Background
Tagg, Francis Thomas was born on June 2, 1845 in Union Mills, Maryland, United States. Son of William and Mary Ann (Stonesifer) Tagg.
Tagg, Francis Thomas was born on June 2, 1845 in Union Mills, Maryland, United States. Son of William and Mary Ann (Stonesifer) Tagg.
Education public and private schools and Carroll Academy, Union Mills. (Doctor of Divinity, Adrian College, Michigan, 1893. Master of Arts, Western Maryland.
College, 1915).
Teacher and principal Carroll Academy, 1863-1870. Ordained Member of Parliament ministry, 1870. Pastor Queen Anne’s Circuit, 1870-1874, Norfolk, Virginia, 1874-1875, Salisbury, Maryland., 1875-1877, Baltimore, 1877-1879, Easton, Maryland., 1879-1882, Washington, 1883-1884.
Missionary secretary Member of Parliament Church, 1884-1892, organized work in Japan and put mission board on substantial basis.
Editor Methodist Protestant, since 1892. President General Conference Member of Parliament Church, 1904.
Delegate World’s South.S. Convention, Toronto, 1879, World’s Missionary Congress, London, 1888, New York, 1900, Ecumenical Conference, of Methodism, London, 1901, Church Federation Conference, New York, 1905, Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, Philadelphia, 1907, and all general conferences Member of Parliament Church, since 1884.
Married Anna Jane Dever, March 9, 1875.