Fifth Generation

139. Minnie Etta ROOT was born on 8 February 1874 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^{3,145,178,204,227,276} She appeared in the census in 1875 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁴⁹ She appeared in the census in 1880 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁷⁸ Minnie appeared in the census in 1885 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²³³ She graduated in 1893 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.³²⁸ from the Tomah High School. About 1895 she was a school teacher in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.^329,330 Minnie appeared in the census in 1895 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²³⁴ She appeared in the census in 1900 in Grand Rapids Township, Wood County, WI.³³¹ She appeared in the census in 1910 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁸² Minnie appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²³⁶ She lived at her home in Redwater, McCone County, MT in September 1923.¹⁵⁵ She died on 23 September 1927 at the age of 53 in Redwater, McCone County, MT.^{3,145,160,227,244,276} of tuberculosis. She also suffered from depression. (According to Joe Price's research and Howard Taft's Family Group Sheet, she died in Onalaska, WI.) Minnie was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.³³² in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Minnie Etta ROOT and Wallace Frederich "Fred" TAFT were married on 11 December 1898 in Tunnel City, Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.^{145,217,333,334} Wallace Frederich "Fred" TAFT, son of Charles Wright TAFT and Ida Elizabeth CRAPP, was born on 19 January 1876 in Wisconsin.^{178,227,276,335,336} He appeared in the census in 1880 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁷⁸ He appeared in the census in 1900 in Grand Rapids Township, Wood County, WI.³³¹ His occupation was "Miller, Flour Mill." Fred lived at his home in Tunnel City, Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI about 1902. About 1905 he was a hearse driver in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.³³⁷ and he owned one of the first cars in Tomah. He appeared in the census in 1910 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁸² Fred appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²³⁶ His household was at 1121 Oak Street in the second ward. He appeared in the census in 1930 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.³²¹ His household was at 517 Pearl Street and consisted of Wallace, age 53; his wife, Nellie, age 53; and his son, Howard, age 13. His occupation was "Live Stock Buyer."

. He appeared in the census in 1940 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.³³⁸ His household was at 517 Pear Street and his occupation was "Buyer, Livestock Shipper." Fred died on 16 November 1946 at the age of 70.^227,276 He was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^332,339 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Minnie Etta ROOT and Wallace Frederich "Fred" TAFT had the following children: