Frank K. Root
{{Short description|Music publisher in Chicago}}
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| birth_place = Jersey City, New Jersey
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1932|02|10|1856|06|23}}
| death_place = Kansas City, Missouri
| resting_place = Rosehill Cemetery
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| occupation = Music publisher
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| party = Republican
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Frank Kimball Root (1856–1932) was a music publisher in Chicago and the proprietor of Frank K. Root & Co. His father, Ebenezer Towner Root, co-founded Root & Cady. Among the many notable songs published by the firm is "I Ain't Got Nobody".
Biography
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Frank Kimball Root was born in Jersey City, New Jersey on June 23, 1856. He moved to Chicago with his family at a young age and was educated in public schools in Hyde Park.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5TEOAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA35-IA19 |title=The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography |volume=XVII |publisher=James T. White & Company |page=42 |year=1920 |access-date=2020-12-31 |via=Google Books}}
He married Harriet Elizabeth Irwin on October 30, 1890, and they had three children.
In politics, he was a Republican.
Frank K. Root's firm had close ties to the McKinley Music Company.{{Cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/thatamericanrags00davi | url-access=registration | quote=frank k. root. | title=That American Rag: The Story of Ragtime from Coast to Coast| publisher=Schirmer Books | isbn=9780028647432| last1=Jasen| first1=David A.| last2=Jones| first2=Gordon Gene| year=2000}}
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His home, the Root-Badger House at 326 Essex Rd. in Kenilworth, Illinois outside Chicago (also known as the Centennial House), was designed by Daniel Burnham and built by Paul Starrett.{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/July-2012/No-Little-Price-Tag-For-Daniel-Burnham-Designed-Home/|title=No Little Price Tag For Daniel Burnham-Designed Home|first=Dennis|last=Rodkin|website=Chicago magazine|access-date=2019-01-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130112084241/http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/July-2012/No-Little-Price-Tag-For-Daniel-Burnham-Designed-Home/|archive-date=2013-01-12|url-status=live|df=}} It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (National Register of Historic Places listings in Cook County, Illinois).{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagonow.com/homeward-bound-north-shore/2012/04/kenilworths-root-badger-house-on-the-market-for-8-95m/|title=Kenilworth's Root-Badger House on the market for $8.95M|website=chicagonow.com|accessdate=31 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524010458/http://www.chicagonow.com/homeward-bound-north-shore/2012/04/kenilworths-root-badger-house-on-the-market-for-8-95m|archive-date=2012-05-24|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://kenilworthhistory.org/research-at-khs/national-register-properties/|title=National Register Properties – Kenilworth Historical Society|website=kenilworthhistory.org|accessdate=31 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922174616/http://kenilworthhistory.org/research-at-khs/national-register-properties/|archive-date=2018-09-22|url-status=live}}
Frank K. Root died in Kansas City, Missouri on February 10, 1932, and was buried at Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66547117/deathscontinued/ |title=Deaths—Continued |newspaper=Kansas City Times |page=16 |date=1932-02-11 |access-date=2020-12-31 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66547445/funeral-to-be-held-tomorrow-for-f-k/ |title=Funeral To Be Held Tomorrow For F. K. Root |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |page=16 |date=1932-02-14 |access-date=2020-12-31 |via=Newspapers.com}}
Background
His father cofounded Root & Cady. It was hit by the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and bankrupted. It was reorganized several years later as The Root & Sons Music Company.
Songwriter George F. Root was his uncle.
See also
- William Lewis & Son Co.
- Leo Feist, publisher in New York City
References
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External links
- {{IMSLP|id=Root, Frank K.}}
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Category:American music publishers (people)
Category:Burials at Rosehill Cemetery