Alfonso Taft

1810 - 1891  (80 years)

• Name	Alfonso Taft  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	5 Nov 1810	Townshend, Windham, Vermont, USA   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Family Search ID	LZXP-TZM
  Occupation	Jurist, U.S. Secretary of War & Attorney General, Diplomat  [2]
  Residence	1850	Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA   [7]
  	Ward 2
  Residence	1870	Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA   [6]
  	Ward 11
  Burial	1891	Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA   [3]
  Death	21 May 1891	San Diego, San Diego, California, USA   [1, 3, 5]
  Person ID	I5276	Presidents and Royalty
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	Peter Rawson Taft,   b. 14 Apr 1785, Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 1 Jan 1867, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA (Age 81 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Sylvia Howard,   b. 1 Feb 1793, Townshend, Windham, Vermont, USA d. 28 Feb 1866, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA (Age 73 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F3750	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Louisa Maria Torrey,   b. 11 Sep 1827, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 8 Dec 1907, Millbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	1853  [4]
  Children	> 1. 27 President of the United States William Howard Taft,   b. 15 Sep 1857, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA d. 8 Mar 1930, Washington, District of Columbia, USA (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3710	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 5 Nov 1810 - Townshend, Windham, Vermont, USA Residence - Ward 2 - 1850 - Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA Residence - Ward 11 - 1870 - Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA Burial - 1891 - Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA Death - 21 May 1891 - San Diego, San Diego, California, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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