Ancestry of
Bob Taft

67th Governor of Ohio

Martha Wheaton Bowers

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• • Grandmother of Bob Taft — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 5 
  • Father:
  • Lloyd Wheaton Bowers 
  • Mother:
  • Louise Bennett Wilson   
  • Birth Date:
  • 17 Dec 1889 
  • Birth Location:
  • Winona, Winona Co., Minnesota 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 2 Oct 1958 
  • Death Location:
  • Indian Hill, Hamilton, Ohio 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Indian Hill Episcopal Presbyterian Churchyard, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Robert Alphonso Taft
  • Marriage Date:
  • 17 Oct 1914 
  • Marriage Location:
  • St. John's Episcopal Church, Washington, D.C. 
  • Children:
  
  

  William Howard Taft

  Robert Alphonso Taft Jr. (Ahnentafel No:2 )

  Lloyd Bowers Taft

• Sources for Martha Wheaton Bowers

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 09/07/2019).
  • ² Ohio, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2022, Death record for Martha B Taft.
  • ³ The Journal Herald (Dayton, Ohio), 03 OCT 1958, p. 1, Obituary for Martha Bowers Taft.
  • ⁴ U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925, 30 APR 1919, Application for Martha Bowers Taft.
  • ⁵ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Record for son Lloyd Bowers Taft.
  • ⁶ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, S.A.R. #77831, Membership application for Lloyd Bower Taft.
  • ⁷ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, National No. 77831, Membership application for Lloyd B Taft.
  • ⁸ Washington, D.C., U.S., Compiled Marriage Index, 1830-1921, Marriage record for Robert A Taft and Martha W Bowers.
  • ⁹ Frost, Thomas G. and Edward L. Frost. M.D., The Frost Family in England and America: With Special Reference to Edmund Frost and Some of His Descendants, Buffalo: Russell Printing Company (1909), 131, gives Martha's middle name as Louise.
  • ¹⁰ Roberts, Gary Boyd and William Addams Reitwiesner, American Ancestors and Cousins of The Princess of Wales, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1984), 56.
  • ¹¹ Wikipedia, "Robert A. Taft", (accessed 09/05/2019).