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The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Taborville, Tazewell County, Virginia 1901-1908 By Karen EAGLE Moman Chapter 2 (Part B) 9 May 1902 Taborville (Special Correspondence) Taborville, May 4 Several of our citizens took horses to Tazewell last Saturday to sell to the Smythe Bros., but they all brought their horses back and reported dull sale. Mr. and Mrs. I. H. Harry, of Falls Mills, were visiting in out town last Sunday. (25) Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Deaton was visiting on Belcher street. Edward is no longer an old bachelor. (26) Mr. and Mrs. C. C. French of Bailey, was over last Sunday visiting their son-in-law, Mr. Tobe Belcher. (27) Ezekiel Shell French married Lena Hortense Rowlett Thomas Hill is on the sick list this week. We hope he will be well soon and be out again. (28) It is reported on good authority that a ten-foot vein of coal has been found on the land of Bob Thompson on Mud Fork about six miles west of Falls Mills. We hope this is more coal than excitement. Well, one of the Falls Mills bachelors has got married and from all appearances there may be another wedding soon Perhaps or Falls Mills correspondent could tell us something about it… G. P. McMullen, of Springville, was in town collecting taxes last week. (29) C. E. Compton, whose name has been mentioned in the News as being sick is reported better today, but is still in dangerous condition. (30) 16 May 1902 Taborville (Special Correspondence) H. D. Dudley is having a well drilled at his residence which will add greatly to the value of his property. (31) Mr. and Mrs. Tabor Belcher were the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Harry last Sunday. (32) Mr. And Mrs. Will Compton were visiting friends at Little Burg W. Va., this week. (33) 30 May 1902 Taborville Mr. W. G. Hill and his two boys, (Thomas and Eddie) who were mentioned in the News as being sick, are all getting better. Mr. Joseph French, of Coopers, W. Va., but formerly of this town, has got smallpox in a mild form. (34) Mr. H. J. Tabor the bustling merchant of this town, was in Pocahontas last week selling mutton. The fruit crop is almost a failure on Mud Fork. Mr. Editor, can you inform you r readers as to the whereabouts of your Bluestone correspondent. We are getting anxious about him. Miss Mamie Caldwell, of Flat Top Yard, was visiting here last Monday, as was Mrs. Sam Belcher. One of our leading church members of Falls Mills, was in town last Sunday to purchase real estate. That shows Taborville to be on a boom. "Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy." 13 June 1902 Taborville G. P. Mc Mullin of Springville was in the village last week, calling on the tax payers. Mr. H. J. Tabor and G. W. Purkins (sic) has been on the sick list for a few. Mr. J. W. Shannon, of Bluestone, was on Mud Fork last week, buying cattle. (35) Mr. and Mrs. Robert Belcher and Mattie, of Clover Bottom, W. Va., are visiting many of their friends on Mud Fork this week. Robert has been in bad health for several months, but is improving some now. (36) Mr. W. G. Hill and little son, Eddie, were visiting in W. Va., last Saturday and Sunday. (37) Mrs. W. G. Hill has got 130 young chickens and has only lost two this season. Who can beat that? Mrs. Hill is the chicken grower of Mud Fork. James Holey [sic] of Brushy Fork was in Taborville last Sunday visiting H. J. and B. W. Tabor. (38) If you want to get a man's anger raised jut throw off a little on the politics of religion. We had a good rain last Saturday night and Sunday which was badly needed. Mr. Wat Compton was in Mercer Co., last week, trying to buy cattle, and only purchased one heifer, he reports cattle very scarce. 