Maggie Childers Root (1899 - 1987)
Maggie Root
1899 - 1987
updated February 06, 2019
Maggie Childers Root, mother to 10 children, was born on July 2, 1899. She married James Root, and they gave birth to Pallas Root, Beve Root, Fount Root, George Root, and Nannie Root Wagers. She also married James Root, and they gave birth to Beve Root, Pallas Root, Fount Root, Nannie Root Wagers, and George Root. Maggie died in December 1987 at 88 years of age. We know that Maggie Childers Root had been residing in girdler, knox County, Kentucky us 40943.
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girdler, knox County, Kentucky us 40943
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at Nan Riley Cemetery, County Road 1050, in Barbourville, Knox County, Kentucky United States 40906
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In 1899, in the year that Maggie Childers Root was born, the meaning of Chinese "oracle bones" was rediscovered. Farmers in China had been turning up the bones in their fields for generations but most often they were ground up and sold as medicine. The chancellor of the Imperial Academy and a friend noticed, before they ground the bones, that they had writing. The bones had been used around the second millennium BC for divination.
In 1906, she was merely 7 years old when the great San Francisco earthquake hit, estimated at 7.8 on the Richter scale. The earthquake caused fires that raged for days and between the earthquake and the fire, about 3,000 people were killed and 80% of the City was destroyed.
In 1931, by the time she was 32 years old, on May 1st, the Empire State Building opened in New York City. At 1,454 feet (including the roof and antenna), it was the tallest building in the world until the World Trade Center's North Tower was built in 1970. (It is now the 34th tallest.) Opening at the beginning of the Great Depression, most of the offices in the Empire State Building remained unoccupied for years and the observation deck was an equal source of revenue and kept the building profitable.
In 1959, when she was 60 years old, on August 8th, Hawaii became the 50th state of the United States. The US flag was changed to show 50 stars.
In 1987, in the year of Maggie Childers Root's passing, on October 19th, stock exchanges around the world crashed. Beginning in Hong Kong then spreading to Europe, the crash then hit the United States. It was called Black Monday. The Dow Jones fell 508 points to 1,738.74 (22.61%).
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Jun 21, 1887 - January 1983
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Mar 10, 1902 - August 1984
Sep 11, 1907 - February 1972
Jun 22, 1921 - May 1984
Feb 6, 1926 - Nov 21, 2009
Jul 7, 1922 - October 1979
Feb 20, 1916 - July 1986
Apr 4, 1928 - Sep 2, 2005
May 27, 1927 - Jun 15, 1988
Nov 28, 1900 - Aug 1, 1990
Jun 5, 1903 - June 1981
Sep 20, 1939 - Jan 12, 1999
Apr 21, 1896 - November 1987
Oct 29, 1939 - Feb 1, 2011
Sep 10, 1942 - Oct 22, 2008
Aug 2, 1904 - August 1981
Jun 22, 1894 - September 1981
Feb 14, 1921 - Nov 28, 1993
Nov 4, 1918 - Nov 13, 2004
Mar 3, 1903 - September 1973
Aug 19, 1895 - October 1974
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Jan 9, 1895 - October 1981
Oct 21, 1946 - Jul 15, 2004
Sep 3, 1949 - Oct 1, 2007
May 2, 1918 - May 3, 1992
Aug 25, 1930 - Feb 27, 2008
Feb 6, 1949 - May 1992
Dec 15, 1949 - May 1, 1994
Nov 26, 1947 - February 1985
May 1, 1876 - Oct 15, 1968
Oct 22, 1898 - Nov 29, 1993
Sep 10, 1895 - May 1984
Sep 21, 1900 - January 1990
Oct 15, 1916 - December 1983
Feb 22, 1913 - April 1987
Dec 26, 1892 - July 1986
Dec 1, 1907 - June 1971
Feb 16, 1909 - March 1982
Aug 16, 1947 - February 1985
Aug 27, 1896 - Jul 15, 1972
Oct 21, 1929 - Jan 23, 1994
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