Ancestry of
Ellen (Herndon) Arthur
Wife of President Chester A. Arthur
The family tree for Ellen (Herndon) Arthur is still in progress.
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Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for Ellen (Herndon) Arthur
Ben Ames Williams
Novelist and Short Story Author
18th cousin 2 times removed
via Sir William de Ros
Douglas Trumbull
Film Special Effects Pioneer
15th cousin 4 times removed
via Sir Nicholas Harington
Isaac Taylor Tichenor
President of Auburn University
14th cousin 2 times removed
via William le Boteler
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
17th cousin 3 times removed
via Sir John de Harington
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
16th cousin 1 time removed
via Sir John de Harington
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
17th cousin 2 times removed
via Sir John de Harington
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
U.S. Civil War leader of film “Glory” fame
17th cousin 1 time removed
via Sir John de Harington
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
15th cousin 2 times removed
via Sir John de Harington
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
16th cousin 1 time removed
via Sir John de Harington
View entire list of famous kin for Ellen (Herndon) Arthur
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