Fourth Generation

85. Ella Electa ROOT was born on 12 March 1873 in Dexterville, Dexter Township, Wood County, WI.^{3,55,73,121,178,180,182,217,243} (Her given name is listed as Elle E. on the Puzzilla.org website.)

(This is a picture of Ella and her adoptive parents, Ephraim and Ann (Parker) Root, along with Ann's mother, Judith (Hicks) Parker; they are standing next to Ephraim's home.)

(Ella was adopted, and the identify of her birth parents is not known. The 1880 Census indicates that they were both born in Wisconsin; the 1900 indicates that her father was born in France and her mother in Wisconsin; and the 1910 indicates that her father was born in Michigan and her mother in Wisconsin.) She was adopted before 1880 in Monroe County, WI. She appeared in the census in 1880 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁷⁸ Ella appeared in the census in 1900 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷³ She appeared in the census in 1910 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁸² (She cannot be located in the 1920 or 1930 Census.) She appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.² Ella appeared in the census in 1930 in Shawano, Shawano County, WI.² She appeared in the census in 1950 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁸⁷ She died on 22 April 1953 at the age of 80.^121,243 Ella was buried in 1953 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^243,288 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Ella Electa ROOT and Ernest E. "Ernie" HATCH were married on 19 June 1887 in Monroe County, WI.^180,217 Ernest E. "Ernie" HATCH, son of Ira HATCH and Mary STENSON, was born on 4 April 1866 in Oconomowoc Township, Waukesha County, WI.^73,287 He appeared in the census in 1900 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷³ His occupation was "Butter Maker." He appeared in the census in 1910 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁸² His occupation was "Merchant, General Store." Ernie appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸⁹ He died on 24 March 1925 at the age of 58.^287,289 He was buried in 1925 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁸⁹ in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Ella Electa ROOT and Ernest E. "Ernie" HATCH had the following children:

+178	i.	Marleah Maude "Leah" HATCH.
+179	ii.	Ira Ernest Harrison HATCH.
+180	iii.	Vera May HATCH.
181	iv.	Lynn Eldon HATCH was born on 14 November 1912 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁸⁷ He appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸⁹ He appeared in the census in 1940 in Antigo, Langlade County, WI.⁸⁹ Lynn appeared in the census in 1950 in Navajo Indian Reservation, Apache County, AZ.⁸⁹ He lived in Multnomah County, OR in 1956.⁸⁹ He died on 30 August 1961 at the age of 48 in Portland, Multnomah County, OR.²⁸⁷ Lynn was buried in Tigard, Washington County, OR.⁸⁹ in the Crescent Grove Cemetery.