Ancestry of
William Howard Taft

27th U.S. President

William Howard Taft

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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:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 8 Mar 1930 
  • Death Location:
  • Washington, D.C. 
  • Burial Date:
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  • 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.

• Marriages for William Howard Taft

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  • Spouse:
  • Helen Louise "Nellie" Herron
  • Marriage Date:
  • 19 Jun 1886
  • Marriage Location:
  • Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio

• 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 U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, National No. 77831, Membership application for Lloyd B Taft.
  • ⁷ Child, Christopher C., "Coolidge Connections", Vita Brevis, https://vitabrevis.americanancestors.org/2023/02/coolidge-connections/, (accessed 06/23/2023).
  • ⁸ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 109.
  • ⁹ 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.
  • ¹⁰ 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.
  • ¹¹ 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.
  • ¹² 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.
  • ¹³ 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.
  • ¹⁴ Wikipedia, "William Howard Taft", (accessed 09/24/2012).