Background
She was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the first daughter of Samuel Davenport Torrey (1789-1877) and his second wife, the former Susan Holman Waters (1803-1866).
She was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the first daughter of Samuel Davenport Torrey (1789-1877) and his second wife, the former Susan Holman Waters (1803-1866).
She graduated from Mount Holyoke College (then Mount Holyoke Female Seminary) in 1845.
Her three sisters were Delia Chapin Torrey (who married geologist Edward Orton, Senior), Anna Davenport Torrey, and Susan H. Torrey. Louise Taft died at Millbury, Massachusetts aged 80 years, and was interred at Spring Grove Cemetery, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Just under 11 months later, her eldest surviving son was elected President.