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Roots, Philander Keep

civil engineer, banker, was born June 4, 1838, in Tolland county, Conn. He is the son of the noted educator, Prof. B. G. Roots of Illinois. He received his education in the Carrollton academy of Illinois and the Wesleyan university of Bloomington. For several years he was principal of the high school in DuQuoin, Ill. He has been resident engineer on the Mobile and Ohio railroad in Kentucky and Tennessee; United States deputy surveyor in Nevada; chief engineer of the Cairo and Fulton railroad in Arkansas and Missouri; and for over twenty years has been engaged in banking in Little Rock, Ark. He is a prominent Mason and ranks high in various other fraternal orders.