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Gift of Adam E. Levine, 2017.45.0.1-.93, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright
Parmelia B. Rood
Gift of Adam E. Levine, 2017.45.0.1-.93, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright

Parmelia B. Rood

American, 1823 - 1920
BiographyParmelia (Brainard) Rood was born on 28 August 1823 in Connecticut. She was the daughter of Jared Smith Brainard (1797-1842) and Maria Cone (1800-1896). She had eight siblings: Calvin Wiley Brainard (1824-1897), Charles H. Brainard (1827-1862), Jared H. Brainard (1829-1904), James Sidney Brainard (1833-1917), William E. Brainard (1835-1913), Albert L. Brainard (1837-1837), Francis A. Brainard (1839-1915), and Mary E. Brainard (1841-1870).

She married Jesse Rood (1819-1871). They had five children: Maria Rood Hall (1844-1901), Aaron Rood (1845-1920), Harriet E. Rood (1849-1849), Charles Nathaniel Rood (1850-1936), and Clarence Rood (1853-1853).

She died in Byron, Illinois on 3 December 1920.
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