he would be the second sibling of five from alfonso and louise taft. the taft children would spend a lot of time growing up in this space. we know william had to share the space with his siblings. his brothers would also be here in this room. once william is old enough to move to a larger bed. you can imagine a crib here were -- where his younger brother horace would be fighting to get out and get closer to his older brothers, willie and henry. underneath the main bed would have been a trundle bed, this is where a german nanny would have slept. she would have cared and watched over the children for alphonso and louise taft. here we are in the parlor. this is where i will point out some of the taft family members that have been influential in william howard taft's life. first i would like to point out here in the oval portrait here, alphonso taft, this is william's father. born in a small town in vermont. grew up and attended yale university. in 1838, he would tell his mom and dad it is time for him to pack up his bags and head out west. he would become

to this portrait of the taft family members, this is luis taft, the second wife to alfonso. louise was a very beautiful lady. she was born in boston massachusetts. she would later relocate to military, massachusetts in the blackstone river area. she grew up and became a schoolteacher. on the back we have a silvia howard, grandma taft. her ancestors were of irish and scottish descent. expertiseprovide her to the daughter-in-law on how to break fed on how to bake bread to -- daughter-in-law on how eight bread and mince pies. she was later married to this gentleman here. this is grandpa taft. grandpa taft was a self-taught to judge when they lived back in townsend, vermont. taft's would gather whenever they have important guests coming to visit the taft home. cox, friend of alfonso taft and the taft family, he was once invited to have dinner here at the family home. he would actually send a letter to alfonso, asking if he could bring a young brigadier along with him. his name was james a garfield. another ohio in president coming here to visit the mount auburn home in cincinnati. we n