John Riley TabbAge: 90 years1854–1945
- Name
- John Riley Tabb
- Given names
- John Riley
- Surname
- Tabb
 Birth | July 23, 1854 31 26 |
 Birth of a brother | Joseph Warner Tabb October 16, 1856 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 2 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Birth of a sister | Susan E Tabb 1859 (Age 4 years) |
 Census | June 19, 1860 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Drucilla Frances Tabb 1861 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 6 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 12 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 12 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | John Patrick Shemwell July 1869 (Age 14 years) Cause: Inflammation of bowels |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 14 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Death of a sister | Susan E Tabb before 1870 (Age 15 years) Note: Not in 1870 Census -b |
| Census | October 6, 1870 (Age 16 years) |
 Civil marriage | Sarah Caroline Driskill — View this family March 8, 1877 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 23 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a son #1 | Elmer L Tabb 1879 (Age 24 years) |
| Death of a father | John L Tabb June 7, 1880 (Age 25 years) |
| Census | June 18, 1880 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Leslie Marmon Tabb October 28, 1880 (Age 26 years) |
| Death of a mother | Martha Ellen Shemwell after 1880 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Icy Tabb September 1882 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | William W Tabb September 1884 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | Thomas R Tabb June 1888 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a son #6 | Virgil J Tabb December 1890 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | Dicy L Tabb March 1893 (Age 38 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 43 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Census | June 7, 1900 (Age 45 years) |
| Death of a brother | Thomas W Tabb October 8, 1906 (Age 52 years) Cause: Consumption |
| Death of a brother | Jacob S “Bud” Tabb October 8, 1906 (Age 52 years) |
| Census | May 6, 1910 (Age 55 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 61 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a sister | Mary Jane Tabb September 18, 1917 (Age 63 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 62 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 63 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 75 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Death of a wife | Sarah Caroline Driskill March 22, 1930 (Age 75 years) |
| Census | April 8, 1930 (Age 75 years) |
| Death of a brother | Joseph Warner Tabb January 23, 1933 (Age 78 years) |
| Burial of a brother | Joseph Warner Tabb 1933 (Age 78 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gant Cemetery |
| Death of a sister | Drucilla Frances Tabb August 9, 1934 (Age 80 years) |
| Census | April 18, 1940 (Age 85 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 87 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
 Death | April 6, 1945 (Age 90 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John L Tabb Birth: January 31, 1823 — Virginia, United States Death: June 7, 1880 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Martha Ellen Shemwell Birth: January 8, 1828 22 24 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: after 1880 |
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Marriage: March 8, 1847 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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9 months elder brother |
Thomas W Tabb Birth: December 8, 1847 24 19 — Kentucky, United States Death: October 8, 1906 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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13 months elder brother |
Jacob S “Bud” Tabb Birth: 1848 24 19 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: October 8, 1906 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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5 years elder sister |
Mary Jane Tabb Birth: November 2, 1852 29 24 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: September 18, 1917 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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21 months himself |
John Riley Tabb Birth: July 23, 1854 31 26 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: April 6, 1945 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Joseph Warner Tabb Birth: October 16, 1856 33 28 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: January 23, 1933 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Susan E Tabb Birth: 1859 35 30 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: before 1870 — Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Drucilla Frances Tabb Birth: 1861 37 32 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: August 9, 1934 — Pea Ridge, Benton, Arkansas, United States |
| Family with Sarah Caroline Driskill |
| himself |
John Riley Tabb Birth: July 23, 1854 31 26 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: April 6, 1945 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Sarah Caroline Driskill Birth: September 15, 1850 — Kentucky, United States Death: March 22, 1930 — Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: March 8, 1877 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years son |
Elmer L Tabb Birth: 1879 24 28 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: |
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4 years daughter |
Icy Tabb Birth: September 1882 28 31 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: |
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2 years son |
William W Tabb Birth: September 1884 30 33 Death: |
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-4 years son |
Leslie Marmon Tabb Birth: October 28, 1880 26 30 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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8 years son |
Thomas R Tabb Birth: June 1888 33 37 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: |
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3 years son |
Virgil J Tabb Birth: December 1890 36 40 — Todds Point, Shelby, Kentucky, United States Death: |
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2 years daughter |
Dicy L Tabb Birth: March 1893 38 42 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: |
John Riley Tabb has 44 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (44)
Parents John Franklin Driskill + Barbara Jane Shemwell
Parents William Pidcock + Nancy Isabella Shemwell
Parents John Franklin Driskill + Nancy Isabella Shemwell
Parents William Henry Shemwell + Elizabeth Jane Tomerlin
Parents Samuel Black Shemwell + Martha Jane “Mattie” Pidcock
Parents John Pidcock + Mary Ann Shemwell
Parents John Patrick Shemwell Jr. + Mary Hester Sherrod
Parents James Lewis Shemwell + Eliza Ann “Lizia” Latham
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - John L Tabb - Household
Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Martha Ellen Shemwell - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - John Riley Tabb - Household
Todd, Kentucky, United States
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - John Riley Tabb - Household
Todd, Kentucky, United States
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - John Riley Tabb - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Elmer L Tabb - Household
Sharon and Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Elmer L Tabb - Household
Logan, Kentucky, United States
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