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| Breckinridge Co |
| Ky Genealogy & Biography Vol I (© 1885) |
| pg161 Thomas Taber,
fifth child of John and Polly
(Meador) Taber, was born in
Breckinridge County, November 26, 1828.
John Taber was a native of Virginia, but
came to Breckinridge County in an early day, and
settled in Hardinsburgh Precinct, about two miles
from the present residence of our subject. He was
among the pioneeers of this section, was a
successful farmer, an died when subject of this
sketch was quite a small boy. Polly
(Meador) Taber was born in
Kentucky, and departed this life in Breckinridge
County about 1856. The following are names of the
children born to Mr. and Mrs. Taber, viz:
Philip, Ellen, James, Eliza,
Thomas and Jane. By a
subsequent marriage with David Smith, the mother
reared a second family of six children, all of
whom are dead, except Mary. Thomas
Taber was quite young when his
father died. he remained with his mother until
fifteen years of age, when he was thrown upon his
own resources, commencing life as a farmer. By
industry and successful management he, in a few
years, ecquired sufficient capital to purchase a
farm of his own, upon which he lived until about
the year 1850. In the latter year her purchased
his present farm two and one-half miles east of
Hardinsburg, which has been his home ever since. Mr.
Taber's place consists of 233 ½ acres
of fine land well improved, and is considered one
of the best tobacco farms in the county. Mr.Taber
has been twice married; first, March 21,
1849, to Elizabeth Lame, daughter of Abraham
Lame, of breckinridge County, by whom he had the
following children, viz: Eliza,
wife of Elijah Driscoll; James W.;
Samuel F; Mary E;
Richard; Everett; Clara;
Robert; Jesse;
and Junius. Mrs. Taber
died in December , 1872, and February 8, 1874,
Mr. Taber married Mrs. Margaret Horsley,
widow of Evans Horsley, and daughter of Thomas
and Dorcas (Hadley) McCoy. Mrs. Taber was born
April 23, 1836, and by her previous marriage she
had three children: Alfred A., Lewis A., and
Thomas C. Horsley. She has three children by her
present marriage: Laura, Silas
and Mattie L. Taber. |
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| Crittenden Co |
CRITTENDEN NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS 1878-1882 by
Brenda Joyce Jerome:
May 11, 1881 (Tribute from Kuttawa News):
Tribute to old Mr. James Tabor of
Crittenden Co. He was born in AllenCo., Ky., March 1,
1807. At the age of 19 he removed to Calloway County with
his father and settled in the neighborhood of one Timothy
Taylor,who raised a large family of girls, one of which James
Tabor married Nov.20, 1826. They had born to
them 14 children, 12 of whom they raised. Mr.
Tabor now has an offspring of 117 children (?).
After he was married he moved from Calloway Co. to
Crittenden Co., settling near Fredonia, where he has
since lived. Mrs. Tabor was born in TN Sept. 30, 1812.
*Source for some of the information on the
family of James and Martha Tabor came from the
Tabor-Oliver history submitted by Betty J. Tabor found in
the "Crittenden County History and Families"
published in 1991. |
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| Hancock Co |
| Ky Genealogy & Biography Vol I (© 1885) |
| pg 17 W.W. Taber,
one of the leading merchants of Hawsville, was
born in Hancock County, June 6, 1838. His
ancestors were native of Virginia; his
grandfather Willam Taber, coming
from that State many years ago, and settling near
Hardinsburgh, Ky., were he died in 1840. J.R.
Taber, father of W.W.,
was a native of Breckinridge County, having been
born there about the year 1800. He was a farmer
by occupation and died in 1852. The maiden name
of subject's mother was Eliza Nichols. She was a
daughter of Shadrach Nichols, one of the early
pioneers of Hancock County, and was born about
1805. her death occurred about 1848. J.R.
and Eliza Taber were the parents
of seven children, only two of whom are living,
viz: W.W. and C.T
both residents of Hawesville. W.W.
Taber spent the first sixteen
years of his life on a farm, his father having
been a successful farmer in Hancock County.
Subject received a good education in the common
schools and the Hawesville High School, the
latter of which he attended for three years. At
the age of eighteen he commenced clerking in the
mercantile house of Uriah Martin & Bro., in
Hawesville, with whom he remained five years, at
the end of which time, in 1862, he opened a
general merchandise house which he continued for
four years. He subsequently opened a general
merchandise house which he has since carried on,
and at the present time has the largest stock of
goods in the city, representing a capitol of over
$10,000. Mr. Taber has built up
his large buiness unaided, as he commenced life
without a dollar, as a clerk. He was married
April 7, 1862, to Miss Elizabeth Prescott,
daughter of William and Mary Prescott of Hancock
County. Three children have been born to this
union, viz: Allie E., Clarence,
and Houston (deceased). In 1880 Mr.
Taber was elected to represent Hancock
County in the State Legislature holding the
position one term. He is a Mason, K.of H., and a
Democrat. He and wife are member of the
Hawesville Methodist Episcopal Church. |
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| Ohio Co |
| KY Genealogy & Biography Vol III (© 1885) |
| pg192 Pardon Tabor
was born near Horse Branch, Ohio Co., Ky,
December 13, 1823, and has all his life been a
resident of this county. His father,
Pardon Tabor, Sr., removed from Meade to
Ohio County in a very early day, and settled on
the Medkill place. He was a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, and died in 1831 at
an advanced age; his father's family consisted of
himself, Ambrose, John, Philip,
Jesse, David, Enoch and
Nelley (Penery). Pardon,
Sr., was twice married; first to Rachel
White, and their union was blessed with the birth
of Rebecca (Hayden), Ambrose
(born on "Cold Friday"), Polley
(Johnson) and Eleanor
(Buchanan). He was next married to Deborah,
daughter of William and Hannah May, of Mercer
County, Ky.; she was born in Ireland, came to
Kentucky at the age of three years, and died
September 15, 1840, aged about sixty years. Their
marriage resulted in the birth of Deborah
(married to James Johnson), Matilda
(Powers), Elizabeth A. (married
to Cyrus Johnson), Pardon
(subject), Artemissa (Chambers)
and Clarissa (married to John
Johnson). December 13, 1855, Pardon Tabor
was married to Mrs. Sallie A., widow of Franklin
Houcker and daughter of David L. and Mary E.
(Boswell) Miller of Ohio County, born October 10,
1831, and to them have been born John W.,
Enoch (deceased), Pardon W.,
Mary E. (Bean), Artemissa
(deceased) Sallie A., Martha
E., Ulysses S., Dorcas C. and Henry
F. David M. Hocker is a son of Mrs.
Tabor by her first husband. Mr. Tabor is a
successful farmer and stock-raiser, owning 332
acres of good and productive land, well imporved
and in a fine state of cultivation. He is a
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church; was
formerly an old line-Whig, and is now a
republican |
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