Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-19
A VERY SUDDEN DEATH
Prominent Audubon Real Estate Deslar
Died Very Suddenly Of Heart Failure
at his Home Friday, the 18th.


Audubon and surrounding com
munity was visibly shocked Friday
afternoon, when it was learned that
Z. N. Taggart had died very suddenly
at his home in the southeast part of
town. Just before dinner he was at
the postoffice and on his way home
for dinner joined County Clerk F. M.
Rice. They were walking quite fast
and Mr.. Taggart asked Mr.. Rice to
slow up, that he wasn't feeling the
very best For several years Mr.. Tag
CART had been having trouble with his
heart, but thought nothing of it. He
ate dinner and afterward complained
to his wife about feeling faint. She
wanted to send for a physician, but
he would not let her. Mrs Taggart
insisted on calling a physician when
her husbands condition did not i'm
prove, to which he consented and DR..
May was called. When he entered
the home, Mr.. Taggart was sitting in
chair apparently resting easily. The
doctor asked If he was the patient
and he remarked that he was, but
didn't seem to be very sick. In less
than a minute he was dead. Ii is sup
posed that he suffered from heart
trouble and had physician reached
him in time his life might have been
prolonged, but in the end, his death
would have come just as it did,
Mr. Taggart was strong physically
and no one ever dreamed that he
would come to such an untimely end
He was busy man and but recently
interested himself in a Texas land
project A week ago he took a num-
Der of prospective land purchasers to
Texas and was getting ready to join
another excursion party next week
He had been engaged in the real es-
| tate business in Audubon since 1904
and succeeded in It, He was congen-
ial company, and made a host OF
| friends wherever he went He will
| be greatly missed in Audubon for he
was wide awake to the best interests
of the town and community and gave
his influence to anything that was for
the betterment of mankind.
Eugene Nobel Taggart was born
! January Is, 1851, at Burlington, Ver-
mont, and died at his home in Audu-
bon, February IS, 1914, aged but q
few days passed SO years. In 1866
he was united in marriage with Miss
| Harriet Scott and to this union SIX
| children were born, two of whom died
in infancy Four children survive as
follows: Mrs. E. p Chamberlain, OF
Winnebago, Nebraska; K. A. Taggart
| G. B. Taggart and Miss Frances E
| Taggart of Audubon. Carrie Taggart
an adopted daughter died in 1909.
In 1870, Mr.. Taggart came west, To-
eating in Grundy county, where he
] lived five years. Later he moved tc
| Guthrie county, where he lived on q
| farm near Larland. He was engaged
| in the nursery business and by hard
| and persistent work, his business be
| came so extensive that he deemed II
best to move near town, which he die
| in 1897. He carried on the business
until 1904, when he moved to the town
of Audubon, where he has since re
sided.
In the year 1900 he married Miss
Cassie Baker When still a young
man, Mr. Taggart united with the
Wesleyan Methodist church. After
coming to Audubon he affiliated and
united with the M. f. church and re.
his death During the revival held
| at IH6 M. II. CnuTCH ldSb WlhISi hs
remarked to the pastor that 1t hac
done him more good than any he hat
ever enjoyed before, and little did he
think at that time that it would be
the last revival he would be permitted
to attend.
The deceased leaves to mourn his
untimely death, his wife, four children
twenty grandchildren and three great
grandchildren, a sister, Mrs. Ida Palm
err, of North Ferrisburg, was UNI
able to attend the funeral on account
of sickness, and a large circle OF
friends and acquaintances.
Funeral services were held at the
NJ. E. church Monday afternoon al
| 80, conducted by the pastor, Rev. J.-H
Freedline. The floral tribute was pro-
fuse. The X. of P's., of which he was
a member, attended the funeral in Q
body.