Seventeenth Generation

293. William "Howard" TAFT Sr. (\) was born on 23 May 1917 in Monroe County, WI.^{141,183,214,314} (The Monroe County Birth Registration Index lists his year of birth as 1917, but other sources list it as 1916.)

One of his hobbies was genealogy. He appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷⁹ He appeared in the census in 1930 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁹² Howard appeared in the census in 1940 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²²¹ His household was at 1611 Superior Avenue and his occupation was "Livestock Dealer, Buying and Selling Livestock." He died of tuberculosis on 25 August 1980 at the age of 63.^124,141 He was buried on 28 August 1980 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^14,222 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

William "Howard" TAFT Sr. (\) and Florence FRANZ were married on 30 June 1937.¹⁴¹ Florence FRANZ, daughter of Otto FRANZ and Rosa Mae KUCKUCK, was born on 27 April 1917 in Monroe County, WI.^93,183,314 She appeared in the census in 1940 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²²¹ She died on 14 October 1985 at the age of 68 in Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ.⁹³

William "Howard" TAFT Sr. (\) and Florence FRANZ had the following children:

328	i.	Charles Wallace TAFT was born on 10 March 1938.^141,309 He appeared in the census in 1940 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²²¹ He died in March 1991 at the age of 53.³⁰⁹
329	ii.	William Howard TAFT Jr. was born on 5 October 1941 in Monroe County, WI.^141,183 He died before October 1985 at the age of 44.^89,141 in a motorcycle accident.
+330	iii.	Ann TAFT.

William "Howard" TAFT Sr. (\) and Laurella Marieta VON HADEN were married on 8 August 1962 in Winona, Winona County, MN.^141,315 Laurella Marieta VON HADEN²²¹, daughter of Herman Albert VON HADEN and Frances Marieta SEIBOLD, was born in 1921 in Wisconsin.^192,215 She appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁹² She was a "Boarder" at the home of John Von Haden, a granduncle.

. She appeared in the census in 1940 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²²¹ She and her family were living with her father.

. Laurella died on 17 August 1970 at the age of 49 in Wisconsin.^215,316 She was buried in August 1970 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²¹⁵ in the Oak Grove Cemetery. (She was listed as "Laurella" in the 1940 Census and on her Minnesota marriage certificate in 1962.)

William "Howard" TAFT Sr. (\) and Helen Mae GROVER were married.¹⁴¹ (Her maiden name may have been Helen Mae Hardy, who was born in 1917 and died in September 2005 in "St. Albert, AB.") Helen Mae GROVER was born (date unknown).