TAFT, William Howard

1857 - 1930  (72 years)

• Name	TAFT, William Howard
  Born	15 Sep 1857	Cincinnati, Ohio
  Gender	Male
  Died	1930
  Person ID	I2226	theHornes Genealogy
  Last Modified	4 Aug 2003

  
  

  Father	TAFT, Judge Alphonso,   b. 5 Nov 1810, Townsend, Vermont ,   d. 1891  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Torrey, Louisa Maria
  Married	26 Dec 1853	Milbury, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F1589	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Herron, Helen
  Married	19 Jun 1886	Cincinnati, Ohio
  Children	1. TAFT, Robert Alphonso,   b. 1889,   d. 1953  (Age 64 years)   2. TAFT, Helen Herron,   b. 1891   3. TAFT III, Charles Phelps,   b. 1897
  Last Modified	4 Aug 2003
  Family ID	F1590	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  He was Laurana Taft’s 2nd cousin once removed. His mother wrote of him a few weeks after he was born, “He is very large of his age and grows fat every day.” The words were prophetic, for Taft as an adult weighed 300 pounds or more, the heaviest of any president.