John was the son of James Harrison Tabor and Nancy Moore Runion. He married Martha A. Compton (daughter of Cornelius Compton and Rebecca Jane Patterson), Caroline Virginia Hollendsworth, and Julia Ann Bailey.
During the Civil War, John served four years in the Confederate Army, Co. C, 5th Virginia Infantry Regiment. He was wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville in May, 1863 and fought in other major campaigns.
John was a carpenter, waggon and furniture builder, and operated a turning lathe. He acquired a farm (the Roby J. Harry farm) on Brush Fork, east of Falls Mills and became a successful farmer and cattleman. He was executor of his father's will in 1891, and qualified to be guardian of his brother Samuel Grover Tabor's children in 1894. John served on the local election board, as a officer in the Falls Mills Christian Church, and was involved in community civic projects.
(Obituary from the "Bluefield Daily Telegraph," Bluefield, WV, December 4, 1915):
JOHN A. TABOR DEAD
John A. Tabor, a prominent citizen of Falls Mills, died yesterday morning at 10 o'clock after an illness dating back into the summer. Mr. Tabor was seventy-four years of age. He suffered a stroke of paralysis in August from which he never fully recovered. Mr. Tabor came of a large and well known family. He was married three times, his last wife being a sister of C.B. Bailey, of Graham, and she with six children, survives him. The children are Mrs. Meldora Harry, of Falls Mills; Mrs. Doshia Cooper, of Athens; Mrs. Harry Stephenson, of Stone, Ky., and Mrs. Berta Sarver and Raleigh H. and J. Clinton Tabor, of Falls Mills. All the children are grown. The deceased was a brother of Wade Tabor and of Mrs. Sarah Buckland, also of Falls Mills, George, Samuel, Thomas, Bob, William Tabor, all deceased, were his brothers.
Mr. Tabor had been a member of the Christian church for a number of years. He was highly respected and had many warm friends who will be grieved to learn of his death. The deceased was a prominent Mason, being a member of Harmon, lodge No. 222 of Graham. He will be buried with Masonic honors today, and a call for the assembling of the Graham lodge appears in the Graham Daily News this morning. The funeral will take place at 1 o'clock this afternoon at Falls Mills and will be held in the church. Rev. J.A. Tate will conduct the services. Mr. Tabor was a frequent visitor to Graham and he will be missed here. He leaves quite a handsome estate, consisting of land and other property.
During the Civil War, John served four years in the Confederate Army, Co. C, 5th Virginia Infantry Regiment. He was wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville in May, 1863 and fought in other major campaigns.
John was a carpenter, waggon and furniture builder, and operated a turning lathe. He acquired a farm (the Roby J. Harry farm) on Brush Fork, east of Falls Mills and became a successful farmer and cattleman. He was executor of his father's will in 1891, and qualified to be guardian of his brother Samuel Grover Tabor's children in 1894. John served on the local election board, as a officer in the Falls Mills Christian Church, and was involved in community civic projects.
(Obituary from the "Bluefield Daily Telegraph," Bluefield, WV, December 4, 1915):
JOHN A. TABOR DEAD
John A. Tabor, a prominent citizen of Falls Mills, died yesterday morning at 10 o'clock after an illness dating back into the summer. Mr. Tabor was seventy-four years of age. He suffered a stroke of paralysis in August from which he never fully recovered. Mr. Tabor came of a large and well known family. He was married three times, his last wife being a sister of C.B. Bailey, of Graham, and she with six children, survives him. The children are Mrs. Meldora Harry, of Falls Mills; Mrs. Doshia Cooper, of Athens; Mrs. Harry Stephenson, of Stone, Ky., and Mrs. Berta Sarver and Raleigh H. and J. Clinton Tabor, of Falls Mills. All the children are grown. The deceased was a brother of Wade Tabor and of Mrs. Sarah Buckland, also of Falls Mills, George, Samuel, Thomas, Bob, William Tabor, all deceased, were his brothers.
Mr. Tabor had been a member of the Christian church for a number of years. He was highly respected and had many warm friends who will be grieved to learn of his death. The deceased was a prominent Mason, being a member of Harmon, lodge No. 222 of Graham. He will be buried with Masonic honors today, and a call for the assembling of the Graham lodge appears in the Graham Daily News this morning. The funeral will take place at 1 o'clock this afternoon at Falls Mills and will be held in the church. Rev. J.A. Tate will conduct the services. Mr. Tabor was a frequent visitor to Graham and he will be missed here. He leaves quite a handsome estate, consisting of land and other property.
