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     Bailey was born at Berkeley County, Virginia, on 6 December 1798.² He married Sarah Ann Campbell at 'Campbellton', Berkeley County, Virginia, on 17 March 1825. Bailey died on 6 December 1888 at Romney, Hampshire County, West Virginia, at age 90.² His body was interred after 6 December 1888 at Romney, Hampshire County, West Virginia, at Indian Mound Cemetery.

     Sarah was born at Gerrardstown, Berkeley County, Virginia, on 9 March 1806. She married Bailey Lovely Tabb at 'Campbellton', Berkeley County, Virginia, on 17 March 1825. Sarah died on 22 June 1874 at Romney, Hampshire County, West Virginia, at age 68.¹ Her body was interred after 22 June 1874 at Romney, Hampshire County, West Virginia, at Indian Mound Cemetery.

     George was born at Berkeley County, Virginia, on 2 December 1827.¹ George died on 2 June 1867 at Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, at age 39.¹ His body was interred after 2 June 1867 at Romney, Hampshire County, West Virginia, at Indian Mound Cemetery.¹

     Dougal Campbell Tabb lived in Romney, West Virginia, and farmed his father's farm nearby until the death of his father, Bailey Tabb. Then because of the health of his wife, they bought a large house on top of the Allegheny Mountain at Mt. Alto. They ran a boarding house taking people from Baltimore and Washington, "Mark Twain" and Gen. U.S. Grant were two notable guests that are remembered

Source: The Descendants of Duncan Campbell and Mary McCoy, Compiled by J. Lyle Campbell, Prepared for the Clan Campbell Society of the United States, May 1, 1976. Dougal was born on 6 February 1829.¹ He married Matilda Woodrow (Woodie) McDowell on 25 September 1860. Dougal died on 28 December 1894 at Romney, Hampshire County, West Virginia, at age 65.¹ His body was interred after 28 December 1894 at Romney, Hampshire County, West Virginia, at Indian Mound Cemetery.

     Mary was born on 24 July 1836.¹ She married John Tabb Janney on 16 December 1856. Mary died on 31 July 1896 at age 60.¹ Her body was interred after 31 July 1896 at Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia, at Green Hill Cemetery.¹

     Robert was born at Martinsburg, Berkeley County, Virginia, on 4 January 1839. Robert Peyton Tabb served as a private in McNeill's Rangers, a Confederate partisan organization of the Confederate States Army. At the time of his enlistment (01 March 1864) he was a resident of Cumberland, Maryland. He enlisted in Hardy County, West Virginia. Robert Peyton Tabb, Jesse McNeill (Captain McNeill's son), and David Parsons remained behind in the Shenandoah Valley following a raid in which Captain John Hanson McNeill was mortally wounded on 03 October 1864. Once their leader was comfortably settled the rebel trio began the fifty-mile journey to Howard's Lick, in Hardy County, where Captain McNeill's wife was temporarily making her home. Tabb was captured on 05 February 1865, and was sent to Fort McHenry, Maryland, as a prisoner of war on 08 February 1865. His record shows that he was listed as a "Guerilla not to be exchanged during the war." He was released from Fort McHenry on 5 May 1865.

Source: McNeill's Rangers by Roger U. Delauter, Jr., copyright 1986, H. E. Howard, Inc., Lynchburg, Virginia, pages 82 and 124. He married Mary Rebecca VanDiver at Burlington, Hampshire County, West Virginia, on 3 February 1869.¹ Robert Peyton Tabb emigrated in 1879 from Lafayette County, Missouri; They moved in the spring of the year and purchased the farm of Mr. Joyner. Robert died on 13 July 1910 at 'Neatwood', near Dover, Lafayette County, Missouri, at age 71.^2,3 His body was interred on 15 July 1910 at Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, at Higginsville City Cemetery.^4,3

     Harlan Page Tabb was employed. Harlan Page Tabb was born in Virginia on October 19, 1841, and served as a private in McNeill's Rangers, a partisan organization in the Confederate States Army, during the Civil War. He resided in Cumberland, Maryland, at the time of his enlistment (1 October 1864) and enlisted in Hardy County, West Virginia.

