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Taber, Stephen

farmer, state legislator, congressman, was born in Dover, N. Y. In 1860 and 1861 he was elected to the New York state legislature. In 1864 he was elected a representative from New York to the thirty-ninth congress; and was re-elected to the fortieth congress. a

Taber, Thomas

agriculturist, state legislator, congressman, was born May 19, 1785, in New York. He was a member of the New York legislature in 1826; and was a representative in congress from New York from 1827 to 1829. He died March 21, 1862.

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, 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.

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.

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.

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.