Jesse W. Taber

Brief Life History of Jesse W.

When Jesse W. Taber was born on 21 December 1822, in Illinois, United States, his father, William Tabor, was 49 and his mother, Mary Wolfe, was 45. He married Martha Jane Matthis in 1849, in Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Hickory Township, Carroll, Arkansas, United States for about 40 years. He died on 18 October 1905, in Green Forest, Carroll, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Green Forest, Carroll, Arkansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jesse W. Taber
1822–1905
Martha Jane Matthis
1832–1910
Marriage: 1849
Mary Elizabeth Tabor
1851–1907
Nancy Angelina Tabor
1852–1938
William M Tabor
1855–1886
Louisa Alice Tabor
1856–
James Thomas Tabor
1860–1937
Jesse C Tabor
1862–1941
Andrew Jackson "Jack" Tabor
1864–1937
Martha Jane Tabor
1866–1925
John R. Taber
1869–
Rebecca Vicie Tabor
1870–1956
Rosa Tabor
1873–1963
George Ewing Tabor
1877–1959

Sources (8)

  • Jessey Tabar, "United States, Census, 1880"
  • Jesse Tabor, "BillionGraves Index"
  • Jesse Tabor in entry for Nancy Angeline Tabor, "New Mexico, Deaths, 1889-1945"

World Events (8)

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

1832 · Black Hawk War

"The Black Hawk War was a brief conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted soon after Black Hawk and a group of other tribes, known as the ""British Band"", crossed the Mississippi River, into Illinois, from Iowa Indian Territory in April 1832. Black Hawk's motives were ambiguous, but records show that he was hoping to avoid bloodshed while resettling on tribal land that had been given to the United States in the 1804 Treaty of St. Louis."

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English (Essex): variant of Tabor .

Polish: from the ancient Germanic personal name Dagobert (from Old High German tac ‘day’ + berht ‘bright’); compare German Tabbert 2.

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

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