He participated in the Confederate raid on Cumberland, Maryland, on February 21, 1865, conducted by Captain Jesse McNeill, as his father (Captain J. Hanson McNeill) had been shot and wounded by his own men and later died in November 1864. The raid netted two Union generals; General George Crook and General Benjamin F. Kelley. The two generals were removed from their hotel rooms in the early morning hours while outside, there were 10,000 Union troops. Of course the raiders took the back roads through the mountains to avoid capture. Upon arriving at Harrisonburg three days later, General Crook exclaimed, “Gentlemen, this is the most brilliant exploit of the war!” The raiders transported the captives to Staunton while being doggedly pursued nearly the entire route by the Ringgold cavalry and Sheridan’s cavalry from Cumberland and Winchester respectively.

After a night in Staunton, they entrained for Richmond. On the way, Col. Mosby became a passenger on the same train. Among Mosby’s achievements was the capture of Gen . Edwin H. Stoughton at Fairfax Court House, Virginia. On the train when Mosby learned of the capture of Crook and Kelly, he extended his hand to Lieutenant Welton and said, “You boys have beaten me badly. The only way I can equal this is to go into Washington and bring out Lincoln!”

Since this event occurred as it did near the close of the war, the mind of the South was centered with deep and absorbing concern on Richmond, and a little later on Appomattox. As such, this event was brushed aside and forgotten. After the war, bread and meat problems became paramount concern, so many years passed before there was a reaction to this incident.

Harlan Page Tabb was paroled on May 10, 1865, in Romney, West Virginia. At that time he was described as having a dark complexion, dark hair, gray eyes, and was 6 feet tall. He died on November 19, 1926, and is buried in Mt. Hebron Cemetery in Winchester, VA. My father remembered “Uncle Harlan” when he was a young boy in the 1920s.

This summary was taken from the account entitled Two General Kidnaped, by J. W. Duffey. Harlan was born at Brooke County, Virginia, on 19 October 1841. He married Sarah Frances VanDiver at Hampshire County, West Virginia, on 29 March 1871. He married Mary (Mollie) Virginia Manuel on 2 June 1885. Harlan died on 19 November 1926 at age 85. His body was interred on 21 November 1926 at Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.

     Sarah was born at Hampshire County, Virginia, on 9 December 1847.¹ She married Harlan Page Tabb at Hampshire County, West Virginia, on 29 March 1871. Sarah died on 4 April 1883 at Virginia at age 35.¹ Her body was interred on 5 April 1883 at Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.

     Charles was born at Athens, Georgia, on 8 January 1853. He married Harriett Gertrude Deadwyler at Athens, Georgia, on 1 April 1884. Charles died on 15 July 1923 at Maysville, Georgia, at age 70.

     Mary was born on 1 December 1857. She married Harlan Page Tabb on 2 June 1885. Mary died on 10 February 1939 at Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, at age 81. Her body was interred in February 1939 at Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.

     Mollie was born at 'Stoney Meade', Frederick County, Virginia, on 27 March 1887. She married Alexander Parker Lyon III on 23 June 1917. Mollie died on 15 November 1977 at Okeechobee, Florida, at age 90. Her body was interred after 15 November 1977 at Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, at Allegheny Cemetery.

     Madge was born at 'Stoney Meade', Frederick County, Virginia, on 27 March 1887. She married James Howard Cather on 23 September 1914. Madge died on 29 May 1970 at age 83. Her body was interred on 30 May 1970 at Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.

     Alexander was born on 7 December 1887. He married Mollie Creighton Tabb on 23 June 1917. Alexander died on 16 April 1948 at age 60. He was buried after 16 April 1948 at Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

     James was born at Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, on 12 October 1881. He married Madge Harlan Tabb on 23 September 1914. James died on 4 September 1933 at Frederick County, Virginia, at age 51. His body was interred after 4 September 1933 at Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.

     James was born at Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, on 26 October 1922. He married Mary Allison Burges on 22 October 1944 at Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia. James "Jay" Howard Cather , Jr. died on 30 June 1986 at Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, at age 63.

     Alexander was born at Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, on 5 May 1918. Alexander died on 20 June 1951 at Okeechobee, Florida, at age 33. He was buried after 20 June 1951 at Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

     The following was written by Mary Rebecca Vandiver Tabb Taylor in about 1931 probably for Confederate Memorial Day.

