Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Taggart, Henry Clinton 1932
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The Ionia Daily Sentinel-Standard, Thursday, January 7, 1932

In the unexpected death of Henry Clinton Taggart at his home, 413 State 
street, Wednesday evening at 11 o’clock, Ionia county lost a pioneer and the 
city a worthwhile citizen.  Mr. Taggart had been in frail health several years 
and had suffered failing eyesight yet he had been about the home assisting 
Mrs. Taggart whenever possible.  Tuesday he seemed as well as usual and was 
downtown with her.  Wednesday morning he wakened with a pain in the region of 
his heart but the seriousness of his condition was not fully realized until 
his peaceful death the same evening.

Mr. Taggart was born in Orleans township 72 yeas ago and lived in that 
vicinity until his marriage 38 years ago, coming at the time to the farm in 
Easton, now known as the Sprout farm.  He lived there until his retirement 
from his agricultural pursuits 28 years ago.  Leaving the farm, Mr. and Mrs. 
Taggart came to Ionia and lived in the same house on State street.

Mr. Taggart was education in the Dildine school, and was an active member of 
the Dildine school association.  It was in this little schoolhouse 39 years 
ago that he professed the Christian religion and has been faithful to the vows 
taken then.  He was an usher in the First Methodist Episcopal church until his 
dimmed eyesight caused him to give up the work.  Those who came in contact 
with Mr. Taggart did not have to read from a printed page of his religion.  He 
lived it in his life, showed it in his personality and in his transactions 
with men.  He had submitted to severe surgical treatment in the hope of 
regaining his eyesight but when these treatments were without the success that 
had been hoped for, he remained cheerful and uncomplaining.

He leaves his widow; a sister, Mrs. Mary A. Mills, of Ann Arbor, and a nephew, 
Dr. Clinton Mills, of Detroit.

Funeral services will be conducted from the home Saturday afternoon at 2 
o’clock by Rev. M. W. Duffey.  Burial will be in the Easton cemetery.


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