Mary Louise (Walker) Root (1858 - 1880)

Born 11 Mar 1858 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John Wellborn Root — married 15 Jan 1880 in Cook, Illinois, United States

Died 22 Feb 1880 at age 21 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Mary Louise "Minnie" Walker was born in 1858. Minnie Walker was the daughter of James Monroe Walker and Elia Ann Marsh . She passed away in 1880. She died of tuberculosis 6 weeks after her marriage to John Wellborn Root.

Years later John Wellborn Root would become a very noted architect in Chicago, and he developed a way to build tall buildings there.

Carol Monroe added this on 8 Nov 2009

"Mary Louise, also known as Minnie, was Dora Monroe's best friend. At the time of her wedding, Minnie was so ill with tuberculosis, that she was unable to walk down the stairs of the family home where she was being married. Her father carried her down the stairs and stood holding her in him arms while she was married to John Root. She then received guests from a bed which had been installed in the parlor for the wedding reception. After Minnie died, John married Dora, her best friend."

Sources

• "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1968", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7XL-R48 : 10 March 2018), John W. Root and Mary L. Walker, 15 Jan 1880.

• "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7V1-PZK : 8 March 2018), Mary Louise Root, 22 Feb 1880; citing , Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference nr 1342, record number 58, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 1,031,426.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #97096241 memorial page for Mary Louise “Minnie” Walker Root (11 Mar 1858–22 Feb 1880), Find a Grave Memorial ID 97096241, citing Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Nancy in Oz (contributor 47170477) .