Son of Freeman Taber and Louisa Dean, he married Rebecca Holmes Lund in 1850.
Their known children:
1. Louisa Austin, b. 1851, d. 1944, m. William Swift Prior
2. Rebecca Eaton, b. 1854, d. 1923, m. Moses Patten Parker
His obituary follows.
Lake Como - Capt. Charles Austen Mendell Taber, a highly esteemed and regular winter guest of Como, Florida, passed peacefully into rest on Sunday, January 29th, at 5 p.m., at the home of his son-in-law, Mr. Moses P. Parker, Wakefield, Massachusetts, of heart failure, at the age of 87 years.
The funeral services were held at the home of Mr. M. P. Parker on Tuesday, January 31. Services were conducted by the rector of the Immanuel Episcopal Church. The hymns, "Crossing the Bar," and "Lead Kindly Light" were sung by a quartet from Harvard University. The interment was at New Bedford, Massachusetts.
About twenty-five year ago Captain Taber came to Lake Como with his wife and daughter. Mrs. Taber died Sept. 8, 1901. When quite a young boy Capt. Taber choose the life of a mariner, and at the age of 21, was made captain of a whaling vessel and was known as "the boy." He was always a great student, and the long voyages which commenced in 1839 and ended in 1862, gave him the knowledge which enabled him in after years to write many scientific works. During these long voyages he sailed the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, and his leisure hours were spent in scientific research of ocean currents and their effect on climate changes. One publication of his, "The Coming Ice Age", and other works have attracted the commendation of scientists in this country and abroad. His first publication was in 1881 and in 1901 he wrote and published a book of poems, "The Voyage of Columbus," and other poems.
Captain Taber was loved and esteemed by the people of Como. He was kind, generous, with a loving disposition.
The deceased was born at Rochester, Mass., and leaves two daughters, Mrs. Moses P. Parker of Wakefield, Mass.; and Mrs. W. S. Prior of Como, Fla., and other relatives, to whom the sympathy of Como friends is extended in this hour of sorrow. (Times-Herald Obituary dated Friday, 10 Feb 1911.)
Obit courtesy of Mack Wills (#46912082)
Their known children:
1. Louisa Austin, b. 1851, d. 1944, m. William Swift Prior
2. Rebecca Eaton, b. 1854, d. 1923, m. Moses Patten Parker
His obituary follows.
Lake Como - Capt. Charles Austen Mendell Taber, a highly esteemed and regular winter guest of Como, Florida, passed peacefully into rest on Sunday, January 29th, at 5 p.m., at the home of his son-in-law, Mr. Moses P. Parker, Wakefield, Massachusetts, of heart failure, at the age of 87 years.
The funeral services were held at the home of Mr. M. P. Parker on Tuesday, January 31. Services were conducted by the rector of the Immanuel Episcopal Church. The hymns, "Crossing the Bar," and "Lead Kindly Light" were sung by a quartet from Harvard University. The interment was at New Bedford, Massachusetts.
About twenty-five year ago Captain Taber came to Lake Como with his wife and daughter. Mrs. Taber died Sept. 8, 1901. When quite a young boy Capt. Taber choose the life of a mariner, and at the age of 21, was made captain of a whaling vessel and was known as "the boy." He was always a great student, and the long voyages which commenced in 1839 and ended in 1862, gave him the knowledge which enabled him in after years to write many scientific works. During these long voyages he sailed the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, and his leisure hours were spent in scientific research of ocean currents and their effect on climate changes. One publication of his, "The Coming Ice Age", and other works have attracted the commendation of scientists in this country and abroad. His first publication was in 1881 and in 1901 he wrote and published a book of poems, "The Voyage of Columbus," and other poems.
Captain Taber was loved and esteemed by the people of Como. He was kind, generous, with a loving disposition.
The deceased was born at Rochester, Mass., and leaves two daughters, Mrs. Moses P. Parker of Wakefield, Mass.; and Mrs. W. S. Prior of Como, Fla., and other relatives, to whom the sympathy of Como friends is extended in this hour of sorrow. (Times-Herald Obituary dated Friday, 10 Feb 1911.)
