Stout Family History
Compiled by the American Genealogical Research Institute
Washington, DC, pgs.69-71.Byron Gray Stout [12 January 1829 - 19 June 1896]: representative from Michigan. Byron was born in Richmond, Ontario County, New York. After attending the common schools, he later graduated from the University of Michigan in 1851. While pursuing his career, Stout studied law and was the superintendent and principal of the Pontiac High School. From 1855 to 1857 he was a member of the State House of Representatives. He was also a Speaker of the House in 1857. In 1860 he became a member of the State Senate. He served as a member of the Union Convention of Conservatives at Philadelphia in 1866 and continued his services as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention of New York in 1868, at Cincinnati in 1880, and at St. Louis in 1888. He entered into private banking prior to 1869. He was a Decocratic member of the Fifty-second Congress, serving from March 1891 to March 1893. He was not a candidate for re-election in 1892. Stout returned to his home in Pontiac, Michigan and became president of the Oakland County Bank.
U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles
Name: David Herron
Age at Enlistment: 19
Enlistment Date: 24 Feb 1865
Rank at enlistment: Private
Enlistment Place: Canandaigua, NY
State Served: New York
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Enlisted in Company G, New York 50th Engineer Regime
nt on 25 Feb 1865.
Mustered out on 13 Jun 1865 at Fort Barry, VA.
Birth Date: abt 1846
Sources: New York: Report of the Adjutant-General
Find-a-Grave1st Lt. Co G 64th NYSV, Brevet Major for gallant service
George LeRoy Taggart was born November 22, 1821 in Truxton, Cortland County, New York. He was the oldest child of John and Jane C. (Earle) Taggart. The earliest known photograph of him was taken at the age of 26 while on a visit in New York in 1848 by "O. T. Cook, Daguerrion Artist."
On September 5th 1849 in Addison, Steuben County, New York he married Anne Elizabeth Baldwin. She was born September 27th 1832 in Addison, the daughter of James and Mehitable (Allen) Baldwin. They took up residence in or near Addison and he was a merchant clerk there. Their first child, James Baldwin Taggart was born September 24, 1850 but died after living just over a year and six months on April 11, 1852.
He was allowed entrance of membership in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Canisteo Lodge No. 285, Addison, NY February 7th 1853. His brother in law, William A. Baldwin, was secretary of the lodge and George earned his degree in that organization, becoming a contributing member June 30, 1854, which was confirmed July third. In between this time their second child, Evalina Belmont Taggart was born May 17th 1853. Their third child, Frances, was born September 28th 1855 and lastly their son, Lucius Baldwin Taggart was born July 2nd 1857 in Wellsville, NY.
As I write "lastly" it brings to mind the 1860 census showing an infant daughter, "Sarah I. Taggert" age of one year, which must be so but we show no other record of her and assume she died at a very early age, perhaps before the war began. There is no record of her birth or death in the family bible, where the other four children are noted. At that time George is listed as a Saloon Keeper there in Addison with personal estate valued at $500. It is possible that the keeping of the saloon may have been expanded somewhat with a dry goods business as he was always made reference to as a merchant of good reputation.
George L. Taggart joined the military as early as 1858 when he was commissioned Second Lieutenant August 25th that year. On October 27th 1859 he was commissioned Captain, 64th Regiment, Thirteenth Brigade, Eighth Division, Infantry, Company G, Militia of the State of New York. He resigned the following year on June 19th 1860 "in consequence of being about to remove from the state." At which time they took up residence in Williamsport, PA. His wife Anna, was baptized and confirmed there in October of 1860 by the Rev. Richard C. Moore. On May 21, 1861 at Williamsport Rev. Moore wrote a letter of recommendation for the family as they were returning to live in Addison. The letter was endorsed in February 1862 by Dewitt C. Loop, Rector of Church of the Redeemed in Addison.
As a result of the war George Re-enlisted a month shy of the age of 40 and was enrolled October 26th 1861 at Rathbonville, NY. He was mustered into service December 10, 1861 as Sergeant Major, 64th Regiment NY Infantry Volunteers to serve three years. He was promoted to First Lieut. January 20, 1862 and assigned to duty as adjutant that day.
