Second Generation

4. Margaret Shannon ROOT³² was born about March 1788 in Springfield Township, Otsego County, New York Colony, British Colonial America.^5,13,54,64 (New York became the 11th State of the Union on July 26, 1788, so it was still one of the Colonies when she was born.) She appeared in the census in 1800 in Springfield Township, Otsego County, NY.^9,27,50 (She was listed with her parents in the 1800 Census, but not in the 1810.) She appeared in the census in 1820 in Tioga Township, Tioga County, NY.⁶⁵ Margaret lived in Tioga Center, Tioga Township, Tioga County, NY in 1850.⁶⁶ She lived in Tioga Center, Tioga Township, Tioga County, NY in 1855.⁶⁷ She appeared in the census in July 1860 in Tioga Center, Tioga Township, Tioga County, NY. Margaret died in 1860 at the age of 72.^32,64 She was buried in 1860 in Owego, Tioga Township, Tioga County, NY.^64,68 in the Tiogo Cemetery. She has Ancestral File Number LC8N-3Z6.³⁷

Margaret Shannon ROOT and Jeremiah LANDERS were married in 1813 in Otsego County, NY.^{27,30,50,68,69} Jeremiah LANDERS³² was born in 1790 in Dutchess County, NY.^32,63,64,70 He appeared in the census in 1820 in Tioga Center, Tioga Township, Tioga County, NY.^65,70 He appeared in the census in 1840 in Tioga Center, Tioga Township, Tioga County, NY.⁷⁰ Jeremiah appeared in the census in 1850 in Tioga Center, Tioga Township, Tioga County, NY.⁷⁰ He appeared in the census in 1860 in Tioga Center, Tioga Township, Tioga County, NY.⁷¹ His occupation was "Farmer." He signed a will on 6 December 1861 in Tioga Center, Tioga Township, Tioga County, NY.⁷² Jeremiah died after 6 December 1861 at the age of 71.^32,64 He was buried in 1862 in Owego, Tioga Township, Tioga County, NY.^64,68,70 in the Tioga Cemetery.

Margaret Shannon ROOT and Jeremiah LANDERS had the following children: