Ancestry.com. Our county and its people : a descriptive and biographical record of Genesee County, New York [database on-line]. Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.
Original data: North, Safford E.. Our county and its people : a descriptive and biographical record of Genesee County, New York. Batavia, N.Y.?: Batavia History Co., 1899.

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Moses Taggart, who succeeded Judge Brown, died at his home in Batavia, February 17, 1883, at the ripe age of eight two years. He was the Nestor of our bar, having been in active an continuous practice for about fifty-five years. During his eventful life he had endeared himself to the profession, of which he was an honored member, and was universally respected in the community where he had so long resided. As a lawyer he was thoroughly grounded in the elementary principles of legal science. Throughout his career he was esteemed for his good judgment, safe counsel, and extensive research, rather than for any special ability as a trial lawyer. He had little liking or aptitude for the work of an advocate. A strong, helpful friend of young men, he ha witnessed the career of every man at the bar at the time of his death, and it is safe to say that every one of the number felt a sincere attachment for the venerable and honored father of the fraternity. Judge Taggart was born at Colerain, Mass., August 21, 1799. At the age of eighteen years he left his native town to find a home in the newer region of Western New York, and traveled all the way to Byron on foot. His legal studies were pursued in the office of Phineas L. Tracy. Upon his admission to the bar he became a partner of Albert Smith, who at the time was an able and noted practitioner. At different periods of his life he was in partnership with Daniel H. Chandler, Charles Henshaw, Seth Wakeman, and during the latter years of his life with his son-in-law W. Harris Day. He was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1846, and in 1851 was appointed justice of the Supreme Court to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Judge Sill. This position he filled until the close of 1853, and during the last year of his service became, under the then existing provisions of law, a member of the court of Appeals. In 1850 he as elected county judge and surrogate of this county, and filled the office acceptably for two terms of four years each. In 1871 Judge Taggart was appointed p postmaster of Batavia, which position he held for about four years. He maintained his excellent health and vigorous bearing almost to the end of his life, while his intellectual powers remained unimpaired to the last.