Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 2nd ed., 1885,
Hancock Co.

W. W. TABER, one of the leading merchants of Hawsville, was born in Hancock
County, June 6, 1838.  His ancestors were natives of Virginia; his
grandfather William Taber, coming from that State many years ago, and
settling near Hardinsburgh, Ky., where he died in 1840.  J. R. Taber,
father of W. W., was a native of Breckinridge County, having been born
there about the year 1800.  He was a farmer by occupation and died in 1852.
The maiden name of subject's mother was Eliza Nichols.  She was a daughter
of Shadrach Nichols, one of the early pioneers of Hancock County, and was
born about 1805.  Her death occurred about 1848.  J. R. and Eliza Taber
were the parents of seven children, only two of whom are living, viz.: W.
W. and C. T. both residents of Hawesville.  W. W. Taber spent the first
sixteen years of his life on a farm, his father having been a successful
farmer in Hancock County.  Subject received a good education in the common
schools and the Hawesville High School, the latter of which he attended for
three years.  At the age of eighteen he commenced clerking in the
mercantile house of Uriah Martin & Bro., in Hawesville, with whom he
remained five years, at the end of which time, in 1862, he opened a general
grocery business of his own, which he continued for four years.  He
subsequently opened a general merchandise house which he has since carried
on, and at the present time has the largest stock of goods in the city,
representing a capital of over $10,000.  Mr. Taber has built up his his
[sic] large business unaided, as he commenced life without a dollar, as a
clerk.  He was married April 7, 1862, to Miss Elizabeth Prescott, daughter
of William and Mary Prescott of Hancock County.  Three children have been
born to this union, viz.: Allie, E., Clarence, and Houston (deceased).  In
1880 Mr. Taber was elected to represent Hancock County in the State
legislature, holding the position one term.  He is a Mason, K. of H., and a
Democrat.  He and wife are members of the Hawesville Methodist Episcopal
Church.

Taber Nichols Martin Prescott
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VA Breckinridge-KY

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