• Born: 4 Sep 1816, Otis MA
• Marriage (1): Cynthia Marie Shepard on 3 Jan 1843
• Died: 26 Nov 1864, Seneca Falls NY

  General notes:

Silversmith and merchant

  Events in his life were:

• Partnership: Aurelius Clark Root, circa 1835-1840, in Pittsfield MA. As L. M. & A. C. ROOT. ⁴

• He appeared on the census in 1850 in Chester MA. Listed as a merchant.

• Partnership: Washington McDonough Root, in 1856, in Pittsfield MA. As W. M. ROOT & BROTHER. By the 1860 census, he had moved on to Seneca Falls NY, where he opened a store selling crockery and fancy goods. ⁴

• He appeared on the census in 1860 in Chester MA. Listed as a merchant.

Laurens married Cynthia Marie Shepard, daughter of Jonathan Shepard and Lucy Hall Butler, on 3 Jan 1843. (Cynthia Marie Shepard was born on 29 Nov 1821 in Blandford MA and died on 5 May 1903 in Seneca Falls NY.)