Obit courtesy of Mack Wills (#46912082)
Son of Freeman Taber and Louisa Dean, he married Rebecca Holmes Lund in 1850.
Their known children:
1. Louisa Austin, b. 1851, d. 1944, m. William Swift Prior
2. Rebecca Eaton, b. 1854, d. 1923, m. Moses Patten Parker
His obituary follows.
Lake Como - Capt. Charles Austen Mendell Taber, a highly esteemed and regular winter guest of Como, Florida, passed peacefully into rest on Sunday, January 29th, at 5 p.m., at the home of his son-in-law, Mr. Moses P. Parker, Wakefield, Massachusetts, of heart failure, at the age of 87 years.
The funeral services were held at the home of Mr. M. P. Parker on Tuesday, January 31. Services were conducted by the rector of the Immanuel Episcopal Church. The hymns, "Crossing the Bar," and "Lead Kindly Light" were sung by a quartet from Harvard University. The interment was at New Bedford, Massachusetts.
About twenty-five year ago Captain Taber came to Lake Como with his wife and daughter. Mrs. Taber died Sept. 8, 1901. When quite a young boy Capt. Taber choose the life of a mariner, and at the age of 21, was made captain of a whaling vessel and was known as "the boy." He was always a great student, and the long voyages which commenced in 1839 and ended in 1862, gave him the knowledge which enabled him in after years to write many scientific works. During these long voyages he sailed the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, and his leisure hours were spent in scientific research of ocean currents and their effect on climate changes. One publication of his, "The Coming Ice Age", and other works have attracted the commendation of scientists in this country and abroad. His first publication was in 1881 and in 1901 he wrote and published a book of poems, "The Voyage of Columbus," and other poems.
Captain Taber was loved and esteemed by the people of Como. He was kind, generous, with a loving disposition.
The deceased was born at Rochester, Mass., and leaves two daughters, Mrs. Moses P. Parker of Wakefield, Mass.; and Mrs. W. S. Prior of Como, Fla., and other relatives, to whom the sympathy of Como friends is extended in this hour of sorrow. (Times-Herald Obituary dated Friday, 10 Feb 1911.)
Obit courtesy of Mack Wills (#46912082)
Their known children:
1. Louisa Austin, b. 1851, d. 1944, m. William Swift Prior
2. Rebecca Eaton, b. 1854, d. 1923, m. Moses Patten Parker
His obituary follows.
Lake Como - Capt. Charles Austen Mendell Taber, a highly esteemed and regular winter guest of Como, Florida, passed peacefully into rest on Sunday, January 29th, at 5 p.m., at the home of his son-in-law, Mr. Moses P. Parker, Wakefield, Massachusetts, of heart failure, at the age of 87 years.
The funeral services were held at the home of Mr. M. P. Parker on Tuesday, January 31. Services were conducted by the rector of the Immanuel Episcopal Church. The hymns, "Crossing the Bar," and "Lead Kindly Light" were sung by a quartet from Harvard University. The interment was at New Bedford, Massachusetts.
About twenty-five year ago Captain Taber came to Lake Como with his wife and daughter. Mrs. Taber died Sept. 8, 1901. When quite a young boy Capt. Taber choose the life of a mariner, and at the age of 21, was made captain of a whaling vessel and was known as "the boy." He was always a great student, and the long voyages which commenced in 1839 and ended in 1862, gave him the knowledge which enabled him in after years to write many scientific works. During these long voyages he sailed the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, and his leisure hours were spent in scientific research of ocean currents and their effect on climate changes. One publication of his, "The Coming Ice Age", and other works have attracted the commendation of scientists in this country and abroad. His first publication was in 1881 and in 1901 he wrote and published a book of poems, "The Voyage of Columbus," and other poems.
Captain Taber was loved and esteemed by the people of Como. He was kind, generous, with a loving disposition.
The deceased was born at Rochester, Mass., and leaves two daughters, Mrs. Moses P. Parker of Wakefield, Mass.; and Mrs. W. S. Prior of Como, Fla., and other relatives, to whom the sympathy of Como friends is extended in this hour of sorrow. (Times-Herald Obituary dated Friday, 10 Feb 1911.)
Obit courtesy of Mack Wills (#46912082)
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