Ancestry of
Henry David Thoreau
American Author and Poet
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Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for Henry David Thoreau
George Albert Smith
8th President of the Mormon Church
5th cousin 3 times removed
via Richard Church
Fannie Farmer
Author of original Fannie Farmer Cookbook
6th cousin 3 times removed
via Richard Warren
Horatio Collins King
Medal of Honor Recipient
U.S. Civil War
6th cousin 1 time removed
via Richard Warren
Richard A. Snelling
76th and 78th Governor of Vermont
6th cousin 4 times removed
via Thomas Mitchell
Samuel P. Colt
Founder of U.S. Rubber Co. (now Uniroyal)
6th cousin 1 time removed
via Richard Warren
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