18 July 1902 Taborville Special Correspondence This letter reached us too late for last weeks issue. Harvesting is about over, wheat crops very light, corn and oats are fairly good, meadows are light. Messrs. Tip Faulkner and Andrew Belcher, of Littlesburg, W. Va., were visiting their friends in the village last Saturday and Sunday. (39) Mr. A. K. Brown, of Bluestone was on Mud Fork last Saturday buying cattle, Allen knows where to find fine cattle. (40) James Belcher, made a flying trip to Bluefield Tuesday, on business. The majority of Taborville citizens celebrated the Fourth of July in the harvest field. Mrs. Mattie Shelton and her two children, Buford and Hazel, of Bluefield W. Va., are visiting their many friends here this week. Mr. And Mrs. J. G. Bailey, of Bailey Va., were visiting their parents Mr. And Mrs. Paris Wagner last Sunday. Mrs. Phillips who was to preach at Macedonia last Sunday failed by some cause of other to get there, so her place was filled by Rev. J. W. Holbrook of Bailey, Va., who gave a very interesting talk to a very large congregation. (41) The wedding bells are ringing on Belcher street, have your bells and tin pans ready, boys. 25 July 1902 Taborville Farmers are busy harvesting hay and oats. Mr. Charles Wise has a child sick with diphtheria. W. B. Tabor is on the sick list this week. (42) Mr. Tabor Belcher was in W. Va., last week buying calves. We are glad to know that our neighboring towns, Falls Mills and Italy, are fighting against the reopening of the distillery at Flat Top, which has been a curse to this entire community, up to the time it was closed about two months ago. While it was in operation there was hardly a day but what someone was seen passing through our village with tow jugs of Flat Top whiskey on their way home to Wrights Valley, Bluestone, Clear Fork and many other places, and we know it to (be) a fact that men went there to get whiskey whose wives and children at home did not have dressing to attend church, and lived on a rough diet on account of having a drunken husband and father. But since this still house has been closed we don't see the jugs passing by and it is very seldom we see a man under the influence of intoxicating drink. It is surprising but there are gray headed men who have boys growing up and men who claim to be Christians would approve of such and sign a petition to reopen the still house at Flat Top Yards. We hope that the Hon. J. N. Harman will fight it to the last. 8 August 1902 Taborville Special Correspondence Most every body is done harvesting their hay and stacking oats. Low land meadows were better than expected. Oats were good in quality but not so good quantity. We had a good rain last Thursday which was badly needed. The prospects for corn looks very unfavorable now. Mr. W. B. Tabor says if oats grow every year for him like they did this year he is going to buy a reaper to cut them with, for it is almost impossible to save them by hand. (43) Mr. And Mrs. G. W. Perkins are visiting at Duhring this week. G. W. Givens is all smiles this week, it's a girl. While there are a few in favor of a still house in our community, we are glad there are so many against it. There is a great coal excitement on Big Branch. About four farms have been leased to the Coal Company's lately. Miss India Wagner has been visiting Mercer county for a few days returning home last Sunday. (44) Mr. And Mrs, Oscar Tabor, of Brushy Fork, were visiting relatives on Mud Fork last Saturday and Sunday. (45) Mr. And Mrs. T. E. Tabor of Falls Mills were visiting on Mud Fork last Sunday. (46) 22 August 1902 Taborville Mr. And Mrs. John Stuart, of Tip Top, were visiting relatives here last week. H. J. Tabor, the hustling merchant of Taborville, was on the streets in Pocahontas last week smoking fine cigars and buying groceries. Mr. And Mrs. Will Compton, and Mr. And Mrs. Watt Compton, are visiting at Little burg, W. Va. Mr. Robert Belcher, of this place and Miss Maude Hall, of Graham, were married last Wednesday. Mrs. Henry Parsons, Mrs. John Tickle and C. E. Compton were the visitors from Yards last Sunday. (47) Mr. Chas. Tabor of Pocahontas, was in town last Sunday. (48) B. W. Tabor is wearing his hat on the back side of his head this week. It is a girl. Mother and child are doing well and Ballard is the happiest man in Taborville. (49) 12 September 1902 Taborville Special Correspondence We are having a fine rain today after a long drought. Cattle have been almost suffering