Notes for Cyrus TAFT

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Notes for Cyrus TAFT

Information on this line from Robert Hopkins (14 May 1996).
A manufacturer and cotton broker in Providence.
See 1860 Providence, p. 34
1870 Providence, p. 276
Also...Boston Transcript, 19 Nov. 1931, #2544 & 4 December 1931, #2636
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1880 Census ED 12, Providence, Providence Co., RIT9-1211, 207D:
Cyrus Taft, self m male w 70 RI Cotton Merch. RI RI
Rosina E. Taft wife m female w 62 RI Keeps house RI RI
Orre Y. Taft son s male w 35 RI Cotton Merch. RI RI
Amy H. Taft day s female w 28 RI at home RI RI
Cyrus Taft son s male w 23 RI bookkeeper RI RI
Ann McDermott other w female 39 IREL Servant IREL IREL
Ann Feeney other s female w 13 IREL servant IREL IREL
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Possibly son of Hazeltine [Hazelton?] and Betsy Taft - son of Stephen - Mijamin - Benjamin - Robert Taft
See National Register of Historic Places sheet for Edgewood Historic Dictrict-Taft Estate Plat, Cranston, Providence Co., RI
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Cousin of Orray Taft [1793-1865] who was originally from Uxbridge, MA and was
a cotten factor in Providence - Orray Taft and Company. Cyrus was affiliated
with this company. Taft Co., owned the Wauregan Mills in Danielson, CT.
Possibly born 7 March 1810 in Medway, Norfolk Co., MA [IGI]

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