Alphonso TaftAge: 81 years18101891

Name
Alphonso Taft
Given names
Alphonso
Surname
Taft
Birth 1810

MarriageFanny PhelpsView this family
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MarriageLouisa Maria TorreyView this family
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Birth of a son
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Charles Phelps Taft
1843 (Age 33 years)

Birth of a son
#2
Peter Rawson Taft
1845 (Age 35 years)

Death of a wifeFanny Phelps
1852 (Age 42 years)

Birth of a son
#3
Samuel Davenport Taft
1855 (Age 45 years)

Death of a sonSamuel Davenport Taft
1855 (Age 45 years)

Birth of a son
#4
William Howard Taft
September 15, 1857 (Age 47 years)
Birth of a son
#5
Henry Waters Taft
1859 (Age 49 years)

Birth of a son
#6
Horace Dutton Taft
1861 (Age 51 years)

Birth of a daughter
#7
Frances Louise Taft
1865 (Age 55 years)

Marriage of a childWilliam Howard TaftHelen (Nellie) HerronView this family
June 19, 1886 (Age 76 years)
Death of a sonPeter Rawson Taft
1889 (Age 79 years)

Death 1891 (Age 81 years)

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  1. Generation 1
    1. Alphonso Taft was born in 1810 and died in 1891 at the age of 81. He married 2 times. The first time he married Fanny Phelps. She was born in 1823 and died in 1852 at the age of 29. The second time he married Louisa Maria Torrey. She was born in 1827 and died in 1907 at the age of 80.

      Children of Alphonso Taft and Fanny Phelps:

      1. Charles Phelps Taft (18431923)
      2. Peter Rawson Taft (18451889)

      Children of Alphonso Taft and Louisa Maria Torrey:

      1. Samuel Davenport Taft (18551855)
      2. William Howard Taft (18571930)
      3. Henry Waters Taft (1859)
      4. Horace Dutton Taft (18611943)
      5. Frances Louise Taft (1865)
  2. Generation 2back to top
    1. William Howard Taft, uS President No. 27, son of Alphonso Taft and Louisa Maria Torrey, was born on September 15, 1857 in Cincinnati, Ohio and died on March 8, 1930 in Washington D.C. at the age of 72. He married Helen (Nellie) Herron on June 19, 1886 in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was born on June 2, 1861 in Cincinnati, Ohio and died on May 22, 1943 in Washington D.C. at the age of 81.

      Children of William Howard Taft and Helen (Nellie) Herron:

      1. Robert Alphonso Taft (18891953)
      2. Helen Herron Taft (1891)
      3. Charles Phelps Taft (1897)
    2. Henry Waters Taft, son of Alphonso Taft and Louisa Maria Torrey, was born in 1859. He married Julia Walbridge Smith.

    3. Horace Dutton Taft, son of Alphonso Taft and Louisa Maria Torrey, was born in 1861 and died in 1943 at the age of 82. He married Winifred S. Thompson.

    4. Frances Louise Taft, daughter of Alphonso Taft and Louisa Maria Torrey, was born in 1865.

  3. Generation 3back to top
    1. Robert Alphonso Taft, son of William Howard Taft and Helen (Nellie) Herron, was born on September 8, 1889 in Cincinnati, Ohio and died on July 31, 1953 in New York City, New York at the age of 63. He married Martha Wheaton Wheaton-Bowers on October 17, 1914 in Washington D.C.. She was born on December 17, 1891 in Winona, Minnesota and died on October 2, 1958 in Cincinnati, Ohio at the age of 66.

    2. Helen Herron Taft, daughter of William Howard Taft and Helen (Nellie) Herron, was born on August 1, 1891 in Cincinnati, Ohio. She married Frederick Johnson Manning on July 15, 1920. He was born in 1894 in East Baintree, Massachusetts and died on December 15, 1966 in Nevis, Br West Indies at the age of 72.

    3. Charles Phelps Taft, son of William Howard Taft and Helen (Nellie) Herron, was born on September 20, 1897 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He married Eleanor Kellogg Chase on October 6, 1917 in Waterbury, Connecticut. She was born on October 9, 1891 in Waterbury, Connecticut and died on August 28, 1961 in Cincinnati, Ohio at the age of 69.