Ancestry of
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
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- Father of William Howard Taft — 2nd Generation
- Ahnentafel No:
- 2
- Father:
- Peter Rawson Taft
- Mother:
- Sylvia Howard
- Birth Date:
- 5 Nov 1810
- Birth Location:
- Townshend, Windham, Vermont
- Christening Date:
- Christening Location:
- Death Date:
- 21 May 1891
- Death Location:
- San Diego, San Diego Co., California
- Burial Date:
- Burial Location:
- Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio
- Spouse Name:
- Louisa Maria Torrey
- Marriage Date:
- 26 Dec 1853
- Marriage Location:
- Child:
William Howard Taft (Ahnentafel No:1 )
- Notes:
U.S. Secretary of War and Attorney General
Alphonso Taft
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Additional marriages for Alphonso Taft
- Spouse:
- Fanny Phelps
- Marriage Date:
- ABT 1841
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Sources for Alphonso Taft
- 1 American Ancestors Magazine, 2013, Vol. 14.4, p. 52.
- 2 Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 09/24/2012).
- 3 The American Genealogist, 1945, Vol. 22, p. 209.
- 4 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.
- 5 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.
- 6 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.
- 7 Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 429, 433, 444, 459, 462-463, 481, 486, 489-490, 583.
- 8 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.
- 9 Wikipedia, "Alphonso Taft", (accessed 09/24/2012).