Pioneer of Henry County, Illinois and of California in 1846. Member of the California Battalion in the Santa Clara Company formed under Capt. Joseph Aram 21 Nov 1846.
Obituary from the Chico Semi-Weekly Record, Tuesday, January 15, 1901:
"Long and Eventful Life is Terminated"
"Death of James D Taber, Who Came to California Before the Golden Period"
[From Monday's Daily] Jas. D. Taber, pioneer and veteran of the Mexican War, passed away last evening at 9 o'clock at the family residence, corner of Eighth and Chestnut Streets. Deceased was a native of Washington Co. NY, where he was born September 19, 1808. He move to Geneseo ILL in 1836, where he was elected Sheriff of Henry County in 1838 and was re-elected in 1840, 1842. He crossed the plains of California in 1846, arriving at Sutter's Fort of October of the same year, and before the close of the year he settled in Santa Clara. He was appointed Quartermaster under Captain Fremont during the Mexican War. It was in 1848 that he went to the mines at Mormon Island and was later in the mines at old Hangtown, El Dorado County, 1848-1849. Near the close of the later years he conducted a general merchandise in Stockton. June 1890 he came to Chico to spend the closing years of his long active, upright life, and here he remained to the end. He leaves a wife, four sons and a daughter. These children are J.H. Taber, of Elko Nevada, A.C., O.D., and I.P. Tabor and Mrs. Sarah Casey of Chico. There also survive him forty-two grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. The funeral will take place Tuesday at 2 p.m. from his residence.
Pioneer of Henry County, Illinois and of California in 1846. Member of the California Battalion in the Santa Clara Company formed under Capt. Joseph Aram 21 Nov 1846.
Obituary from the Chico Semi-Weekly Record, Tuesday, January 15, 1901:
"Long and Eventful Life is Terminated"
"Death of James D Taber, Who Came to California Before the Golden Period"
[From Monday's Daily] Jas. D. Taber, pioneer and veteran of the Mexican War, passed away last evening at 9 o'clock at the family residence, corner of Eighth and Chestnut Streets. Deceased was a native of Washington Co. NY, where he was born September 19, 1808. He move to Geneseo ILL in 1836, where he was elected Sheriff of Henry County in 1838 and was re-elected in 1840, 1842. He crossed the plains of California in 1846, arriving at Sutter's Fort of October of the same year, and before the close of the year he settled in Santa Clara. He was appointed Quartermaster under Captain Fremont during the Mexican War. It was in 1848 that he went to the mines at Mormon Island and was later in the mines at old Hangtown, El Dorado County, 1848-1849. Near the close of the later years he conducted a general merchandise in Stockton. June 1890 he came to Chico to spend the closing years of his long active, upright life, and here he remained to the end. He leaves a wife, four sons and a daughter. These children are J.H. Taber, of Elko Nevada, A.C., O.D., and I.P. Tabor and Mrs. Sarah Casey of Chico. There also survive him forty-two grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. The funeral will take place Tuesday at 2 p.m. from his residence.
Family Members
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Mary Elisabeth Taber Bailey
1830–1891
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James Henry "Henry" Taber
1831–1910
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Joseph Milo Taber
1833–1886
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William Marshall Taber
1835–1853
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Corp Alexander Craig Taber
1845–1923
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Margaret Eliza Taber
1850–1852
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Walter Steele Taber
1852–1852
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Oscar D. Tabor
1852–1922
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Sarah Martha Taber Pendleton
1854–1956
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Isaiah Porter Taber
1857–1927
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