John Smith Taggart and Nancy Jane Hamilton

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Husband John Smith Taggart ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1830 - Belmont Co, OH 3
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           Died: 30 Dec 1896 - New Castle, Lawrence Co, PA 3
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         Father: Joseph Taggart (      -      ) 2 3
         Mother: Jane Smith (      -      ) 2 3

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       Marriage: 13 Dec 1851 - Darlington, Beaver Co, PA 4

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Wife Nancy Jane Hamilton ^{5 6}

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         Father: Samuel Hamilton (      -      ) 4 7
         Mother: Arabella Scroggs (      -      ) 4 7

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Children

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1 M Samuel J. Taggart ^{4 7}

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           Born: Abt 1853
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           Died: Jan 1890 4
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2 F Arabella Jane Taggart ^{4 7}

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           Died: Aft 1908
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         Spouse: A. C. Jones (      -      ) 4 7

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3 F Dorothy Elizabeth Taggart ^{4 5 6}

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         Spouse: Thomas F. Morehead (1863-      ) 6 8 9
           Marr: 5 Oct 1887 6

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4 M John C. Taggart ^{4 7}

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5 M Charles P. Taggart ^{4 7}

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General Notes: Husband - John Smith Taggart

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He remained on the home farm in Belmont County, Ohio, until about 1850, when he removed to Darlington, Beaver County. There he was married, and he remained there engaged in general merchandising, under the firm name of Thompson & Taggart until 1853, when he moved to New Castle, in search of employment.

He came to New Castle, Pennsylvania, in 1853 as clerk for Pollard McCormick, and was for many years his chief clerk, trusted and honored with the supervision of many important details of the business. For many years he was with Paul Graff & Co., wholesale shoe dealers. He then entered into the oil business in Tennessee, and later in Venango County, Pennsylvania; he was also in the retail shoe business with his son, Samuel J., under the firm name of J. S. Taggart & Son. In 1878, he sold his interest in the shoe business, and went to Beaver County, where he was engaged in the oil business until 1881, when he opened up an office in New Castle to deal in real estate, and represent some of the best and most reliable insurance companies.
He was a decided Republican, and served as city councilman, and as a member of the school board, holding a place in the latter organization for twenty-five years, sixteen years of which period were spent as secretary of the board. He was a leader in the United Presbyterian Church, and often acted as trustee.
His health gradually failed for some years, and when rheumatism set in, his enfeebled constitution could not stand the strain, and he reluctantly prepared to leave the busy world and his loved wife and children, and obey the final summons. The end came suddenly, acute rheumatism seizing the heart, and paralyzing its action, thus preventing it from performing its necessary functions, and causing death. He had just completed a modern house, fitted up in the most attractive manner, on Grant Avenue. His death occurred on the forty-fifth anniversary of his wedding.

1 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 30, 283.

2 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 381.

3 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 283.

4 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 382.

5 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 30, 284.

6 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 247.

7 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 284.

8 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 29.

9 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 382, 554.