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After his younger brother, Byron Taggart,
passed away in 1897, William W. Taggart was
William W. Taggart appointed to take over his position as president
Watertown Savings Bank of Watertown Savings Bank, which he held
until 1904. Mr. Taggart had not been serving
President on the WSB board of trustees at the time of his
1897 - 1904 brother’s death. He was, however, a founder of
the Watertown National Bank, and was currently
serving as president of the National Union Bank,
a position he continued to hold while serving as
Watertown Savings Bank president.
Mr. Taggart had graduated from Wesleyan
University, Middletown, CT., in 1849, and later
studied law, being admitted to the bar in 1856.
He moved to Indiana and lived there for several When Byron Taggart was replaced by his elder brother, it
years, but later returned to the north country to appeared to be simpler to edit the list of officers by hand than to
reprint immediately.
practice law.
He served in the NYS Legislature in 1860,
and was later elected surrogate judge in Jefferson He had the distinction of having encircled the
County for two terms. The following year, he globe and traveled often and extensively. During
married Susan S. Lee, and the couple had two a trip to Europe, he visited nearly every country.
children. Mr. Taggart later went to North Africa, where he
traveled between Morocco and Egypt and took a
William Taggart co-owned the paper-
making businesses, Taggart Brothers Paper Co., trip on the Nile River.
Watertown, and the Taggart Paper Co., Felts His travels also took him to Japan, India and
Mills., with his brother. But despite his business Greece. Closer to home, Mr. Taggart visited
commitments, Mr. Taggart made traveling one of many destinations throughout the United States,
his top priorities. Canada and Mexico.

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