Ancestry of
Helen (Herron) Taft

First Lady of President William H. Taft

John Williamson Herron

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• • Father of Helen (Herron) Taft — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 2 
  • Father:
  • Mother:
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  • Birth Date:
  • 10 May 1827 
  • Birth Location:
  • Shippensburg, Pennsylvania 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 5 Aug 1912 
  • Death Location:
  • Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Harriet Anne Collins
  • Marriage Date:
  • 7 Mar 1854 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio 
  • Child:

  Helen Louise "Nellie" Herron (Ahnentafel No:1 )

• Sources for John Williamson Herron

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 02/25/13).
  • ² Meriden Morning Record, 29 JUN 1910, p. 6.
  • ³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, "The Royal Descents of Jane Pierce, Alice and Edith Roosevelt, Helen Taft, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Barbara Bush", (accessed 09/30/2014).
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 109.
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 405.
  • ⁶ Wikipedia, "Ela Collins", (accessed 02/25/2013).
  • ⁷ Wikipedia, "Helen Herron Taft", (accessed 02/25/2013).