in some places for grass and water. Corn crops are light in this section. Mr. And Mrs. D. D. Baker were visiting H. J. Tabor last Sunday. Mr. And Mrs. Luther Fink, of Williamson, W. Va., are visiting friends and relatives here and at Flat Top Yards. (50) Mr. And Mrs. Robert Belcher, of Clover Bottom, are in the village. Robert is in bad health and will remain here for several weeks, as advised by his physician. (51) Mr. Mat Compton, one of our most popular young farmers, and Miss Marie Belcher, the most beautiful and accomplished daughter of Robert Belcher, of Clover Bottom, W. Va., were united in marriage last Wednesday at the home of the brides father and came to Taborville on Thursday, where they will make their future home. We wish them a long, happy and prosperous life. (52) I. H. Harry weighed six potatoes of his own raising that weighed over seven pounds. They were the Blue Victor. Can you beat that Mr. F.? Mr. James Belcher had a fine heifer fall over a cliff a few days ago and killed itself dead. Mr. H. D. Dudley and James Fink had a quantity of clothing stolen from their clothes line a few nights ago. Stealing is getting to be a very common thing in this community, which makes shot guns very valuable. H. J. Tabor went to Pocahantas today with a load of produce. 26 September 1902 Taborville Owing to the dry weather the farmers are late in sowing their wheat. Mr. James Halley [sic], of Italy, was in the village last Sunday. (53) Mr. Wot Compton is visiting at Clover Bottom this week. Among our visitors last week were Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Harry, of Roanoke, Va., John W. Wade, of Peytona, W. Va., Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Carter, of Springville, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Carter of Bluestone, and I. H. Harry, of Falls Mills; all of whom were brothers and sisters to J. R. Harry of this place. (54) Robt. Belcher, of West Virginia, who has been in Taborville for some time for his health, is no better at this writing. G. W. Givens was up from Coopers last Sunday to see his wife and babies. While Falls Mills affords so many pretty girls, we notice several good looking bachelors at the same place. Rev. Mr. Jones preached his last sermon for this conference year here last Sunday evening. We hope to get him back next year. A FAMILY REUNION Quite an enjoyable day was spent at the home of Mr. And Mrs. I. H. Harry's last Saturday, when all his sisters, brothers, their wives, husband and children, which amounted to about twenty-six gathered at his home for a day of pleasure, and of course all enjoyed the day. It had been twenty-four years since they had all been together. Namely, Mr. And Mrs. Chas. R. Harry, of Roanoke; Mr. And Mrs. A. A. Carter, of Bluestone; Mr. And Mrs. A. L. Carter, of Springville; Mr. And Mrs. J. R. Harry, of Taborville, and John W. Wade of Peytona, W. Va. The watermelons were spread at ten o'clock. At one o'clock a nice dinner was served which had been prepared by Mr. And Mrs. I. H. Harry. The nice provisions which were provided for this occasion- we will not try to mention the variety of good things except corn-bread and butter- milk. After dinner all went to the shady grove for a sociable conversation. When arrangements were made to erect a monument at the graves of the deceased father and mother (John and M. E. Harry). All were joyful and until the sun began to sink in the west and they all had to part again, not knowing whether they would ever all meet again. Even the children eyes were full of tears, when they told each other good bye. 14 November 1902 Taborville Items Special Correspondence The question has been asked is several times, what is the matter that we don't get any Taborville items. So we will answer the question. Some time we fail to send in any on account of the scarcity of news and some time we send items that are not published. Why, we do not know, you will have to ask the Editor about that. And the Falls Mills correspondent gave you another good reason for our neglect in last weeks issue. Mr. Frank Hill of Coopers, W. Va., was in the