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CPL Daniel L. Roof

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CPL Daniel L. Roof Veteran

Birth
Hardin County, Kentucky, USA
Death
16 Jul 1908 (aged 83)
Grayson County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Leitchfield, Grayson County, Kentucky, USA GPS-Latitude: 37.4027778, Longitude: -86.4060688
Memorial ID
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CPL - CO H, 52nd KY Inf. - Enlisted at the age of 38 on Sept. 1, 1863. Mustered out on Mar. 11, 1865.
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Son of Nicholas Acon Roof and Ruby Alice Rhoades. He served as a corporal in Co. H, 52nd Kentucky Infantry, during the Civil War.
He was married twice. His first wife was Mary Ann Lindsey, the daughter of William M. Lindsey and Sarah Logan. They were married on November 9, 1848 in Edmonson County, Kentucky. They were the parents of the following children born in Edmonson County:
1. Ruby Frances - 22 Sep 1848 / 9 Jun 1926
-- m. John R. Mudd - 7 Aug 1848/10 Mar 1934
2. Dorothy Ann - b. Jan 1850
-- m. John Marion Lindsey on 9 Apr 1867
3. Daniel, Jr. - 9 Jan 1852/18 Aug 1948
4. Nancy M. - b. Apr 1856
-- m. John W. Johnson
5. William N. - 1 Mar 1858 / 6 Jul 1875
6. Washington M. - b. Jan 1860
-- m/1. Mary A. - 9 May 1860/22 Feb 1885
-- m/2. Elizabeth Likens
7. Elizabeth W. - b. Jan 1860
8. Sarah E. - b. 1862
-- m. John Likens

His second wife was Louisa Jane Lucas, the daughter of Charles Lucas and Rebecca Martin, a full blood Indian. Rebecca died giving birth to Louisa on June 18, 1852. Louisa was farmed out in her early years to various families in Breckinridge County. Daniel and Louisa were married in September of 1890 in Grayson County. When Louisa died on October 8, 1931, she was buried in the South Union Cemetery in Grayson County. Daniel and Louisa were the parents of the following children born in Shrewsbury, Grayson County, Kentucky:
1. John Reason - 30 Jun 1891 / 1 Mar 1972
-- m. Bennie J. Basham
2. Sophia - b. 10 Sep 1895
-- m. Finis Melan Bailes
CPL - CO H, 52nd KY Inf. - Enlisted at the age of 38 on Sept. 1, 1863. Mustered out on Mar. 11, 1865.
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Son of Nicholas Acon Roof and Ruby Alice Rhoades. He served as a corporal in Co. H, 52nd Kentucky Infantry, during the Civil War.
He was married twice. His first wife was Mary Ann Lindsey, the daughter of William M. Lindsey and Sarah Logan. They were married on November 9, 1848 in Edmonson County, Kentucky. They were the parents of the following children born in Edmonson County:
1. Ruby Frances - 22 Sep 1848 / 9 Jun 1926
-- m. John R. Mudd - 7 Aug 1848/10 Mar 1934
2. Dorothy Ann - b. Jan 1850
-- m. John Marion Lindsey on 9 Apr 1867
3. Daniel, Jr. - 9 Jan 1852/18 Aug 1948
4. Nancy M. - b. Apr 1856
-- m. John W. Johnson
5. William N. - 1 Mar 1858 / 6 Jul 1875
6. Washington M. - b. Jan 1860
-- m/1. Mary A. - 9 May 1860/22 Feb 1885
-- m/2. Elizabeth Likens
7. Elizabeth W. - b. Jan 1860
8. Sarah E. - b. 1862
-- m. John Likens

His second wife was Louisa Jane Lucas, the daughter of Charles Lucas and Rebecca Martin, a full blood Indian. Rebecca died giving birth to Louisa on June 18, 1852. Louisa was farmed out in her early years to various families in Breckinridge County. Daniel and Louisa were married in September of 1890 in Grayson County. When Louisa died on October 8, 1931, she was buried in the South Union Cemetery in Grayson County. Daniel and Louisa were the parents of the following children born in Shrewsbury, Grayson County, Kentucky:
1. John Reason - 30 Jun 1891 / 1 Mar 1972
-- m. Bennie J. Basham
2. Sophia - b. 10 Sep 1895
-- m. Finis Melan Bailes


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