The Long and Arduous Search for Jane Harriet Martling Tagg, Part I
The wife of James Tagg, my great-great-great grandfather, was a family mystery. We knew nothing of her origins. We basically knew nothing about her. Little did I know that it […]
The wife of James Tagg, my great-great-great grandfather, was a family mystery. We knew nothing of her origins. We basically knew nothing about her. Little did I know that it […]
Election Day is a “high holy day” in my home. In presidential election years, I only partake in two activities: voting and watching election returns. What initially spawned my interest […]
150 years ago starting today, three days of battle would turn the tide of war against the Confederacy. Two months earlier, General Lee’s Confederates had routed Union troops at Chancellorsville. […]
Now that the newest addition to the Tagg family has arrived, I thought I might look back at two of the first Taggs that came to America. This is the […]
From the pages of the Newtown Register in 1886 comes a small gossip blurb about the largest man in Queens, New York. Not large, like Jabba the Hutt large. Not […]