Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1909 — Jasper County Has First Taft Baby. [ARTICLE]

Jasper County Has First Taft Baby.

It was published in the Indianapolis Star that the first baby in Indiana to be named after President Taft was the child of parents living at Mishawaka. Mrs. W. L. Layman, of Remington, wishes to correct this and wrote to the Star stating that a baby born to herself and husband on the 30th of last June, and now past eight months old, was named for President Taft, although at that time he had just been nominated for the presidency. The baby's full name is Kermit Taft Layman, so evidently it Is named after the son of the retiring president Roosevelt and after the new resident, William Howard Taft We trust that the baby does credit to Its Illustrious namesakes.