Eighth Generation

159. William Henry TAFT¹¹⁷ was born in February 1853 in Wisconsin.^4,26 He appeared in the census in 1860 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.^26,28

(He was not living with his parents during the 1870 Census in Lincoln Township.) He appeared in the census in February 1885.^59,129 Mrs. Cook was a niece of Mrs. Wm P. Taft.

(There is a listing for the marriage of Henry W. Taft and Mary E. Keeler on 28 Feb 1881 in the Monroe County Marriage Registration Index; that may have been him.) William appeared in the census on 1 April 1885 in Tunnel City, Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.^20,130 He appeared in the census in September 1898 in Tunnel City, Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.¹³¹ He appeared in the census in 1900 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁹ William died on 3 January 1923 at the age of 69 in Hood River, Hood River County, OR.^4,117 He was buried in Tunnel City, Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.¹³² in the Greenfield Township Cemetery.

William Henry TAFT and Mary E. KEELER were married on 28 February 1881 in Monroe County, WI.^4,59 Mary E. KEELER was born on 14 August 1853 in Canada.⁴ She died on 2 March 1903 at the age of 49 in Monroe County, WI.⁴ She was buried in Tunnel City, Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.^20,132 in the Greenfield Township Cemetery.