On March 23rd 1863 Col. D. G. Bingham wrote "Adjutant G. L. Taggart is a very valuable officer has always been prompt efficient + faithful in the discharge of every duty imposed upon him and the Reg't + Service would loose by his resignation but in consideration of his health I, with great reluctance approve and Respectfully forward his Resignation (signed)" It would seem this was merely a 20 day sick leave because he was appointed quartermaster April 14, 1863 and his letters home continue through April and May from Falmouth. On August 3rd 1863 he writes "I most respectfully request that a Leave of Absence be granted" enclosing "Surgeons Certificate of Disability"
A letter of Jan. 9th 1864 from Charles T. Kelsey, Asst. Surgeon reads in part, "I do hereby certify that he has been suffering from rheumatism so as to be almost incapacitated for duty during the last nine months, and within the last thirty days he has become so much debilitated that his life is seriously threatened. in my opinion, unfit for duty. he will not be able to resume his duties in a less period than twenty days and the prospect of his recovery is distant and uncertain." George then requests for a leave of absence the next day, Jan. 10th, but is yet performing duties 16 days later where upon he writes on January 26th "To Henry Thompson I would respectfully ask that a leave of absence for Ten (10) days be granted " which was approved and forwarded the following day. Whether he returned to active duty through February I do not know.
A letter was written March 11th 1864, addressed to Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton, and signed by 21 of his fellow* officers, petitioning President Lincoln "to appoint and Commission him Commissary of Subsistance with rank of Captain." George's health continued to decline and it seems sick leave was granted "from March 19: 20 days from April 8, 1864: 20 days from April 28, 1864." Then at the age of 42 years 6 mos. and 5 days, he died on May 27th 1864 at Addison, surrounded by his wife and three young children, the eldest, Eva, having just turned eleven years ten days earlier. Some months after his widow filed an application for pension there were written two further letters by Asst. Surgeon Charles T. Kelsey certifying that George had "died of Rheumatism and 'Bright's disease of the Kidney's', which diseases were contracted in the line of his duty with his regiment in the field, during the campaign of 1863."
He had survived four horses being shot from beneath him during his participation in the war and it would be another year before the last of the Confederate soldiers would surrender and the Civil War would come to an end. In a "June 9th 1862" letter from "U.S. Hospital Philadelphia" written to his wife from Rodney R. Crowley it reads "Your husband requested me to let you know that he is well + escaped the tremendous battle of Sunday June 1st unhurt. The 64th lost 186 killed wounded + missing + it is almost a miracle that George did not get hit. I am slightly wounded and on my way home. (signed)" We have 23 letters that George wrote home to his family during the war, starting with Dec 13th 1861 at Camp Fenton and ending with May 3rd 1863 at Falmouth.
There are 11 known images of him taken throughout his life, two of which he appears on horses, both tintypes. Another tintype is of him seated with Col. Daniel G. Bingham and an as yet unknown officer no doubt of the 64th. Three are Daguerreotypes, one of which is pencil signed as noted above, another in a locket that belonged to his wife, Anne and shows that of their youngest son, James Baldwin Taggart, who died in infancy, on the reverse side. Four are albumen prints, 2 of which were taken in sequence of one another standing in full uniform, another larger in an oval frame of him seated.
George L. Taggart was also a member of All Free and Accepted Masons, Scio Lodge No. 230, in which he was initialized as an entered apprentice, passed the degree of Fellow Craft and raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason in Memoriam, July 19, 1864. On November 20, 1865 he was appointed in memoriam to "Brevet Major New York State Volunteers for gallant and meritorious services " signed by Col. M. J. Farrell and Gov. Reuben E. Fenton.
George was interred in the family burial plot in Addison, most often reffered to as the Baldwin Burying Ground also called "West Addison and the Baldwin Cemetery" located in the town of Addison, Steuben Co., NY. His wife Anna who died August 28, 1889 and two of his children are known to be there with him, infant son Jimmie and daughter Eva, who died July 24, 1874 at age 21. Each of their small markers merely state their first names simply giving the location of their resting place. At a later date it may have been planned to erect a larger central monument stating the Taggart name and vital information of each. There are more standard markers for Anna's parents, James and Mehetable Allen Baldwin and other family members resting there. It is a hope of mine that perhaps one day a more proper gravestone can be erected for George and his family.
