Xerxes Willard

Xerxes Addison Willard (1820–1882) was an American dairyman, lawyer, and newspaper editor. After touring dairies across Europe, he wrote Practical Dairy Husbandry, which was published in eight volumes in 1872 and became the standard reference work for dairies.[1]

Ancestry
Main article: Descendants of Simon Willard

Xerxes Willard was a 5th great-grandson (8th generation descendant) of the Massachusetts colonist Simon Willard (1605–1676). Xerxes was also a great-grandfather of American botanist Beatrice Willard (1925–2003).

References
  1. Koch, Megan (2016), Catherine Donnelly (ed.), "Willard, Xerxes Addison", The Oxford Companion to Cheese, Oxford University Press, pp. 765–766, ISBN 9780199330881


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