CLARISSA MARINA ROGERS TAGGART

Clarissa Marina Rogers (Taggart) was born March 27, 1836 in Shalersville, Ohio to Eda Hollister and Noah Rogers. Clarissa was the second wife married to George Washington Taggart. They first met in Brigham City where Clarissa was living. He was twenty years older.

They began their married life in Salt Lake City, where George did carpentry work for Heber C. Kimball and President Brigham Young. Their first four children were born there. They had eight additional children after moving to Richville. Of their twelve children, nine lived to maturity and had large families of their own.

Their house had three rooms. In the living room there was a large fireplace made of sandstone that Clarissa often used to smoke meat. The center room was a bedroom, while the south room combined to serve both as his father's carpenter shop and the boys' bedroom. The bed springs were made of one-fourth inch rope run lengthwise and crosswise, with sheepskins for a mattress and buffalo robes as covers. Later, when son Fred was about twelve he helped his brother, Mark built a cellar with a concrete foundation to give their parents a better home.

The house was located in the mouth of a canyon that was called Taggart Hollow. Close by, down the hill, was the Taggart grist mill. Also close by was the schoolhouse. School was held only three or four months of the year, the teacher often boarding at the Taggart's.

Together they had twelve children including two sets of twins: Clarissa Marina Taggart, Susannah Taggart, Sarah Jane Taggart, Noah Albert Taggart, Julia Marie Taggart, Marcus Taggart, Franklin Taggart, Francis Taggart, James Taggart, Alice Janette Taggart, Henry Milton Taggart, and Frederick Taggart (born when George was sixty).