Ruth Tabb

Brief Life History of Ruth

When Ruth Tabb was born about 1807, in Virginia, United States, her father, Edward Tabb, was 28 and her mother, Elitha "Leathy" Turner, was 32. She married James Ambrose Wheeler on 5 December 1828, in Caldwell, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She died in April 1853, in Crittenden, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Ambrose Wheeler
1804–1855
Ruth Tabb
1807–1853
Marriage: 5 December 1828
Littleton L Wheeler
1830–
Henry M Wheeler
1831–
James Wilkerson Mansfield Wheeler
1832–1872
Andrew Jackson Wheeler
1834–1872
Sophronia C. Wheeler
1835–1911
Alexander Washington Wheeler
1837–1908
Eliza Jane Wheeler
1840–
Amanda Ann Mildred Wheeler
1842–1904
Ara Melvina F Wheeler
1845–
Marion Walker Wheeler
1849–1928

Sources (12)

  • Ruth Wheeler in household of Ambrose Wheeler, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Ruth Tabb, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Ruth in entry for George Richards and Sophronia C. Wheeler, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1812 · Monumental Church Built

The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

Name Meaning

English (Cornwall and Devon):

from a Middle English personal name derived from Old English Tæbba, of uncertain origin if not related to the word in 2 below.

possibly a nickname from Middle English tabbe ‘tab, short strap’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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