Famous Kin of
Nelson Eddy
Movie Actor and Singer
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Stephen Hopkins
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
2nd cousin 6 times removed via John Whipple
Commodore Matthew C. Perry
Led Black Ships Expedition to Japan
3rd cousin 5 times removed via Edward Perry
Oliver Hazard Perry
Hero of Lake Erie during the War of 1812
3rd cousin 5 times removed via Edward Perry
Sarah Palin
9th Governor of Alaska
4th cousin 2 times removed via Nathan Salisbury
Ezra Cornell
Co-Founder of Cornell University,
Founder of Western Union
4th cousin 3 times removed via Ephraim Pierce
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
5th cousin 2 times removed via Zachariah Eddy
Gail Borden III
Inventor of Condensed Milk, Founder of the Borden Company
5th cousin 3 times removed via Zachariah Rhodes
William Sprague
14th Governor of Rhode Island
5th cousin 3 times removed via John Whipple
Elisha Story
Boston Tea Party Participant
5th cousin 4 times removed via Rev. William Eddy of Bristol, England
William Sprague
27th Governor of Rhode Island
6th cousin 2 times removed via John Whipple
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
6th cousin 2 times removed via Robert Paddock
Joseph Story
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
6th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. William Eddy of Bristol, England
Cadwallader Washburn
Co-founder of General Mills and 11th Governor of Wisconsin
6th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Whitman
Israel Washburn
29th Governor of Maine
6th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Whitman
Elihu Washburne
25th U.S. Secretary of State
6th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Whitman
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
7th cousin 1 time removed via Michael Pierce
Clarence Darrow
Lawyer, Scopes Monkey Trial
7th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Eddy
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
7th cousin 2 times removed via William Arnold