Find-a-Grave notesFrances C. Taggart, daughter of George LeRoy and Ann Elizabeth Baldwin Taggart was born at Addison, Steuben county, NY on September 28, 1855, she died in 1920, perhaps at Hornellsville, NY while at the Steuben Sanitarium.
Always known to be referred to as Frank or Frankie she studied to become an artist and is found listed in Boyd's 1882 Elmira City Directory, residing at 206 W 5th. She had a lame foot and walked with a limp. She married John Frederick Clark, January 19, 1886 at Addison, NY, he was born March 14, 1864 and died in 1933 at Canton, PA, son of Byron W and Elizabeth (Mitchell) Clark, they had no children and Uncle Fred remarried after Aunt Frank's death.
Aunt Frank fibbed about her age by eight years allowing her to appear but one year older than Uncle Fred rather than near nine. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and avidly interested in pursuing her Mayflower Descendant lineage from the Pilgrim George Soule through his youngest daughter Patience Soule Haskell.
A list of known works by artist Frances Taggart Clark who often signed her pieces with intertwined initials FTC; the T being larger while FC is centered within it;
White, Red and Yellow Roses painted on a bulbous Jardiniere atop a gold footed base.
Raspberries painted on a Punch Bowl with large golden "T" for Taggart, a wedding gift to her brother Lucius Baldwin and his wife Carrie Dayton Titus Taggart in 1889, on gold footed base.
Multicolored Grapes painted on a gold edged plate, initialed L.B.T. and dated 1902, a gift to her brother Lucius.
Pine cones and needles painted on a multicolored covered Bon Bon dish, signed with logo FTC, 1909.
Pink roses with blue violets painted on a lidded stud dish, signed F. Clark. 1897.
Set of eight butter pats with various leaves, flowers, bird and nest paintings, each signed with logo FTC.
Roses painted on an oval brooch, unsigned.
Vase, broken repaired and later discarded.
Oil painting on canvas of trees surrounding a lake scene landscape with mountains in the distance, a sail boat and a fisherman, all under a cloudy blue sky.
Oil painting on canvas of ocean waves crashing against a rocky shoreline.
Oil painting on canvas of tall trees framing a landscape of a castle atop a mountain with a waterfall cascading into a flowing river running through a valley where a Shepard boy plays his flute, two goats by his side, while three colorfully dressed peasants converse as they look toward his flock of sheep, blue sky and clouds above.
History of Bradford County, Pennsylvania with Biographical Sketches
By H. C. Bradsby, 1891
Biographical Sketches pp. 715-724J. FRED CLARK, of the firm of Gleason & Clarks, tanners, is a native of Tioga county, Pa., and was born March 14, 1864, a son of Byron and Elizabeth (Mitchell) Clark, also natives of Tioga county. The father, who was a druggist and banker, served as burgess of the borough, and was a school director, being a member of the board when the school was established; he died in 1879, in his forty-eighth year. Mrs. Clark married the second time, and is now the wife of L. R. Gleason, and resides in Canton. Our subject, who is the eldest in a family of four children, was reared in Tioga county, Pa., until four years of age, when the family moved to Canton. He received his education in the borough schools, and the Elmira School of Commerce. He clerked in his father's drug store until 1880, and then attended the high school, studying special branches in 1882; went West and traveled through different States six months, after which he returned and went to work in the Canton tannery, and in 1884 he purchased from the heirs his father's interest in the drug store of Clark & Whitman, and was in the drug business until 1887. Selling his interest to his partner, J. O. Whitman, he, with his brother, H. B., bought a one-half interest in the Canton Tannery, since which time he has been superintendent of the business. Mr. Clark was married in Addison, N. Y., in 1885, to Frances C., daughter of George and Anna (Baldwin) Taggart, natives of New York; her father was a merchant and hotel keeper; he served as quarter-master during the war, and was made brevet major for gallant service. Mrs. Clark is the third in a family of four children, and was born in Addison, N. Y., September 28, 1863; she is a member of the Episcopal, Mr. Clark of the Baptist Church. Politically, he is a Prohibitionist.