Taggart, James

Knox during the Civil War

Birth

James Taggart was born in Ireland in 1825.

Marriage & Children

James Taggart married Elizabeth McHaughan (1817 - 1895). Their children were:

• John A. Taggart (ABT 1843 - BEF 1900)
• Jane Taggart (1847 - 1929)
• James H. J. Taggart (ABT 1851 - )
• Robert Taggart (ABT 1852 - )
• Emma Taggart (ABT 1858 - )
• S. Morgan Taggart (DEC 1862 - AFT 1930) (1861 - 1937) (Married Emma J. Christian (1852 - 1928))

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Death

Knox Cemetery - James Taggart Priv Co. G 134 R.N.Y.V. 1825 - 1901

James Taggart died in 1901. He was buried in Knox Cemetery - James Taggart Priv Co. G 134 R.N.Y.V. 1825 - 1901

Additional Research Notes

James lived his entire married life, from 1860 until his death in 1901, in Wright, Schoharie Co., NY.

Additional Media

Knox - James Taggart - Muster Roll

New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900 about James Taggert
Name: James Taggert
[James Tagget]
Age: 40
Birth Year: abt 1822
Birth Place: Ireland
Enlistment Year: 1862
Enlistment Location: Schoharie, New York
Muster Year: 1862
Separation Details: Muster Out of Service
Separation Date: 10 Jun 1865

Source Citation: New York State Archives, Cultural Education Center, Albany, New York; New York Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900;Archive Collection #:13775-83;Box #:542;Roll #:198.

Source Information: Ancestry.com. New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Original data: Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts of New York State Volunteers, United States Sharpshooters, and United States Colored Troops [ca. 1861-1900]. (microfilm, 1185 rolls). Albany, New York: New York State Archives.

Military records of Schoharie County veterans of four wars

James Taggart.

Wright — Laborer; married; age 40 ; enlisted August 11, 1862; detailed with ammunition train ; sustained injury of the hip after the battle of Gettysburg, by falling from a train wagon ; contracted fever at Hagerstown, Md.; treated at Alexandria, Va., David's Island, N. Y., and in Field Hospital at Chattanooga ; rejoined his regiment at Savannah and served regularly until discharged, June 10, 1865 ; Gallupville, X. Y.; laborer ; married. Children, John, Mary J., James, Robert, Emma, Morgan. Sources