Tabor, Horace Austin Warner – Talbot, Charles Remington
Tabor, Horace Austin Warner
miner, merchant, lieutenant-governor, United States senator, was born Nov. 26, 1830, in Orleans county, Vt. In 1857 he became a member of the Topeka legislature, Kan.; and in 1859 moved to Denver, Colo., and year later to Leadville. He was there engaged in mining until 1865, and during 1865-78 was also engaged in mercantile life. He was a postmaster of that city; twice its mayor; was president of the Leadville Improvement company; established and managed the Leadville bank; and became lieutenant-governor of Colorado. In 1883 he was elected to the United States senate for the short term and has filled many positions of honor in the republican party; and is the permanent chairman of that party. In 1897 he was appointed postmaster of Denver.
Tabor, Stephen J. W
journalist, lawyer, jurist, author, was born Aug. 5, 1815, in Corinth, Vt. He moved to Iowa, and published a paper called the Civilian.
He served several years as a county judge, and also as county treasurer and recorder. In 1863 he was appointed fourth auditor of the treasury. a
Tafel, Gustav
soldier, educator, journalist, lawyer, was born in Germany.
He served with distinction throughout the civil war. For many years he was engaged in journalistic work; became noted lawyer of Cincinnati; and mayor of that city. He has contributed a number of valuable articles on economical questions and educational matters to the leading newspaers and magazines of the United States; and various articles to law literature.
Tafel, Johann Friedrich Leon- Hard
educator, author. He is a German educator who removed to the United States in 1853, and lived in St. Louis. He was the author of Staat und Christenthum; Der Christ und der Atheist; and A German-English and English-German Pocket Dictionary.
Tafel, Rudolph Leonhard
educator, clergyman, author, was born Nov. 24, 1831, in Germany. He was formerly an educator of St. Louis, but since 1868 a Swedenborgian minister in London, England. He is the author of Emanuel Swedenborg as Philosopher and Man; Our Heavenward Journey; Authority in the New Church; The Preaching Gift; and Investigation as to the Laws of English Pronunciation and Prosody.
Taffe, John
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Jan. 30, 1827, in Indianapolis, Ind. He was elected to the territorial legislature in 1858 and 1859. In 1860 he was elected to the council; and in the winter of 1861 was made president of that body. In 1862 he raised a regiment of cavalry for service against the Indians, and was made a major. In 1866 he was elected a representative from the new state of Nebraska to the fortieth congress; and was re-elected to the fortyfirst and forty-second congresses as a republican. In 1875 he was appointed secretary of Colorado.
Taft, Alphonso
lawyer, jurist, was born Nov. 5, 1810, in Townsend, Vt. In 1866 he was appointed to fill a vacancy on the bench of the superior court of Cincinnati; was elected to that position, and was re-elected by the unanimous vote of both political parties. In 1876 he was appointed secretary of war; and in the same year became attorney-general of the United States. In 1882 he was appointed United States minister to Austria. He died May 21, 1891, in San Diego, Cal.
Taft, Charles P
journalist, lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Dec. 21, 1843, in Cincinnati.
He graduated from the Columbia College Law school of New York in the spring of 1866; in the fall of 1866 he went to Germany, and took a degree at the university of Heidelberg in the spring of 1868.
In 1871 he was elected a member of the house of representatives of the general assembly of Ohio. Since 1879 he has been in the newspaper business and is the editor of the Cincinnati Times-Star. He is a member of the board of sinking-fund trustees of the city of Cincinnati. He was elected to the fifty-fourth congress as a republican.
Taft, Lorado
sculptor, educator, was born April 29, 1860, in Elmwood, Ill.
He has executed several busts and medallions, a statue of Schuyler Colfax, which was unveiled in Indianapolis in 1888, and reliefs for Michigan regimental monuments on the Gettysburg battlefield.
He is instructor in sculpture at the Chicago Art institute.
