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Nellie Tayloe Ross

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Nellie Tayloe Ross

14th Governor of Wyoming


    Nellie Davis Tayloe

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    • 1st Generation
    • Ahnentafel No:
    • Birth Date:
    • 29 Nov 1876 
    • Birth Location:
    • St. Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri 
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    • Death Date:
    • 19 Dec 1977 
    • Death Location:
    • Washington, D.C. 
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    • Notes: 
    • 14th Governor of Wyoming

      28th Director of the U.S. Mint

      It was Nellie Tayloe Ross, as Director of the U.S. Mint, who recommended that Benjamin Franklin be portrayed on the U.S. half dollar.

  • Marriages for Nellie Davis Tayloe


    • Spouse:
    • William Bradford Ross
    • Marriage Date:
    • 11 Sep 1902
    • Marriage Location:
    • Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska

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  • Sources for Nellie Davis Tayloe

    • 1 Federal Census, NE, Douglas County, 1900, Omaha Ward 7, E.D. 72, Sheet 4B, Image 8 of 14.
    • 2 Genealogies of Virginia Families: From Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Baltimore, Maryland: Reprinted for Clearfield Company by Genealogical Publishing Company (2007), 70.
    • 5 Scheer, Teva J., Governor Lady: The Life and Times of Nellie Tayloe Ross, Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press (2005).