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John Taft

13 Aug 1840 – 29 Mar 1926

Birth	13 Aug 1840
Death	29 Mar 1926
Cemetery	Blue Mound Cemetery Milford , Seward County , Nebraska , USA
Added by	Dorothy A Parker on 04 Jul 2010
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20350482

Bio

John Taft served with Company D of the 26th New York Vol. Infantry during the Civil War. He married Henritta Colby on April 12, 1864 in Genesse County, New York. He and his family came to Nemaha County, Nebraska in about 1880. John Taft was born in Rutland, Vermont August 13, 1840 and died March 29, 1926, at the Milford Soldiers Home. He enlisted in the army in 1862, with Company D 26th NY Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged in 1864. He was married to Henrietta Colby, who with five children survive him. One son is A. E. Taft of Milford. He was a member of the Christian Church. The Rev. T. J. Overholt conducted the funeral services Wednesday afternoon. Seward Journal, Seward, NE, Thurs, April 8, 1926

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Family

Parents

• Charlotte Sprague Taft 1797–1862
• Otis Taft 1800–1882

Spouse

• Henrietta Colby Taft 1846–1926

Siblings

• Lewis Napoleon Taft 1824–1897
• Austin J. Taft 1825–1906
• Minerva Taft Davenport 1843–?

Children

• William Henry Taft 1865–1956
• Lizzie Belle Taft Shiveley 1867–1893
• Caroline L "Carrie" Taft Warner 1869–1958
• John Otis Taft Sr 1874–1951
• Henrietta L. "Etta" Taft Llewellyn 1877–1953
• Arthur E. Taft 1885–1978

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