Taft, Russell Smith
lawyer, state senator, jurist, author, was born Jan. 28, 1835, in Williston, Vt. He is a successful lawyer of Burlington, Vt.; and has filled numerous municipal positions of honor. He has been a member of the Vermont house of representatives and also of the state senate; and was presiding officer in both houses. He has been city and state's attorney, and filled the office of lieutenant-governor of Vermont.
Since 1880 he has been judge of the supreme court of Vermont. He is the author of a sketch of the supreme court of Vermont, and a Judicial History of Vermont.
Taggart, David Arthur
legislator, was born Jan. 30, 1852, in Goffstown, N. H. He served with distinction as a member of the New Hampshire state senate in 1889, and was made president of that boay.
Taggart, Moses
lawyer, jurist, was born Aug. 21, 1799, in Colerain, Mass. He practiced law for fifty-five years, principally in Batavia, N. Y. He held the office of county judge and surrogate, district attorney, and was a justice of the supreme court; and by virtue of his position held a place in the court of appeals for several years. He died Feb. 17, 1883.
Taggart, Samuel
clergyman, congressman, was born March 24, 1754, in Londonderry, N. H. He was elected a representative in congress from Massachusetts, serving from 1803 to 1817. He died April 25, 1825, in Colerain, Mass.
Taggart, William Marcus
journalist, was born Jan. 25, 1852, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is the owner and editor of the Taggart Times. It is the only paper in Philadelphia, Pa., which has remained in the same family for three generations.
Tagliabue, Giuseppe
instrumentmaker, was born Aug. 10, 1812, in Italy.
He settled in New York in 1833, and soon acquired the reputation of being one of the most competent instrument-makers in this country. His hydrometer for the proving of whisky was adopted by the United States internal revenue department in preference to all others, and he made instruments for the United States. coast survey. He died May 7, 1878, in Mount Vernon, N. Y.
Tainter, Andrew
lumberman, philanthropist, was born July 6, 1823, in Salina, N. Y. In 1832 he moved west to Prairie du Chien, Wis.; and in 1895 moved to Chippewa Falls, Wis. He has attained success in the lumber business; and commanded the first steamboat which was used by his firm on the Chippewa river. He presented to the city of Menominee a public library and Memorial hall, which is the chief ornament of that city. Commencing fifty years ago with no capital, he now owns controlling interests in the largest lumber mills of Wisconsin, and is the wealthiest man in the Chippewa valley.
Tait, Arthur Fitzwilliam
artist, was born Aug. 5, 1819, in England. He was elected in 1859 to the National academy. He has gained a national reputation as an artist and always paints from nature. Many of his works have been lithographed or engraved.
Tait, Charles
lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born in 1768 in Louisa county, Va. He was for several years a judge of the superior court of Georgia; and was a senator in congress from that state from 1809 to 1819. In 1819 he moved to Alabama; and was appointed a judge of the district court. He died Oct. 7, 1835, in wilcox county, Ala.
Tait, John Robinson
artist, author, poet, was born Jan. 14, 1834, in Cincinnati, Ohio. For awhile he edited The Stylus of Bethany, Va. He is the author of Life, Legend and Landscape; and a volume of Poems.
Talbert, W. Jasper
soldier, state senator, congressman, was born in 1846 in Edgefield county, S. C. In 1880 he was elected to the South Carolina legislature, and re-elected in 1882; and was elected to the state senate in 1884. He was chosen superintendent of the state penitentiary, which position he held when elected to congress. He has held various positions in the Farmers' Alliance and helped formulate the Ocala demands. He was elected to the fifty-third, fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth congresses.
Talbot, Charles Remington
clergyman, author, was born in 1851. He was a writer of juvenile books who was an episcopal clergyman at Wrentham, Mass. He was the author of Honor Bright; Miltiades Peterkin Paul; Royal Louise; Romulus and Remus, a dog story; A Midshipman at Large: The Imposter; and A Romance of the Revolution. He died in 1891.