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 […]
Category Archives: New York
Electoral College Ancestors: Their Votes for President
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 […]
Uncle Ralph Thompson Martling Loses An Arm at Gettysburg
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. […]
Generation 8: From the Brushmaker William Tagg to the New Arrival
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 […]
Oliver Langdon: The Largest Man in Queens
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 […]