John was the son of James Harrison Tabor and Nancy Moore Runion. He married Martha A. Compton (daughter of Cornelius Compton and Rebecca Jane Patterson), Caroline Virginia Hollendsworth, and Julia Ann Bailey.
During the Civil War, John served four years in the Confederate Army, Co. C, 5th Virginia Infantry Regiment. He was wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville in May, 1863 and fought in other major campaigns.
John was a carpenter, waggon and furniture builder, and operated a turning lathe. He acquired a farm (the Roby J. Harry farm) on Brush Fork, east of Falls Mills and became a successful farmer and cattleman. He was executor of his father's will in 1891, and qualified to be guardian of his brother Samuel Grover Tabor's children in 1894. John served on the local election board, as a officer in the Falls Mills Christian Church, and was involved in community civic projects.
(Obituary from the "Bluefield Daily Telegraph," Bluefield, WV, December 4, 1915):
JOHN A. TABOR DEAD
John A. Tabor, a prominent citizen of Falls Mills, died yesterday morning at 10 o'clock after an illness dating back into the summer. Mr. Tabor was seventy-four years of age. He suffered a stroke of paralysis in August from which he never fully recovered. Mr. Tabor came of a large and well known family. He was married three times, his last wife being a sister of C.B. Bailey, of Graham, and she with six children, survives him. The children are Mrs. Meldora Harry, of Falls Mills; Mrs. Doshia Cooper, of Athens; Mrs. Harry Stephenson, of Stone, Ky., and Mrs. Berta Sarver and Raleigh H. and J. Clinton Tabor, of Falls Mills. All the children are grown. The deceased was a brother of Wade Tabor and of Mrs. Sarah Buckland, also of Falls Mills, George, Samuel, Thomas, Bob, William Tabor, all deceased, were his brothers.
Mr. Tabor had been a member of the Christian church for a number of years. He was highly respected and had many warm friends who will be grieved to learn of his death. The deceased was a prominent Mason, being a member of Harmon, lodge No. 222 of Graham. He will be buried with Masonic honors today, and a call for the assembling of the Graham lodge appears in the Graham Daily News this morning. The funeral will take place at 1 o'clock this afternoon at Falls Mills and will be held in the church. Rev. J.A. Tate will conduct the services. Mr. Tabor was a frequent visitor to Graham and he will be missed here. He leaves quite a handsome estate, consisting of land and other property.
During the Civil War, John served four years in the Confederate Army, Co. C, 5th Virginia Infantry Regiment. He was wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville in May, 1863 and fought in other major campaigns.
John was a carpenter, waggon and furniture builder, and operated a turning lathe. He acquired a farm (the Roby J. Harry farm) on Brush Fork, east of Falls Mills and became a successful farmer and cattleman. He was executor of his father's will in 1891, and qualified to be guardian of his brother Samuel Grover Tabor's children in 1894. John served on the local election board, as a officer in the Falls Mills Christian Church, and was involved in community civic projects.
(Obituary from the "Bluefield Daily Telegraph," Bluefield, WV, December 4, 1915):
JOHN A. TABOR DEAD
John A. Tabor, a prominent citizen of Falls Mills, died yesterday morning at 10 o'clock after an illness dating back into the summer. Mr. Tabor was seventy-four years of age. He suffered a stroke of paralysis in August from which he never fully recovered. Mr. Tabor came of a large and well known family. He was married three times, his last wife being a sister of C.B. Bailey, of Graham, and she with six children, survives him. The children are Mrs. Meldora Harry, of Falls Mills; Mrs. Doshia Cooper, of Athens; Mrs. Harry Stephenson, of Stone, Ky., and Mrs. Berta Sarver and Raleigh H. and J. Clinton Tabor, of Falls Mills. All the children are grown. The deceased was a brother of Wade Tabor and of Mrs. Sarah Buckland, also of Falls Mills, George, Samuel, Thomas, Bob, William Tabor, all deceased, were his brothers.
Mr. Tabor had been a member of the Christian church for a number of years. He was highly respected and had many warm friends who will be grieved to learn of his death. The deceased was a prominent Mason, being a member of Harmon, lodge No. 222 of Graham. He will be buried with Masonic honors today, and a call for the assembling of the Graham lodge appears in the Graham Daily News this morning. The funeral will take place at 1 o'clock this afternoon at Falls Mills and will be held in the church. Rev. J.A. Tate will conduct the services. Mr. Tabor was a frequent visitor to Graham and he will be missed here. He leaves quite a handsome estate, consisting of land and other property.
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