Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Taggart, Henry February 6, 1897
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The Ionia Standard, Friday, February 12, 1897
Henry Taggart was born in Charlotte, Cittenden county, Vermont, March 31, 
1822.  Died at Ionia, Mich., at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, February 6, 1897.  
This measures the span of a busy and useful life.

He was the third in a family of eleven children.  He moved to St. Lawrence 
county, N.Y., when sixteen years of age, and here he was married March 2, 1851 
to Miss Jane M. Heald, who survives him.  They moved to Ionia county, Mich., 
in 1855, and settled on a farm in Orleans, on the Easton township line.  Ten 
years later they moved across the line, and located on a nearby farm in 
Easton.  Another ten years, and they moved to another farm a little farther 
south, known as the “merino farm,”—a famous place in the early years, and 
still widely known.  Four years ago, Mr. Taggart feeling that his days of 
heavy labor were over, bought a place on State street, and has since made his 
home in the city.

A year ago last July he met with a serious accident, his horse pulling him 
over the dashboard of his carriage in such a way as to severely injure his 
back.  A week later the horse kicked him in the stable, dislocating the knee 
joint.  He never recovered from the injuries received in these accidents, 
being obliged to go on crutches the rest of his life.  He had been feeble for 
years, but was confined to the bed only four days.  He was taken with what 
appeared to be la grippe, but his death was caused by heart failure.

Three children survive him: Henry Clinton, of Easton; Nettie M., wife of J. H. 
Chrysler of Easton; and Mary A., wife of W. W. Mills, an attorney of Chicago.  

Deceased joined the M.E. church at Dildine’s Corners about 35 years ago, and 
has lived a consistent Christian life.  He was a good type of the earnest, 
industrious and frugal Puritan pioneer; self-reliant, upright, and thrifty, 
who held the confidence and respect of his neighbors, and the esteem and love 
of near friends.

The funeral services were largely attended, Tuesday, both at the family 
residence in this city, and at the Dildine church, in the neighborhood where 
he had long lived and worshipped.  The services were conducted by Rev. A. P. 
Moors of Lowell, a longtime friend of the family.  Interment was in Easton 
cemetery.

Card of Thanks:

Fro the many acts of courtesy and kindness and the many tokens of sympathy in 
our bereavement in the loss of husband and father, we desire to return our 
most heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors.

Mrs. Henry Taggart and children.


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