Hello, Linda...I am so happy to have found your posting. We are distantly related!! My grandmother was Helen Irene Taxis, daughter of Gideon Richardson Taxis. Gideon and your Harriet Taxis were siblings! My notes show that Harriet was born in 1841 and married William Eckler, and together they had eight children: Priscilla, George, Frank, Agnes, Charles, Francis, John and William II.
Please respond to me directly at
margerice@prodigy.net - look forward to hearing from you!! Marge