Kentucky: A History of the State. Perrin, Battle & Kniffin, 6th ed.,1887,
Spencer Co.

R. D. TAGGART was born in Nelson County, Ky., February 14, 1845, 
the third of four children born to William and Mary S. (Wakefield)
Taggart.  His father was born in County Antrim, Ireland, in 1800, came
to the United States in 1835, and settled in Nelson County, Ky., where
he still remains.  He has been engaged all his life at farming.  He is
a son of James Taggart, who was born in Ireland in 1780.  Mrs. Mary S.
Taggart was born in Nelson County, August 22, 1809, and died 
February 15, 1882.  She was a daughter of John and Betsey (Taylor) 
Wakefield, the former a native of Virginia.  When our subject was six 
years old he removed with his parents to Spencer County, where he 
has since resided.  He has passed his life in farming pursuits, and now 
owns 200 acres of land.  He is still unmarried.  In religion he is a 
member of the Presbyterian Church.  His brother, James, now resides in 
Shelby County, Ky., engaged in farming.  He married Susie E. 
Carrithers, and has two children:  Lillie P. and William F.  Another 
brother, John Taggart, now deceased, was born December 8, 1842, 
and from the time he was eighteen years of age up to his death, June 
16, 1884, he was a member of the firm of Hughes, Taggart & Co., one 
of the largest pork-packing establishments in the city of Louisville.  He 
was a strict member of the Presbyterian Church.

Taggart Wakefield Taylor Carrithers Hughes
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Nelson Ireland VA Shelby

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