
Ancestry of
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
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- 1st Generation
- Ahnentafel No:
- 1
- Father:
- Alphonso Taft
- Mother:
- Louisa Maria Torrey
- Birth Date:
- 15 Sep 1857
- Birth Location:
- Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio
- Christening Date:
- Christening Location:
- Death Date:
- 8 Mar 1930
- Death Location:
- Washington, D.C.
- Burial Date:
- Burial Location:
- Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington Co., Virginia
- Notes:
27th President of the United States and 10th Chief Justice of the United States.
In 1910, William Howard Taft joined the Mayflower Society as a descendant of Francis Cooke. Unfortunately, this descent later turned out to be false.
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Marriages for William Howard Taft
- Spouse:
- Helen Louise "Nellie" Herron
- Marriage Date:
- 19 Jun 1886
- Marriage Location:
- Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio
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Sources for William Howard Taft
- 1 American Ancestors Magazine, 2013, Vol. 14.4, p. 52.
- 2 Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 09/24/2012).
- 3 New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1915, Vol. 69, p. 210.
- 4 The American Genealogist, 1945, Vol. 22, pp. 205-210.
- 5 U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, S.A.R. #77831, Membership application for Lloyd Bower Taft.
- 6 Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 109.
- 7 Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 89.
- 8 Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 168, 563.
- 9 Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants to the American Colonies, Quebec, or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company (2018), 318.
- 10 Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 406, 429, 433, 444, 459, 462-463, 481, 486, 489-490, 583.
- 11 Rockwood, Vivian VaLera, Four Centuries of American Descendants of Richard Rockwood of Dorchester 1633, Braintree 1636, Massachusetts, Johnson City, Tennessee: Overmountain Press (2000), 1175-1177.
- 12 Wikipedia, "William Howard Taft", (accessed 09/24/2012).