Taber, John (1829-1912)

Name:

Taber, John (1829-1912)

Born:

01/00/1829

Birthplace:

Alfred, ME

Died:

04/12/1912

Death Location:

Wolfeboro, NH

Residence:

Alfred, ME
Wells, ME
Appomattox, VA 1860
Alton, NH 1864-1872
Wolfeboro, NH 1849, 1850, 1872-1912

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Potter
Pipe Manufacturer

Father:

Taber, John (1796-1850)

Spouse:

Married (1) Carrie S. Hicks
Married (2) Sarah Thompson, May 11, 1849

Children:

George N., born 1849

Notes:

Began his establishment in 1864 in Alton, NH. He made redware pipes from molds. After eight years he moved the business to South Wolfeboro, NH. However it didn't do very well there and closed after only a few years. Most of his work is not seen around northern New England because he shipped most of his product out of state by sending it down the lake by boat.

S. Paul Jung, John Taber and John Taber, Jr., Two New England Clay Tobacco Pipemakers: A Family History and Illustrated Catalogue. Bel Air, Maryland: Printed by the author, 1996.

The New Hampshire Business Directory, For the Year Commencing April 1, 1868... (Boston, Massachusetts: Briggs & Company, 1868), 139.

Benjamin F. Parker, History of Wolfeborough, New Hampshire. (Wolfeborough, New Hampshire: Caustic & Claflin, 1901), 481, 496.

The Town Register: Wolfeboro, Ossipee, Effingham, Tuftonboro, Tamworth, Freedom, 1908. (Augusta, Maine: The Mitchell-Cony Co., Inc., 1908), 82.

Lura W. Watkins, Early New England Potters and Their Wares. (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1950), 134-135.

Vital Records, New Hampshire State Archives