Friday, July 22, 2011

Alphonso Taft - US Secretary of War, US Attorney General

Artwork: Gregory Chapin Joens

Alphonso Taft (November 5, 1810 – May 21, 1891) was the Attorney General and Secretary of War under President Ulysses S. Grant and the founder of an American political dynasty. He was the father of U.S. President William Howard Taft.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonso_Taft


Family Tree:

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

Sylvia Taft
his mother

Berthiah Howard
her mother

John Chapin, Jr. (1730)
her father

John Chapin, Sr. (1698)
his father

Capt Seth Chapin (1668)
his father

Josiah Chapin, Esq. (1637)
his father

Deacon Samuel Chapin
his father

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