village last Sunday. Uncle Sam Tabor has got pneumonia fever and is very low at this writing. J. J. Belchers little boy (Fredie) is right sick today. Thomas Hill is confined to his room this week. He got poison oak on his face and hands. G. A. Butt has got the new road from Big Branch to Abbs Valley about completed. (55) Edward Buckland, one of the Falls Mills most prominent young men, has purchased a new cooking stove. Wonder what that means. Perhaps the Falls Mills correspondent can inform us something about it. Farmers are not done husking corn yet as there has been so much dry weather. W. A. Reynolds, of Bluestone is doing some stone work for B. P. Compton. (56) 12 December 1902 Taborville Uncle Sammy Tabor, who has been mentioned in the NEWS, as having been sick, is still poorly. (57) James Wagner, has accepted a position at Coopers, W. Va., Bluefield Mining Co. (58) J. R. Dudley is running three teams hauling logs for his new home. You cannot hold a working man down, and Jim is one of them. (59) T. G. Sutfin sold a nice bunch of cattle a few days ago, to a butcher on Elkhorn. Price, the little son of B. W. Tabor, who has been very sick for some time is much improved, and said to be in school again. (60) Our school teacher Mr. Geo. Wagner, closed his school yesterday on account of having no wood. That looks a little bad for the community, There are a few patrons of the school that were never known to furnish any fuel for the school, still they send their children. We hope they will get a shamed of themselves and haul in some wood and start the school again. (61) 1903 23 January 1903 Taborville Correspondence. Uncle Sam Tabor, who was mentioned in this paper some time ago as being dangerously ill, is much better. He is able to walk out. (62) It is reported in Taborville that A. W. Tabor, the assistant postmaster, at Falls Mills, is sick and not able for duty. His many friends hope for him a speedy recovery. Mr. and Mrs. Giles French, of Bailey, were visiting in the Village last week. (63) Mr. Barnie Crater, of Bluestone, passed through our town last Sunday from West Virginia, where he had been buying cattle. T. E. Belcher was in Mercer county a few days ago hunting. He reports a fine time. He killed 36 rabbits, 6 gray squirrels, 4 pheasant and 2 flying squirrels. (64) 20 February 1903 Taborville Mud is more plentiful in this vicinity than old corn or hay stacks. The Big Branch Coal prospectors have shut down work until spring. Mr. Chas. Butt has been confined to his room for several days. He has gangreen [sic] in his foot. He is reported to be some better at this writing. Mrs. Wagner, wife of the late Adam Wagner, is sick at the home of her daughter, Mrs. H. J. Tabor. (65) Mr. T. G. Sutphin, of the Elkhorn Coal fields, was up last week looking after his farming business. Mr. Sutphin has more old corn than any other farmer on Mudfork and is fixing for another large crop this year. We wish we had some more such men in out country. There was a little battle on Belcher street one day last week. A few rocks were thrown, and a little running done, but no one hurt. Snipe says his legs most always saves his body. C. M. Compton has a large contact of mining timber, and has got several car loads almost ready to ship. (66) Mr. Editor, we have heard the question asked whether a man has a right to kill a dog or not, for killing or attempting to kill sheep, since the New constitutional laws cane into effect. (Kill him and take all risks.- Ed.) A man who tries to make a living tattling and attending to other peoples business hardly ever gets rich or makes friends. So it is best to treat all men with respect. 