Earl Railsback Taber

Earl Railsback Taber

Male 1883 - 1959  (75 years)
Person ID: I838 


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  • Name Earl Railsback Taber 
    Born 30 Nov 1883  Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • * 1900 Census: b Nov 1884, age 16
      Fact Flags: Preferred
    Gender Male 
    Died 18 Aug 1959  San Diego, San Diego, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried 1959  Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Siblings
    +1. Stella Taber,   b. 8 Apr 1878, Argos, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jan 1959, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     2. Lou Ethel Taber,   b. 16 Apr 1880, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jun 1881, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
     3. Lottie May Taber,   b. 8 Feb 1882, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Dec 1882, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
  • Parents

    Family ID: F274 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart  
    Father Thomas Oliver Taber,   b. 25 Nov 1856, Center Township, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Dec 1906, Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years) 
    Mother Melissa Jane Railsback,   b. 7 Mar 1858, Argos, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Feb 1951, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years) 
    Married 18 Oct 1877  Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
  • Family

    Family ID: F288 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart   
    Wife Laura Edna Dietrich,   b. 18 Dec 1884, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 23 Mar 1910  Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
    + 1. Mary Jane Taber,   b. 1912, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    + 2. Samuel Dietrich Taber,   b. 18 Jan 1914, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Nov 1992, Sonoma, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
  • Other Personal Events

    Education Oberlin College, Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family Search ID LW4M-4XF 
    Ω Census son 1 Jun 1900 
    Graduation 1905  Indiana State University, West Franklin, Posey, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Occupation 1908  State Exchange Bank, Argos, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    cashier 
    Ω Probate Witness Feb 1911  Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1918  Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    office manager 
    • He worked in the office of J. H. Taber & Co, located on 3rd Street in LA.

      "J. H. Taber" is most likely John Heenan Taber
      Witness Role: Business Owner John Heenan TABER
    Military Draft Registration 12 Sep 1918  Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • Described as medium height, stout build, blue eyes, brown hair.
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    _UID DE0C0208A90A4BB8A5D8E998BDED38EE786F 
  • Event Map

  • Source Citations

    1. [S73] Rosemary Listenberger, "Compiled Research: Taber family", letter and documents to Barbara Brown, (23 March 1993), copy in possession of Leslie Price., Handwritten family group sheets, unknown original source.

    2. [S647] United States of America, Selective Service, "World War I Draft Registration: Earl Railsback Taber", Los Angeles, California, (Washington, DC: US National Archives and Records Administration, 1918), FamilySearch Family History Library (http://familysearch.org: accessed 28 May 2018)..

    3. [S1294] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 March 2021), memorial page for Earl Railsback Taber (30 Nov 1883–18 Aug 1959), Find a Grave Memorial no. 85530106, citing Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA ; Maintained by Tom & Gwendolyn Tabor (contributor 48750008) ..

    4. [S831] Daniel McDonald, "Thomas O. Taber, p589-591," in A Twentieth Century History of Marshall County, Indiana, (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Leslie Price (http://archive.org/details/twentiethcentury02mcdo: accessed 14 June 2018)., Vol II, pp 589-591.

    5. [S831] Daniel McDonald, "Thomas O. Taber, p589-591," in A Twentieth Century History of Marshall County, Indiana, (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Leslie Price (http://archive.org/details/twentiethcentury02mcdo: accessed 14 June 2018)..