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Note: N53 1. Married Hannah Collins in 1842.
2. USC 1860 Cincinnati Ward 5, Hamilton, Ohio
(John Taft 40, Hannah 50, William 16, Emmer 14, Alphonso 10, Nettie 6, )
3. USC 1870 Cincinnati Ward 21, Hamilton, Ohio
(John C Taft 49, Nellie 59 [Hannah], Antonetta 16, Lyman Taft 75 [father], Alphonso 20, Mary E. Sabin25)
4. USC 1880 Riverside, Hamilton, Ohio
(Jonathan 59, Hannah 69, Antoinette 28, Mary Sabin, boarder 40 [2nd wife]
5. Married Mary E. Sabine in 1889, after Hannah�s death.
6. From the Dentistry Library, University of Michigan: A Brief Timeline of Dr. Taft�s life.
1920 Jonathan Taft born 17 Sep in Russellville, Ohio; (father Lyman Taft of Massachusetts).
ca. 1837: Became a school teacher in Brown County area of Ohio.
1841: Began study of dentistry under Dr. George D. Teter in Ripley, Ohio.
1842: Married Hannah Collins.
1843: Entered private practice in Ripley.
1844: Relocated private practice of Xenia, Ohio.
1848: Presented first known professional paper, Irregularity of the Teeth.
1850: Graduated from the Ohio College of Dental Surgery (OCDS).
1854: Became Professor of Dental Surgery at OCDS.
1855: Moved his private to Cincinnati.
1856: Editor of the Dental Register.
1856: Introduced the hot air blow pipe.
1858: Became Dean of he Ohio College of Dental Surgery.
1859: Wrote the textbook pupularly know as Taft�s Operative Dentistry.
1859-60: Refused admittance to OCDS for Lucy Beaman Hobbs, who latter became the first woman to receive a degree in dentistry.
1865: Initial discussions leading to the founding of UM School of Dentistry.
1865: Lucy Beaman Hobbs accepted by Dr. Taft as a student at the OCDS.
1868-69: President of the American Dental Association.
1870: The Robinson/Lunsford murder case.
1872 (June 23): Representatives of the Michigan Dental Association proposed the the Regents the need for a school of dentistry in connection with the state university.
1875: After three years in the planning, The School opened in October of this year, with Dr. Taft as the founding Dean.
1877: Dr. Taft after two years as the founding Dean of the new School, was inducted into the Michigan Dental Association.
1879: Resigned at Professor of Dental Surgeryat the OCDS.
1881: Received the honorary degree of Doctor of Medicine from the University of Michigan.
1883 ( August 6): Founded the National Association of Dental Examininers, elected first President of same organizaion. Reelected as President in 1884, 1885, and 1886.
1884: Organized the National Association of Dental Faculty.
1885: The Great Land Debate.
1887: President, International Medical Congress, Section XVIII: Dental and Oral Surgery.
1887: Wiliam Taft MD. DDS, Jonathan Taft�s son is appointed Proffessor of Operative Denistry and Histology at N.W. College in Chicago.
1888: Death of his wife Hannah Collins Taft.
1889: Death of his younger brother Calvin Taft, also a dentist. Married Mary Sabine.
1899-1900: Seerved as President of the National Association of Dental Faculty.
1891: The School of Dentistry moves into facilities previously occupied by the University Hospitals.
1892: Chairman of the American Medical Assiciation, Section of Oral and Dental Surgery.
1892-1894: Served on the Executive Committee of the World�s Columbian Dental Congress.
1893: Death of George Watts, lifelong friend andco-editor of the Dental Register.
1895 (April 30): Honored by the Cincinnati Odontological Society.
1900: Retired and passed the editorship of the Dental Register to Neville S. Hoff.
1903: Died October 16, 1903, age 84, of �apoplexy� or cerebral hemorrhage.
7. Biography found in History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County states that Jonathan and Hannah had six children, three of which survived.
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