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Margaret “Peggy” Libey Roop

Birth
Richland County, Ohio, USA
Death
Feb 1875 (aged 39–40)
Fairfield Township, DeKalb County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Fairfield Center, DeKalb County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Margaret was born about 1835 in Richland County, OH. She is listed as age 15 in the 1850 census.
She married on October 20, 1853, DeKalb County, Indiana, to Henry Roop, who was a farmer all his life.

According to family lore and information from Brethren L Archives on Rootsweb, Henry and Margaret were reportedly buried in Fairfield Cemetery, DeKalb County, Indiana, but there are apparently no gravestones or burial records to confirm this.

Barry Smith and wife Leabeth, who is a descendant of Wesley Root, requested that the children of Henry and Margaret (Peggy) Libey Root, and the name(s) of spouses where known, be added to the memorial. They are:
Rosina Roop married John Deibele (1839-1914)
George Roop married 1) Agness Fisher 2) Harriet Belle Heckathorne
Anna Eliza Roop married George Washington Chupp
William Roop
Franklin Roop
Frances Roop married Henry Ringler
Jacob Roop
Susan Roop married Thomas Kime
Maude Roop married Elmer Gorrell
Wesley Roop
Margaret was born about 1835 in Richland County, OH. She is listed as age 15 in the 1850 census.
She married on October 20, 1853, DeKalb County, Indiana, to Henry Roop, who was a farmer all his life.

According to family lore and information from Brethren L Archives on Rootsweb, Henry and Margaret were reportedly buried in Fairfield Cemetery, DeKalb County, Indiana, but there are apparently no gravestones or burial records to confirm this.

Barry Smith and wife Leabeth, who is a descendant of Wesley Root, requested that the children of Henry and Margaret (Peggy) Libey Root, and the name(s) of spouses where known, be added to the memorial. They are:
Rosina Roop married John Deibele (1839-1914)
George Roop married 1) Agness Fisher 2) Harriet Belle Heckathorne
Anna Eliza Roop married George Washington Chupp
William Roop
Franklin Roop
Frances Roop married Henry Ringler
Jacob Roop
Susan Roop married Thomas Kime
Maude Roop married Elmer Gorrell
Wesley Roop


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