John Hopkins and Sarah Agnes Taggart

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Husband John Hopkins ^{1 2}

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           Born: 22 Feb 1829 - Ireland 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Mar 1905 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 3
         Buried: 

       Marriage: 29 Sep 1853 2

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Wife Sarah Agnes Taggart ^{1 4}

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           Born: 12 Mar 1833 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 Aug 1920 - Ben Avon, Allegheny Co, PA 3
         Buried: 

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         Father: John Taggart (1799-1890) 1 5
         Mother: Jane Porter (1798-1888) 1 6

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Children

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1 F Clara Virginia Hopkins ³

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            AKA: Sarah Hopkins 7
           Born: 5 Jul 1854 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 11 Aug 1926 3
         Buried:  - West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA

         Spouse: William N. Kelley (      -1915) 7
           Marr: 14 Sep 1876 3

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2 M John Taggart Hopkins ³

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           Born: 24 Feb 1856 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 6 Apr 1868 3
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 M Joseph Andrew Hopkins ³

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           Born: 22 Feb 1858 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Rose Lindner (1876-      ) 8
           Marr: 2 Sep 1896 8

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4 M David Porter Hopkins ³

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           Born: 21 Mar 1860 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

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5 F Sarah Agnes Hopkins ³

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           Born: 28 Mar 1864 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Harry Havelock McKee (1860-      ) 8
           Marr: 26 Feb 1890 8

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General Notes: Husband - John Hopkins

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He came to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, when a young man, where he established on the North Side the firm of John Hopkins, later known as John Hopkins and Son, dealers in hardware and housefurnishings. In 1865 he entered into a partnership with his father-in-law, John Taggart, James Reno, John McKee and Thomas J. Hackett under the firm name of the Union Coal Company for the mining of coal. He later entered into business relations with James Reno for the same purpose.
He was a member of the First Associate Reformed Church of Pittsburgh, North Side, later the First United Presbyterian Church. He was elected an elder Mar. 11, 1858, and served until dismissed to join in the organization of the later Fourth United Presbyterian Church, where he officiated as an elder until his death.
Mr. Hopkins was a director of the Board of Public Education, an incorporator of the Uniondale Cemetery Company and a director in the Second National Bank.

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General Notes: Wife - Sarah Agnes Taggart

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She was born at the Taggart homestead in Irwin Ave., McClure Township, later Allegheny City and still later, the North Side of Pittsburgh.

1 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 289.

2 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 194.

3 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 195.

4 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 88.

5 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 88, 156.

6 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 80, 156.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 714.

8 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 196.