6 March 1903 Taborville Taborville, Va., March 3rd. Correspondence. March has made its appearance very quiet, but don't know how long it will last. Mrs. Wagner, who we mentioned some time ago as being very sick is some better at this writing, but still poorly yet. Mr. Jas. Belcher and Mrs. Rebecca Hambrick, of Littlesburg, W. Va., were visiting friends and relatives at this place last week returning to their home last Saturday. Mr. W. G. Hill has been confined to his room. His many friends hope for him a speedy recovery as he is one of our best citizens. Miss Birtha and Robey Harry, Rallie and Willie Saddler, all of Falls Mills, were among our welcome visitors last Sunday. (67) Mr. Wat Compton, of Littlesburg, W. Va., came up to his old home last Sunday in Taborville. There has been several cases of whooping cough in our little village this winter, among the little folks but no real bad cases. All are getting along very well. 17 April 1903 Taborville Falls Mills, Va., April 14- No doubt your Falls Mills correspondent is expecting a long letter from Taborville this week, but as I broke down my new wagon he will be disappointed. So I will have to carry the news or hand it on a slide. Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Tabor were visiting S. T. Belcher and wife Sunday last. Charles Woods, of Bug Branch is very sick. He has dropsy, and was reported dead one day last week, but is still alive at this writing, but no hopes of his recovery are entertained. Farmers are about done sowing oats. Potato planting is the rush now. Edd Buckland is building plank fence this Spring. He has put up several panels in two days by Luther Sarver helping him. Edd is a hustler and a good plug of a boy. W. G. Hill, who was sick some time ago is able to look after his farming business again. H. J. Tabor says he was feeling so badly last Sunday morning he could not eat but nine eggs. Henry is pert at this writing. C. W. Butt and H. J. and B. W. Tabor have the contract to build a county road from near St. Clair to the top of the Stony Ridge. This road will be built on to Mud Fork in the near future. The road is badly needed. Mr. Jas. Fink went to Pocahontas last Saturday morning, came back home and finished sowing oats and took a buggy ride in the evening. Mr. Fink pushes his work, he don't let his work push him. Mr. and Mrs. Dock French, of Coopers, W. Va., are visiting in Taborville this week, as is also Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Tabor, of Pocahontas. (68) Mr. Hugh Caldwell has moved his family to Bluestone. We regret to lose this good family from our neighborhood. Aunt Julina Tabor has moved back to Taborville. She pent the winter with her daughter, Mrs. W. W. Saddler at Falls Mills. Fred Staunbracher is moving his family down on New River where he has a position in the coal mines. 22 May 1903 Taborville Misses Allie and Eva Stuart, of Graham, were visiting friends and relatives at this place last week. Mr. W. G. Hillis somewhat indisposed, but not serious. Miss Jessie Caldwell, of Bluestone, is in Taborville among her many friends. C. W. Butt and the Tabor Bros. are going ahead with their new road on Stony Ridge, and if they continue as they have commenced, it will be the best road in the east end of the county. P. W. Wagner is shipping mining timber. J. G. Bailey, his son-in-law, of Bailey, Va., is assisting in the work. (69) Mr. Chas. Sutfin has been dangerously ill for two or three days, but is thought to be some better at this writing. Mr. Sutfin is one of our best citizens, so we hope for him a speedy recovery. Little Ed George, the youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Tabor, is quite sick. An infant child of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Compton, of Flat Top Yard, died with whooping cough last Tuesday. Rev. Walter Dudley has been visiting his mother and many friends on Mud Fork for the last few days. (70) Mr. I. G. Sutfin, of Elkhorn, is visiting his brother, Charles, during his sickness. