Thomas C. Tagg

Thomas C. Tagg was a native of England, born in Northampton shire, January 15, 1818.  His parents, James and Rebecca Tagg, emigrated to America from the town of Kettering, Northampton shire, in 1840, with their family of eight children, five sons, and three daughters.  They sailed from Liverpool and landed in New York, after a voyage of six weeks and three days. 

They went up the Hudson to Albany, and from there to Schenectady by rail, and from there by the way of the Erie Canal to Buffalo, and crossed Lake Erie to Cleveland; from Cleveland to Rootstown, Portage County, Ohio, where they located with their family.  The father followed his trade as a plumber, glazier, and painter, and learned all of these trades to their five sons,

• Thomas G.,
• James,
• William,
• John H., 
• Joseph. 

They are at this time in different parts of the country, engaged in the trade taught them by their father, with the exception of John H., who is a Methodist Episcopal preacher, located in Cleveland, Ohio.  The father died November 15, 1859, and the mother June 16, 1868.  The mother’s maiden name was Heighton. 

Thomas C. Tagg was married in this township, on August 30, 1842, to Eliza Morton, who was born in Medina County, Ohio, on March 10, 1821.  Her parents are George and Mary (Estep) Morton, settlers of this county in 1840. 

The children of Mr. Tagg are

• Joseph W., born May 22, 1843, died June 14, 1844;
• Oliver James, February 20, 1845, died August 15, 1852;
• Thomas J., March 29, 1847, resides in Mason township;
• George W., February 12, 1849, resides in Memphis, Tennessee;
• Mary A., April 12, 1851, died August 16, 1852;
• Eliza J., August 15, 1853, resides in Ironton;
• Lucretia, May 22, 1856, resides in Mason township;
• Ralph L., October 5, 1858, resides in Rossdale, Louisiana;
• Lydia E., October 20, 1860, resides in this township. 

To show the respect in which Mr. Tagg is held, it is only necessary to say that he has been treasurer for six years, clerk for eight years, justice of the peace for four years, township assessor for one year, trustee for six years.  He is engaged in farming on a large scale and is a successful raiser of stock.  During Morgan’s raid in Ohio, in 1864, Mr. Tagg was taken prisoner but was paroled on reaching the Ohio River.  His post office address is Greasy Ridge, Lawrence County, Ohio.