Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Taber, Peleg 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Taber, Peleg, Newport, came from the town of Danby, Rutland county, Vt., and 
settled on the Turnpike, between Herkimer and Little Falls.  He next moved on 
the first farm north of the County house, and then he and his son, Albert, 
purchased the first farm west of the County house, which they sold to Walter 
Taber, and bought the adjoining farm west.  Peleg Taber married a Miss Cole, 
and their children were as follows:  Hannah Cummings, William C., Albert, 
Walter and John, all residents of the county through life except Hannah.  
Albert married Nancy, daughter of Henry J. and Nancy Myers, and their children 
were William Henry (deceased); Helen L., John A. and Ira (deceased).  John 
followed farming and married January 11, 1860, Annette, daughter of Robert and 
Nancy Stewart.  Her father came here when she was young.  Their children were 
Minnie, Stewart J., Etta and Bertie.  John Taber started for himself as a 
farmer at the age of twenty.  For six years he worked by the month, then on 
his marriage he rented a farm in Montgomery county, where he remained three 
years.  Returning to Herkimer county he worked at the carpenter's trade, and 
then moved to Orange county, where he remained three years, working for his 
uncle, Samuel J. Stewart.  He then moved to Fairfield, remaining thirteen 
years, for two years being in the hotel business.  He was also an officer and 
made a specialty of collections.  In 1881 he purchased his present resident.  
He has held the offices of constable for twenty-four years, deputy sheriff 
nine years, collector and chief of police of Middleville.  Ira, son of Albert, 
was a soldier in the late war, enlisting in Company I, 121st N. Y. 
Volunteers.  He was disabled and brought home from Frederick City. 

Additional Comments:
source:
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of 
its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.

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