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Footnotes: (25) I. H. Harry-Isaiah Henderson Harry and his wife, Meldora Moore Tabor, daughter of John Andrew Tabor and his first wife, Martha A. Compton, daughter of Cornelius Compton and Rebecca Jane Patterson. (26) Edward A. Deaton, married Dora Lila Stafford, of Giles Co., VA near Trigg in Giles County, Virginia and the date of the marriage should be May 1, 1902. Edward A. Deaton was the son of Rev. Fabius Levi Deaton and Sarah Regenia "Virginia" Shrader,. Sarah Regina Shrader, daughter of James Britton Shrader and Mary "Polly" Day. James Britton Shrader was a brother of Mary "Polly' Shrader, wife of Francis Tabor and another of James' sisters was Mildred Permelia "Milly" Shrader who was the wife of the brother of Francis Tabor, Richard Adam Tabor) . Nancy Shrader was the first cousin of Milly and Mary Shrader. (27) Mr and Mrs. C. C. French-Charles Campbell French and Nancy Abigail Pauley. Tobe Belcher was Tobias Albert Belcher, son of Isom Green Belcher and Mary Catherine Deaton. Isom Belcher, son of Moses J. Belcher and Nancy Elizabeth Jane Tabor. Mary Catherine Deaton, a sister of Rev. Fabius Levi Deaton and they were the children of Nathan Deaton and Sarah F. "Sally" Mitchell. The children of Charles Campbell French and Nancy Pauley: 1. Beldora/Bell Dora French married Tobias Albert 'Tobe' Belcher who was the son of Isom Green Belcher and Mary Catherine Deaton (aunt of Edward A. Deaton mentioned above). 2. Luella French married Cyrus Monroe Tabor, son of Thomas Edward Tabor, Sr., and Anna Elizabeth Parker 3. Carra W. French married James Robert Dudley, son of James Craig Dudley and Mariah Elizabeth/Louis e Tabor who was the daughter of Francis Tabor and Mary Shrader (In the Tazewell County, Virginia marriage records she is incorrectly called Sanders) 4. John Stinson French married Susie Chaney Ferguson 5. James Harvey French-no other data (28) I believe Thomas Hill to have been the son of Wiley G. Hill and Nancy (Bye) Perdue. (29) George Paris McMullin, 1854-1950, son of James H. McMullin and Elizabeth Boil/Broyle. George was married twice. The first wife was a Mary (-?-). Second he married Bettie Shawver. (30) Charles E. Compton, son of Ballard Preston Compton and Deliah Harless. Charles E. Compton married Emma J. Poe, daughter of James A. Poe. (31) Hugh D. Dudley, born about 1823 in North Carolina, died about 10 February 1911, and married Mary Jane Shuffleburger, daughter of Elias. (32) I do not have a Tabor Belcher. The daughters of James R. Harry were: Dora Elizabeth who married Berkley Kelly Tabor and at their death Berkley married Nonnie Mae Walls and Ella Mae "Ellie" Harry who married a Mr. Goforth. I wonder if this should have been Tobias Belcher? Reading this a hundred years later means we may never know. (33) There are two William Comptons in the 1900 US census for Tazewell County, Virginia in the same location. One was William Scott Compton age 42, born December 1857, with a wife Martha Ann Franklin. This man is a son of Cornelius Compton and Rebecca Jane Patterson. The other was also a William S. Compton age 53, born December 1846, with a wife named Charlotte. I feel certain they were kin but these two families have had me puzzled for years. I actually think the Wm Scott Compton in the 1900 U.S. Census for Tazewell County is Winfield Scott Compton and his wife was Martha Ann Franklin. I think they just misread his name when they compiled the book I have of Clear Fork 1900 Census District of Tazewell County Winfield and Martha had several children by 1900. (34) I believe to have been the son of James Daniel French, 1838-1932, son of Andrew P. L. French and Rebecca D. Day. James Daniel French was the second husband of Henrietta Elizabeth Belcher, a daughter of Moses J Belcher and Nancy Elizabeth Jane Tabor (35) Perhaps, John W. Shannon son of Joseph B. Shannon and Mary F. Hambrick or Hamrick. (36) Robert H. Belcher, son of Moses Belcher and Nancy Elizabeth Jane Tabor. (37) Wiley G. Hill,, son of Hardin H. and Jane Hill. Mrs. W. G. Hill was Nancy Bye Perdue, daughter of Henry Silas Perdue, Sr., and Nancy Jane Powell. Little son Eddie Hill was Edward Wiley Hill, born April 1893. A son of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Hill, Felix S. Hill, married Beulah May Tabor, daughter of Elgin Whitley Tabor and Octavia Zane Tiller. (38) This James Hawley was the son of John Hawley and Charlotte (-?