DEDICATED TO CONFEDERATE VETERANS

Though seventy years have passed away
Since Southern heroes donned the gray
And fought for what they felt was right
With all their manhood, strength and might,
Our love has not grown less with years
And still, unbidden, fall the tears
On graves unmarked by e'en a stone,
The silent sleeper's name unknown.

Enough: he was a Southern boy---
Some father's pride -- some mother's joy,
And died to home and country true
In battle with the hosts in blue.

To all who fought 'neath stars and bars
And bearing still those honored scars---
Cheer up! The march will soon be done,
The bugle's calling one by one,
A few more pains, a few more tears,
The victory won: with silent cheers
Then lay this eartyly armor down
And wear in Heaven a starry crown.



Mary Rebecca Vandiver Tabb Taylor also wrote the following poem.

MEMORIES

Sitting alone at eventide
I gaze through a mist of tears
At the changes 'round our fireside
In the flight of a few short years
The vacant chairs a story tell
Of separations wide
Some gone to distant lands to dwell
Some on the other side.
Gladly would I again live o'er
Those years, tho fraught with care
For the labor of love is sweet to do
It's burdens easy to bear
Too slow, alas, we are to learn
That God's appointed way
Is to prize our blessings as they come
Enjoy them day by day.
We have no lease on future years
The present is ours alone
Then catch each day the brightest ray
Tomorrow it is gone. Mary was born at Burlington, Hampshire County, Virginia, on 8 July 1851.¹ She married Robert Peyton Tabb at Burlington, Hampshire County, West Virginia, on 3 February 1869.² Mary died on 30 October 1943 at Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri, at age 92.¹ Her body was interred after 30 October 1943 at Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, at Higginsville City Cemetery.¹

     Joseph died. Joseph was born. He married Ella May Tabb at Lafayette County, Missouri, on 21 February 1895.¹

     Ella was born at 'Hilltop Farm', Hampshire County, West Virginia, on 20 November 1869.¹ She married Joseph Page at Lafayette County, Missouri, on 21 February 1895.² She married Charles Holmes Tabb on 22 November 1921. She married Thomas Anderson Walker on 5 November 1932. Ella died on 30 July 1960 at Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri, at age 90.¹ Her body was interred after 30 July 1960 at Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, at Higginsville City Cemetery.¹

     George was born at 'Petit Place Farm', Hampshire County, West Virginia, on 26 September 1871.¹ He married Emma Wilson at St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, on 17 November 1909.² George died on 12 November 1929 at St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, at age 58.¹ His body was interred after 12 November 1929 at Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, at Higginsville City Cemetery.¹

     Emma died. Emma was born. She married George Brown Tabb at St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, on 17 November 1909.¹

     Hudson's occupation: Physician.. Hudson was born on 10 February 1874. He married Frances Page Tabb at St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, on 25 June 1902. Hudson Talbott died on 11 August 1964 at age 90.¹ He was buried after 11 August 1964 at Cave Hill Cemetery, Lousiville, Jefferson County, Kentucky.¹

     Frances was born at 'Petit Place Farm', Hampshire County, West Virginia, on 11 January 1873.¹ She married Hudson Talbott at St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, on 25 June 1902. Frances Page Tabb was buried in 1976 at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky.¹ Frances died in 1976 at Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky.¹

     Vance was born. He married Mary Frances Talbott on 20 June 1929.¹ Vance died on 8 October 1981.

     Mary was born on 7 January 1904. She married Vance Oliphant Smith on 20 June 1929.¹ Mary died in 1989.

     Charles was born on 29 October 1908. He married Suzette Mutrux at Clayton, St. Louis County, Missouri, on 24 October 1936. Charles died on 19 June 1981 at age 72.

     Suzette was born at Missouri on 21 February 1912. She married Charles Hudson Talbott at Clayton, St. Louis County, Missouri, on 24 October 1936. Suzette died on 30 March 1985 at San Francisco, California, at age 73.

     John was born on 12 May 1938. John died in 1958.

     Peyton was born at St. Louis, Missouri, on 29 April 1910.¹ He married Mildred Pence on 2 August 1939. Peyton died on 31 August 2000 at Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, at age 90.¹

     Mildred died. Mildred was born. She married Peyton Tabb Talbott on 2 August 1939.