People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1895 — Noted Composer Dead. [ARTICLE]

Noted Composer Dead.

Chicago, Aug. B.—Telegrams received today by the members of the family of Dr. George F. Root, the author of many noted war songs, announce his death, which occurred at Bailey’s island, off Portland, Me. He expired Tuesday afternoon in the presence of his wife and one daughter.