Eighth Generation


157. Justin Wheelock TAFT was born on 25 April 1849 in Koshkonong, Jefferson County, WI.4,26,28,117 He appeared in the census in 1850 in Koshkonong, Jefferson County, WI.52 He appeared in the census in 1860 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.26 Justin appeared in the census in 1870 in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.28 About 1884 he was a lumberman in Warrens, Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.118 In January 1885 he was a J. W. Taft from Goodyear Mills visited his brother's store of Groceries in Tunnel City, Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.119 On 21 May 1892 Justin was a had bought rail tickets at Valley Junction (WI) and disappeared.120 He died on 6 November 1921 at the age of 72 in Vancouver, Clark County, WA.117

Justin Wheelock TAFT and Mary Elizabeth "Libbie" FORREST were married on 20 November 1883 in Monroe County, WI.59,121 Mary Elizabeth "Libbie" FORREST, daughter of Thomas Nelson FORREST and Martha S. EDGERTON, was born in 1860 in Wisconsin.29,121 She appeared in the census in 1870 in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.28 She died in 1928 at the age of 68.121

Justin Wheelock TAFT and Mary Elizabeth "Libbie" FORREST had the following children:

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Floy B. TAFT was born on 11 August 1884 in Warrens Mills, Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.118,122 She died on 5 March 1892 at the age of 7.121,123 She was buried in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.123 in the LaGrange Township Cemetery.