Marion Ames Taggart

Marion Ames Taggart (1866-1945) was an American writer of verses, stories, and Catholic literature.

Taggart wrote for many secular and Catholic publications, and most of her writing was for children.

Biography

Marion Ames Taggart was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts. She was descended on the mother's side from English Puritans. The Taggarts, originally MacTaggarts, came from Scotland to New Hampshire five generations earlier. Her great-grandfather, Captain Benjamin Ames, fought in the Battle of Bunker Hill. Her father was Catholic, and her mother converted to Catholicism.

Taggart was unable to attend a school due to ill health. Because she couldn't attend school, her mother provided for her education, except for languages and music.

At the age of 10, she learned more about the claims of rival religious sects and tried to discover which possessed the truth. In her teens, she began to study Catholic teaching, and was baptised in Boston.

Taggart began to write verses and stories at the age of 13. She regularly contributed to The Young Catholic while still under the age of 20. She wrote for many secular and Catholic publications, and most of her writing was for children.

She is known to have lived with her mother at Plainfield, New Jersey.

Taggart died in January of 1945, in her home in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.