James Taft (1852 - 1926)

Born 7 Jul 1852 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA

Died 7 Mar 1926 at age 73 in Montclair Town, Essex, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

James Horton Taft, Jr. was born 7 July 1852 at Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA, died 7 March 1926 at Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, USA, son of James Horton Taft, Sr., (1822–1905) and Frances Alden (Seney) Taft (1820–1890; married 16 June I877 to Lillie Beers, born 7 Aug 1855 at Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States, died 29 Jan 1930, daughter of Nathan Beers and Harriet Kirk Frazier; buried at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA, Lot 1447, Section 95.^[1]

Children of James Taft and Lillie (Beers) Taft:

• Ethel Taft (1878– )
• Elizabeth Beers Taft (1879–1959)
• Louise Seney Taft (1884–1957)
• James H Taft (1888–1945)

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57437300/james_horton-taft: accessed May 10, 2024), memorial page for James Horton Taft Jr. (7 Jul 1852–7 Mar 1926), Find a Grave Memorial ID 57437300, citing Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA; Maintained by Athanatos (contributor 46907585).

• Regan, Mary Louise, compiler, The Beers Genealogy, Volume Two, The descendants of Anthony Beers of Fairfield, Connecticut through his son, John, (Palatine, Illinois: Francis. A. Regan, 1974) p. 133.
• "New York State Census, 1865", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVNV-QSZS : Sun Mar 10 08:49:44 UTC 2024), Entry for James H Taft and Frances A Taft, 1865. Ward 20, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States.
• "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8J9-M7C : Tue Mar 05 04:57:20 UTC 2024), Entry for James H Taft and F A Taft, 1870. Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States.
• "New York State Census, 1875", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNJN-DF3 : Sat Mar 09 11:47:13 UTC 2024), Entry for James H Taft and Frances A Taft, 1875. Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States.
• "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9J6-ZJC : Thu Apr 11 20:30:31 UTC 2024), Entry for James H Taft, Jr. and Lilie B Taft, 1900. Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, United States.
• "New York State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKSL-KDG : 8 March 2021), Lillie B Taft in household of James H Taft, Brooklyn, A.D. 18, E.D. 14, Kings, New York; citing p. , line 34, various county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 1,930,275.
• "United States Census, 1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M575-PW7 : Thu Mar 07 23:21:54 UTC 2024), Entry for James H Taft and Tillie B Taft, 1910. Brooklyn Ward 11, Kings, New York, United States.
• "United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M45V-LKT : Sun Mar 10 18:36:12 UTC 2024), Entry for James H Taft and Lillie B Taft, 1920. Montclair, Montclair Town, Essex, New Jersey, United States.