-) and was married to Martha Ann Tabor, daughter of Andrew Jackson Tabor (killed in Civil War) and Juline (various spellings) Belcher. H. J. Tabor was Henry J. Tabor and B. W. Tabor was Ballard Witten Tabor, both of whom were sons of Stephen Paris Tabor and Eleanor 'Ellen' Havens. (39) Andrew McLean Belcher, son of James Edison Belcher and Amanda Christina French. Andrew Belcher married Nancy Moore 'Nannie' Tabor, daughter of Thomas Edward Tabor, Sr., and Anna Elizabeth Parker. I do not know the connection to Tip Faulkner. (40) Most likely Allen K. Brown whose daughter, Rebecca Lawrence Brown, married Giles C. Tabor (in 1892) who was a son of Henry Harrison Tabor and Mary Margaret Butt. (41) Rev. James W. Holbrook, son of Randall/Randoph Holbrook and 'Polly' H. Waggoner. Rev. J. W. Holbrook married Christina Margaret Shrader who was a daughter of John Henry Shrader, Jr., and Edith Belle 'Edy' Day. (42) William Blake Tabor, son of William Crouch Tabor, and his first wife, Sarah V. Butt, was in and out of the area from North Dakota. It might have been Blake Tabor, as he was known. However, in past articles I have noticed that Ballard Witten Tabor was listed as W. B. Tabor instead of B. W. Tabor. Ballard Witten Tabor, son of Stephen Paris Tabor and Eleanor Havens. (43) Most likely William Burts Tabor, son of Thomas Edward Tabor, Sr., and Anna Elizabeth Parker, or it might have seen Ballard Witten Tabor as he was referred to as W. B. Tabor in some editions of the Clinch Valley News, for some reason, on different occasions. Perhaps it was a typing error. (44) India Jane Wagner, daughter of Parris Witcher Wagner and Patria Ann Perdue. (45) I believe to be Oscar Brown Tabor who was a son of George W. Tabor and Martha Amanda Perdue. (46) Thomas Edward 'Edd' Tabor, Sr., and Anna Elizabeth Parker. (47) There is also a possibility the Mr. and Mrs. John Tickle might have been John Tickle and Nannie C. (Harry) Tickle who was a daughter of Erasmus Harry and Virginia (Mullin) Harry. However, this John and Nannie Tickle they did not live at Flat Top Yards area in the 1900 US census for Tazewell County, Virginia. As a matter of fact they lived in the Bluestone area, as they did in 1920. (48) In 1900 there is only one Charles Tabor in the Pocahontas, Tazewell County, Virginia area: 1900 US census, Tazewell County, Virginia Census, page # 258, Clear Fork Dist., Charles Tabor, 25, b. July 1874, in VA, Occupation: Pumper at the mines. I do not know his connection to our larger Tabor family. (49) The baby girl was Daisy Mae Tabor who was born on 14 August 1902 to Ballard Tabor and Eleanor Havens. (50) I believe to be Charles Luther Fink, son of James C. Fink and Cynthia M. Dudley. The family of C. L. Fink was living in Ohio by a 10 July 1907 article in the Clinch Valley News. (51) Robert H. Belcher, son of Moses J. Belcher and Nancy Jane Elizabeth Tabor. R. H. Belcher married Aurelia E. Compton daughter of Cornelius Compton and Rebecca Jane Patterson. (52) This is Wat Compton. (53) Surname later changed to Hawley. James L. Hawley married Martha Ann Tabor, daughter of Andrew Jackson Tabor who was killed during the Civil War as a soldier for the CSA. In many early record as Halley/Holy/Holly. (54) Mr. C. R. Harry -I believe to be Charles R. Harry son of John B. Harry, Jr., and his fifth wife, Margaret E. Dedmons who was first married to Joshua Wade. John W. Wade, b. abt. 1858, son of Joshua Wade and Margaret E. Dedmons. John W. Wade and Nancy Jane Gillespie were married February 1880 in Boone Co., WV, Nancy Jane Gillespie was a daughter of Samuel H. Gillespie, born in Kanawha County, Virginia/West Virginia, about 1821 and Mary Jane Curtis. Samuel H. Gillespie's parents were Samuel Gillespie, b. Bath Co., VA and Mary Jane McElwa/McElwee who were married in 1820. Mr. A. L. Carter, husband of Martha A. Harry, daughter of John B. Harry Jr., and his fourth wife, Caroline E. McCranahan. However, I believe A. L. Carter is the same man as Abraham Lincoln Cater, son of William Gordon Carter and Catherine 'Katie' Razor. Mr. A. A. Carter-Alexander Albert 'Alex' Carter, son of Solomon Neece Carter and Susannah Maria 'Susan' (Carter) Carter who was a daughter of Solomon Carter and Lucinda 'Lucy' Barber. Isaiah Henderson Harry, son of John B. Harry, Jr, and his fifth wife, Margaret E. (Dedmonds) Wade. I. H. Harry married Meldora Moore