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Jessie Taber

Jessie Taber

Female 1896 - 1972  (76 years)
Person ID: I841 


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  • Name Jessie Taber 
    Born 9 Mar 1896  Argos, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female 
    Died 16 Dec 1972  Laguna Hills, Orange, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Buried Aft 16 Dec 1972  Oak Hill Cemetery, Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Siblings
    7 more
    +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 

  • Other Personal Events

    Ω Census daughter 1 Jun 1900 
    Ω Census daughter 15 Apr 1910 
    Ω Travel Companion 1914 
    Trip to England with his wife, son, and sister-in-law 
    Residence From 26 Aug 1914 to 3 Sep 1914  Michigan Street, Argos, Marshall, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation From 1920 to 1930  [4, 5] 
    public school teacher 
    Ω Census daughter 1 Jan 1920 
    Anecdote 1930 
    • It was Aunt Jessie who paid for much of Thomas Taber Chamberlain's schooling. She had made some very wise investments in property in California, and was able to help her sister Gladys financially.
    Ω Census daughter 1 Apr 1930 
    Ω Census daughter 1 Apr 1940 
    Ω Census daughter 1 Apr 1950  Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Attributes Aft Feb 1963  Laguna Woods, Orange, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8] 
    Member of DAR 
    • Member #534369, Aliso Canyon Chapter #8148CA via David Railsback

      The Aliso Canyon Chapter may be defunct, 2012 website states that it was at Laguna Woods Village, an over-55 community. Jessie's membership was a "short form" linked to Etta Railsback Steiner, who was approved as a member in Feb of 1963, Jessie's join date has to be after that.
    DAR ID 534369 
    Family Search ID 9VRP-Q31 
    Photos Go to Photo Gallery for Jessie Taber 
    _UID 0DA6C67683524C7CA55B38F4E72950CAE294 
  • Photos
    headshots\TABER Jessie    		headshots\TABER Jessie

  • Event Map
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • 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. [S1291] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 March 2021), memorial page for Jessie Taber (9 Mar 1896–16 Dec 1972), Find a Grave Memorial no. 37198340, citing Oak Hill Cemetery, Plymouth, Marshall County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by William Taber (contributor 46480146) ..

    3. [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.

    4. [S779] United States, Bureau of the Census, "1920 US Census, Indiana, Marshall County, Argos, e.d.184, p.5a", (1 January 1920), FamilySearch Family History Library (https://familysearch.org: accessed 7 January 2018)..

    5. [S778] United States, Bureau of the Census, "1930 US Census, California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, e.d.215, p.12b", (1 April 1930), FamilySearch Family History Library (https://familysearch.org: accessed 10 December 2018)..

    6. [S1391] National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogy Research Center, "Member Database", (Washington, D.C.: Daughters of the American Revolution, 2022), Daughters of the American Revolution (https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search/?Tab_ID=3)..

    7. [S1404] National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogy Research, "Descendants Search: Member #534369 Jessie Taber to Ancestor #A093496 David Railsback", (Washington, D.C.: Daughters of the American Revolution, 2022), Daughters of the American Revolution (https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search/?Tab_ID=5: accessed 2 September 2022)..

    8. [S1405] National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogy Research, "Descendants Search: Member #493051 Etta Railsback Steiner to Ancestor #A093496 David Railsback", (Washington, D.C.: Daughters of the American Revolution, 2022), Daughters of the American Revolution (https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search/?Tab_ID=5: accessed 2 September 2022)..