Peter Rawson Taft

Would you believe current Governor of Ohio Bob Taft is the SIXTH generation ? Attorney-General Alphonso Taft's father, Peter Rawson Taft (1785-1867) was a Vermont state legislator in the early 1800s (probably a Whig).
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Taft was educated at county schools until he was sixteen. He then taught high school in order to attend Amherst Academy. He received a bachelor's degree from Yale College in 1833, graduating third in his class, and after several more years of teaching high school he returned to Yale Law School. He received a J.D. in 1838 and was admitted that year to the bar of Connecticut. Learn More
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Peter Rawson Taft - First President of Leland and Gray
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Peter Taft married Elizabeth Cheney on 20 Apr 1736. (Elizabeth Cheney was born on 21 Sep 1707 and

Peter Rawson Taft (1785-1867) was a Vermont state legislator
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Taft was

educated at county schools until he was sixteen.He then

taught high school in order to attend Amherst Academy.

He received a bachelor's degree from Yale College in 1833,

graduating third in his class, and after several more

years of teaching high school he returned to Yale Law School.

He received a J.D. in 1838 and was admitted that
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Peter Rawson Taft - First President of Leland and Gray
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Peter Taft married Elizabeth Cheney on 20 Apr 1736. (Elizabeth

754 Peter Rawson Taft - First President of Leland and Gray