We know from an article found by Shirley Walter that Eugene Root lived in Meriden, Connecticut, USA. He married and had a daughter named Elsie. Elsie went to work as a missionary at the American Baptist Mission Girls' School at Kemendine, Burma. She wrote home to her mother on 28 October 1828, and the letter she wrote appeared in the local newspapers.
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We can see Eugene in 1900 living at Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, living with his in-laws:
Tymeson Philip W Head Feb 1846 54 Massachusetts
Tymeson Amelia M Wife Aug 1853 46 Massachusetts
Root Deviaise(?) Daughter Jan 1877 23 Connecticut
Tymeson Charles A Son Oct 1878 21 Connecticut
Root Eugene L Son-in-Law May 1875 25 Connecticut
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And in 1920 we can see Eugene living at his own place at Meriden with his wife and three children. They also had Charles Tymeson, Cora's brother living with them.
Root Eugene L Head 45 Connecticut Letter Carrier
Root Cora Wife 43 Connecticut
Root Elsie Daughter 18 Connecticut
Root Lloyd Son 16 Connecticut Office Boy Silver Factory
Root Vera Daughter 15 Connecticut
Tymeson Charles Brother-in-Law 41 Connecticut Foreman Silver Factory

Cora was the daughter of Philip Tymeson and his wife Amelia.

Miss Elsie Root, Local Missionary
I don't know a great deal about Elsie except that in August 1928, she left Meriden, Connecticut, USA and sailed to India for an onward journey to Burma where she worked as a Missionary at the American Baptist Mission Girls' School at a place named Kemendine.
We know this from a letter she wrote to her mother on 28 October 1928 telling of her experiences at the school. The letter was published in the local press at Meriden headed "Young Meriden Woman Who Left Last August To Teach In Burmese School".
A copy of the newspaper article was found by Shirley Walter in a scrap book which belonged to her grandfather, Howard Ernest Roberts. Howard was Ann Knibbs' son from her first marriage.

Click onto the link beneath her photograph above to see the full newspaper article.