Roots Generation 4

SPECIAL NOTE: JANUARY 2010

Starting several years prior to her passing, Frannie Roots Hadden began a book about her father,
Bishop Logan Roots, and his wife, Eliza Lydia McCook. It was Frannie's desire to convey
the story of their missionary lives in China during tumultuous revolutionary times, their
love of the people, and for each other. After Frannie's death in May 2000, the effort to complete
the book was taken up by her friend and editor, Motoko Huthwaite, as well as two of Frannie's
grand-nieces, Ellen Roots McBride and April Roots Prewitt. Through their collective efforts
over the last ten years, Frannie's book has finally been completed and is now for sale
through Eastbridge Books.

Below is the link to where the book can be purchased (it will soon be available through Amazon
and Alibris), as well as their preview and picture of the dustjacket:

http://www.eastbridgebooks.org/LoveLetters.html

FROM CHINA WITH LOVE:
The Personal Letters of Bishop and Mrs. Logan Roots,
Two American Missionaries in China (1900-1934)
Motoko Huthwaite, ed.

"Logan Herbert Roots (1870-1945) was a very important figure in the history of the Christian missionary movement in modern China who, by his exemplary life in China, contributed to the later development of a vibrant and fully Chinese church after the missionary era ended."
--Daniel Bays, PhD - Calvin College

"[Bishop Roots] was no ordinary churchman. One could find in his drawing room leaders of the Communist Party, as well as those of the Kuomintang. Here was a man whose influence on the thought patterns of China's leaders was measureless."
--Captain Evans ("Gung-ho") Carlson USMC - in his book Twin Stars over China.

From China with Love is a family portrait drawn by the letters of a married couple madly in love for over thirty years. Because their home is in China, the letters also tell us something about China; but what stands out most are the tender expressions of endearment, of concern, and of love for each other, for their children, and for their friends, both Chinese and foreign, in China and in the United States. It is a delightful experience tracing the love and commitment of two intelligent and eloquent Americans from 1900 until Eliza's death in 1934.

This book will resonate with many young couples today—emailing love letters between America and Iraq or Afghanistan or some other far-flung danger spot—separated by distance and war, but united in loving concern, faith, and hope.

ISBN 1-59988-016-4 (pb) $29.95

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Roots Generation 4

.....a. Willard Holt ROOTS (25 Feb. 1867 at Oreana, NV. - Mar. 1946 in Mansfield, MA)

.....b. Rt. Rev. Bishop Logan Herbert ROOTS (27 July 1870 on Locust Hill, Tamaroa, Perry Co., IL - 23 Sept. 1945 on Mackinac Island, MI) m. Eliza Lydia McCOOK (22 Oct. 1869 - 4 Aug. 1934 in Lushan, China) of Hartford, CT in Hankow, China on 17 April 1902. He was the Bishop of the Episcopal church in Hankow, China. (Ancestral blood line). [NOTE: Our family has been working on publishing "Bishop Logan H. and Eliza Roots: The Personal Letters of Two American Missionaries in China from 1900-1934" -- a series of letters between Bishop Logan Roots & his wife Eliza Lydia [McCook] Roots about their time in China. We hope that the book will be published by EastBridge later sometime in 2007.]

.....c. Mary Emily ROOTS (10 July 1873 - ?) m. Walter Graham HALL (son of Milton Grey HALL).

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Logan & Eliza's wedding
1902

Bishop L. H. Roots
at consecration
1904

Bishop L. H. Roots & Chou En-lai

Ludington Reunion 1916

1. Sheldon Roots
2. Logan Holt Roots
3. Philip James McCook (NY Supreme Court Justice)
4. __________?
5. Philander Keep Roots?
6. Frances Maria (Blakeslee) Roots?
7. Elizabeth "Beth" Roots
8. __________? Beth's nursemaid or P.K.'s wife, Frances Maria (Blakeslee) Roots?
9. John Roots? or son of Bishop Roots' brother, Willard Holt Roots?
10. __________? Graham Roots Hall?
11. __________? A daughter of Willard Holt Roots & wife Katherine (Philp)?
12. __________? A child of Willard Holt Roots?
13. Frances Blakeslee Roots
14. __________? Katherine (Philp) Roots?
15. Bishop Logan Herbert Roots
16. Eliza Lydia (McCook) Roots

Who are the other people in this photo??
Ludington is a city on Lake Michigan an hour or two north of Grand Rapids.

Bishop Logan H. Roots

Willard Roots

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McCook	Crapo	Cuddy	Berry
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