutton Place South. His first wife, the former Alida Stryker, died in 1951.
He had gone to his law office daily until he became ill. He also is survived by a son by his first marriage, Elihu Root III, and three grandchildren. A funeral service will be held Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. in the chapel of Hamilton College, Clinton, NY., from which he was graduated with a B.A. degree in 1903 Burial will be in the family plot in Clinton Cemetery.
DAILY SENTINEL ROME, N.Y., MONDAY EVENING. AUGUST 28, 1967
NEW YORK (AP) - Elihu Root Jr., 86, a prominent lawyer and son of the late statesman, died in New York Hospital Sunday after a month's illness. Root, had a distinguished life as a lawyer, civic leader, patron of the arts, yachtsman, soldier and amateur painter.
His father died in 1937 at the age of 91 after a career that included award of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1912 and service as a U.S. senator, secretary of war under President William McKinley and secretary of state under President Theodore Roosevelt.
The son. a native of New York City, lived with his second wife, the former Nancy Root, a second cousin, at 25 Sutton Place South. His first wife, the former Alida Stryker, died in 1951.
He had gone to his law office daily until he became ill. He also is survived by a son by his first marriage, Elihu Root III, and three grandchildren. A funeral service will be held Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. in the chapel of Hamilton College, Clinton, NY., from which he was graduated with a B.A. degree in 1903 Burial will be in the family plot in Clinton Cemetery.
DAILY SENTINEL ROME, N.Y., MONDAY EVENING. AUGUST 28, 1967
Death Claims Elihu Root At Age of 86
NEW YORK (AP) - Elihu Root Jr., 86, a prominent lawyer and son of the late statesman, died in New York Hospital Sunday after a month's illness. Root, had a distinguished life as a lawyer, civic leader, patron of the arts, yachtsman, soldier and amateur painter.
His father died in 1937 at the age of 91 after a career that included award of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1912 and service as a U.S. senator, secretary of war under President William McKinley and secretary of state under President Theodore Roosevelt.
The son. a native of New York City, lived with his second wife, the former Nancy Root, a second cousin, at 25 Sutton Place South. His first wife, the former Alida Stryker, died in 1951.
He had gone to his law office daily until he became ill. He also is survived by a son by his first marriage, Elihu Root III, and three grandchildren. A funeral service will be held Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. in the chapel of Hamilton College, Clinton, NY., from which he was graduated with a B.A. degree in 1903 Burial will be in the family plot in Clinton Cemetery.
DAILY SENTINEL ROME, N.Y., MONDAY EVENING. AUGUST 28, 1967
NEW YORK (AP) - Elihu Root Jr., 86, a prominent lawyer and son of the late statesman, died in New York Hospital Sunday after a month's illness. Root, had a distinguished life as a lawyer, civic leader, patron of the arts, yachtsman, soldier and amateur painter.
His father died in 1937 at the age of 91 after a career that included award of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1912 and service as a U.S. senator, secretary of war under President William McKinley and secretary of state under President Theodore Roosevelt.
The son. a native of New York City, lived with his second wife, the former Nancy Root, a second cousin, at 25 Sutton Place South. His first wife, the former Alida Stryker, died in 1951.
He had gone to his law office daily until he became ill. He also is survived by a son by his first marriage, Elihu Root III, and three grandchildren. A funeral service will be held Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. in the chapel of Hamilton College, Clinton, NY., from which he was graduated with a B.A. degree in 1903 Burial will be in the family plot in Clinton Cemetery.
DAILY SENTINEL ROME, N.Y., MONDAY EVENING. AUGUST 28, 1967
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