Famous Kin of
Brigham Young
2nd President of the Mormon Church
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Clara Barton
Founder of the American Red Cross
3rd cousin 1 time removed via Richard Moore
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 2 times removed via John Whipple
Seth MacFarlane
Actor, Animator, Writer and Producer
3rd cousin 5 times removed via Josiah Hayden
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
4th cousin 1 time removed via Isaac Mixer
Eli Whitney
Inventor of the Cotton Gin
4th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Brigham
Robert H. Goddard
Inventor of First Liquid-propelled Rocket
4th cousin 2 times removed via William Goddard
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
4th cousin 2 times removed via Samuel Howe
Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
4th cousin 3 times removed via William Goddard
Frederick Upton
Co-Founder of Whirlpool Corporation
4th cousin 3 times removed via Zachariah Maynard
Thomas J. Watson, Jr.
President and CEO of I.B.M.
4th cousin 4 times removed via Samuel Howe
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
4th cousin 6 times removed via Zachariah Maynard
Elizabeth Smart
Founder of Elizabeth Smart Foundation
4th cousin 7 times removed via Simon Stone Jr.
Elias Howe
Inventor, Lockstitch Sewing Machine
5th cousin 1 time removed via John Howe
Grace (Goodhue) Coolidge
First Lady of President Calvin Coolidge
5th cousin 2 times removed via John Whipple
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Author of Tarzan and John Carter
5th cousin 2 times removed via John Bent
Lucille Ball
TV Actress - “I Love Lucy”
5th cousin 3 times removed via John Howe
Gilbert Clifford Noble
Co-Founder of Barnes & Noble
5th cousin 3 times removed via John Bent
Timothy Leatherman
Founder of Leatherman Tools
5th cousin 4 times removed via John Howe
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
5th cousin 4 times removed via Francis Peabody
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
5th cousin 5 times removed via Thomas Brigham
Kyra Sedgwick
TV and Movie Actress
5th cousin 5 times removed via Francis Peabody
George W. Bush
43rd U.S. President
5th cousin 6 times removed via Thomas Brigham
General William Tecumseh Sherman
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
6th cousin 1 time removed via John Goodrich
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
6th cousin 2 times removed via Matthew Whipple
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
6th cousin 3 times removed via Matthew Whipple
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
6th cousin 3 times removed via Matthew Whipple
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
6th cousin 4 times removed via Matthew Whipple
Charles Edward Merrill
Co-Founder of Merrill Lynch & Company
6th cousin 4 times removed via David Stone
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
6th cousin 4 times removed via Wolstone Childe
Tuesday Weld
TV and Movie Actress
6th cousin 4 times removed via Wolstone Childe
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
7th cousin 4 times removed via Edward Cope
Albert G. Spalding
Co-Founder of Spalding Sporting Goods Co.
8th cousin 2 times removed via Edward Frost
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
9th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William Cope
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
9th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Cope
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
9th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Cope
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
9th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William Cope
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
9th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William Cope
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
11th cousin 4 times removed via Henry Spencer