The wife of
/NathanielTaggart is mentioned briefly in
/SectioN132 and in
/SectioN152. According to legend, Nathaniel Taggart put his wife up as collateral for a loan, which her consent. She was a beautiful, dignified southern lady from a good family, from which she was disinherited when she ran off with the Nat Taggart, still a poor adventurer at the time. Her name was Dagny, and is
/DagnyTaggart's namesake.