Tabor, daughter of John Andrew Tabor and his first of three wives, Martha A. Compton, who was a daughter of Cornelius Compton and Rebecca Jane Patterson. This is how some of the direct descendants of John B. Harry, Jr., list his wives: 1. Barbara Albright; 2. Mary/Lora Eyler; 3. Nancy Mc Cloud; 4. Caroline E. McGranahan who was married first to a Mr. Shannon. She was the daughter of James and Nancy McGranahan of Monroe County Virginia/West Virginia. (53) Margaret E. Dedmons, daughter of Chrisley and Lucinda. Margaret b. Pulaski County, Virginia. and she was first married to a Mr. Wade- I knew about this wife. Virginia Compton, daughter of Ballard Preston Compton and Deliah Harless. A daughter of James R. Harry and Virginia Compton, Dora Elizabeth Harry, was the first wife of Berkley Kelly Tabor, son of Elgin Whitley Tabor and Octavia Zane Tiller. Dora (Harry) Tabor died of complications of childbirth and Pneumonia. Berkley Kelley Tabor then married Nonnie Mae Walls. Meldora Moore Tabor, daughter of John Andrew Tabor and his first of three wives, Martha A. Compton, daughter of Cornelius Compton and Rebecca Jane Patterson John Andrew's other wives were Caroline Virginia "Jennie" Hollendsworth, daughter of William and E. Hollendsworth and Julia Ann Bailey, daughter of Harvey G. Bailey and Nancy B. McDaniel/McDonnall. (55) George A. Butt, son of Henry Harrison Butt and Lucelia Elizabeth Harris. (56) I believe to have been William A. B. Reynolds, son of George Alexander Reynolds and Mary Margaret (?) Moore. A daughter of George and Mary, Ida Pearl Reynolds, married Luther Charles Tabor, son of Samuel Flummer Tabor and Charlotte Osborn. Another daughter of George and Mary, Annie Bell Reynolds, married Edward Thomas Scott and after Annie Bell's death Edward Scott married Mary Elizabeth (McClanahan) Tabor who was the widow of Allen Preston Tabor a son of Russell B. Tabor and Elizabeth Compton. (57) Samuel Flummer Tabor, son of Daniel Tabor and Mary Martha Flummer. (58) Might have been James Edward Wagner, son of David Nicewander Wagner and Mariah E. Deaton, as he was an engineer that worked for the Pocahontas Coal and Coke Company in August 1908. (59) James Robert Dudley, son of James Craig Dudley and Mariah Elizabeth/ Louise Tabor, who in turn who was daughter of Francis Tabor and Mary Shrader. James was married in 1904 to Carra W. French, daughter of Charles Campbell and Nancy Abigail (Pauley) French. (60) Walter Price Tabor, son of Ballard Witten Tabor and Florence Virginia Wagner. (61) George Miles Wagner, son of Rev. Adam Edward Wagner and Julianna Elinor Tabor who was daughter of Francis Tabor and Mary Shrader., George M. Wagner married Nannie Lane Tabor, daughter of James Russell Tabor and Martha Jane Havens (my great great grandparents). George M. Wagner also taught school at the Old Wexler Tabor School at Mudfork, Tazewell Co., VA. I have a copy of George Wagner's signature, on a paper of student Margaret Alice Shrader-my aunt. The land donated for the Wexler Tabor School by Edward Wexler Tabor (my great great great uncle), son of Richard Adam Tabor and Mildred Permelia Shrader. Richard Adam Tabor and Mildred Permelia Shrader were the brother and sister of Francis Tabor and Mary Shrader. (62) Samuel Flummer Tabor, son of Daniel Tabor and Mary Martha Flummer. (63) Giles Lewis French, son of John Lewis French and Elizabeth Rose Pike. Giles married Lillia Aurelia 'Lilly' Compton, daughter of Hiram Alonzo Compton and Nancy Jane Belcher. (64) Tobias Albert/Elbert Belcher. His middle name was spelled either way. (65) Juline Elinor Tabor,daughter of Francis Tabor and Mary Shrader. (66) Cornelius Moses Compton, son of Hiram Alonzo Compton and Nancy Jane Belcher. (67) Bertha Harry and Roby Harry were the children of Isaiah Harry and Meldora Tabor. Rallie Sadler and Willie Sadler were the sons of William W. Sadler and Chloe Adelia Tabor. (68) H. D. 'Doc/Dock' French was the son of James Daniel French and Henrietta Elizabeth Belcher. (69) Parris Witcher Wagner and Joseph Garland Bailey. (70) Rev. Walter Leon Dudley, son of James Craig Dudley and Mariah Elizabeth Tabor.