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Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications
had been especially active in the
selection of books for
the Hayes Memorial Library.
He was a life member of the Ohio State
Archaeolog-
ical and Historical Society and served
on its Spiegel
Grove Committee.
Mr. Root was a scholarly gentleman,
unassuming,
modest, and from early manhood a great
student. He
was a wise and trusted counselor among
the student
body and faculty of Oberlin College and
a constantly
widening circle of those who came to
him for advice.
His death leaves a vacant place that
will be long felt by
his library associates, especially
those in Ohio.
Professor Root is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Anna
Mayo (Metcalf) Root, whom he married in
1887; by a
daughter, Marian, connected with the
New York City
Public Library, and by a son, Francis
M., professor
of Social Hygiene and Public Health, at
Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore.
WILLIAM PENDLETON PALMER
William Pendleton Palmer, president of
the Ameri-
can Wire and Steel Company, died at his
home in Cleve-
land Heights, December 19, 1927. He was
born in
Pittsburgh, Pa., June 17, 1861; was the
son of James
Stewart and Eleanor Pendleton (Mason)
Palmer; and
was educated in the public schools of
his native city. He
took an active interest in educational
institutions; was
trustee of Case Library and Oberlin
College; president
of the Western Reserve Historical
Society; and mem-
ber of a number of literary and
industrial societies.
His estate, at the time of his death,
was valued at
over $1,000,000. He left gifts of
$25,000 to both the