Alphonso Taft (1810-1891)

Alphonso Taft, U.S. Attorney General & Secretary of War

He founded the Skull & Bones Society at Yale College. He was the Attorney-General and Secretary of War under President Ulysses S. Grant. He is the father of President William Howard Taft.

Parents

Peter Rawson Taft

Judge Peter Rawson Taft, Member of the Vermont House of Representatives

1785-1867

Sylvia Howard

Mrs Sylvia (Howard) Taft

1793-1866

Spouses

Fanny (Phelps) Taft

Mrs Fanny (Phelps) Taft

1823-1852

Louise (Torrey) Taft

Mrs "Louise" Louisa Maria (Torrey) Taft

1827-1907

Children

Charles Phelps Taft

U.S. Representative from Ohio & Editor of the Times-Star Newspaper

1843-1929

William Howard Taft

27th President of the United States of America (1909-1913)

1857-1930

Horace Dutton Taft

Headmaster & Founder of The Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut

1861-1943