Paul McCabe was born in Tarboro, Edgecombe Co, NC, the 3rd of 5 children (4 boys/ 1 girl) born to Alexander McCabe & Mary Moore.
an His father came to Tarboro from New York just after the Civil War where he met and married local Mary Moore, daughter of Samuel E. and Alsey Moore. By 1882, his parents built a large home on West St. John Street, which is now destroyed. Alexander McCabe is remembered as a radical rabble-rouser, fist-fighter, and heavy drinker. Soon after his arrival in Tarboro, his father joined the Republican party and quickly became enmeshed in local politics during the Reconstruction Period following the war. In 1866 Alexander McCabe was elected magistrate, and later went on to become town commissioner, during which time he was involved in several highly-charged incidents.
Paul was 6 years old when his father died of consumption, and he lost his mother a few years later. Now orphans, Paul and his two younger brothers, Ivey and Julian, were taken in and raised by his mother's brother, Bartholomew "B.F" Moore, who was a roof tinner in Tarboro. Paul's brother, Ivey, would marry Florence Zander in 1905, daughter of Jewish immigrant merchants, Joseph & Esther Zander; and Paul would play violin at the wedding of Gertrude Zander in 1909, held at the "Hart-Zander" house on Main Street.
Paul married about 1902 to an Edgecombe county girl, Lucy Knight, daughter of Robert A. & Rushian Knight, of Lower Conetoe. The couple would have 3 children, but only their daughter, Mary, survived to adulthood. This daughter would later marry, and name her only son, Paul McCabe Godfrey, after her father.
Paul McCabe was a printer by trade, but in 1920 he became manager of the Colonial Theatre (SHOWN HERE) soon after it opened on Main Street, the first theatre to show motion pictures in the area.
Paul died in 1925 at age 50. He is buried near his wife, children, and grandchild. His gravestone indicates he was a Mason as well.
an His father came to Tarboro from New York just after the Civil War where he met and married local Mary Moore, daughter of Samuel E. and Alsey Moore. By 1882, his parents built a large home on West St. John Street, which is now destroyed. Alexander McCabe is remembered as a radical rabble-rouser, fist-fighter, and heavy drinker. Soon after his arrival in Tarboro, his father joined the Republican party and quickly became enmeshed in local politics during the Reconstruction Period following the war. In 1866 Alexander McCabe was elected magistrate, and later went on to become town commissioner, during which time he was involved in several highly-charged incidents.
Paul was 6 years old when his father died of consumption, and he lost his mother a few years later. Now orphans, Paul and his two younger brothers, Ivey and Julian, were taken in and raised by his mother's brother, Bartholomew "B.F" Moore, who was a roof tinner in Tarboro. Paul's brother, Ivey, would marry Florence Zander in 1905, daughter of Jewish immigrant merchants, Joseph & Esther Zander; and Paul would play violin at the wedding of Gertrude Zander in 1909, held at the "Hart-Zander" house on Main Street.
Paul married about 1902 to an Edgecombe county girl, Lucy Knight, daughter of Robert A. & Rushian Knight, of Lower Conetoe. The couple would have 3 children, but only their daughter, Mary, survived to adulthood. This daughter would later marry, and name her only son, Paul McCabe Godfrey, after her father.
Paul McCabe was a printer by trade, but in 1920 he became manager of the Colonial Theatre (SHOWN HERE) soon after it opened on Main Street, the first theatre to show motion pictures in the area.
Paul died in 1925 at age 50. He is buried near his wife, children, and grandchild. His gravestone indicates he was a Mason as well.
Paul McCabe was born in Tarboro, Edgecombe Co, NC, the 3rd of 5 children (4 boys/ 1 girl) born to Alexander McCabe & Mary Moore.
an His father came to Tarboro from New York just after the Civil War where he met and married local Mary Moore, daughter of Samuel E. and Alsey Moore. By 1882, his parents built a large home on West St. John Street, which is now destroyed. Alexander McCabe is remembered as a radical rabble-rouser, fist-fighter, and heavy drinker. Soon after his arrival in Tarboro, his father joined the Republican party and quickly became enmeshed in local politics during the Reconstruction Period following the war. In 1866 Alexander McCabe was elected magistrate, and later went on to become town commissioner, during which time he was involved in several highly-charged incidents.
Paul was 6 years old when his father died of consumption, and he lost his mother a few years later. Now orphans, Paul and his two younger brothers, Ivey and Julian, were taken in and raised by his mother's brother, Bartholomew "B.F" Moore, who was a roof tinner in Tarboro. Paul's brother, Ivey, would marry Florence Zander in 1905, daughter of Jewish immigrant merchants, Joseph & Esther Zander; and Paul would play violin at the wedding of Gertrude Zander in 1909, held at the "Hart-Zander" house on Main Street.
Paul married about 1902 to an Edgecombe county girl, Lucy Knight, daughter of Robert A. & Rushian Knight, of Lower Conetoe. The couple would have 3 children, but only their daughter, Mary, survived to adulthood. This daughter would later marry, and name her only son, Paul McCabe Godfrey, after her father.
Paul McCabe was a printer by trade, but in 1920 he became manager of the Colonial Theatre (SHOWN HERE) soon after it opened on Main Street, the first theatre to show motion pictures in the area.
Paul died in 1925 at age 50. He is buried near his wife, children, and grandchild. His gravestone indicates he was a Mason as well.
an His father came to Tarboro from New York just after the Civil War where he met and married local Mary Moore, daughter of Samuel E. and Alsey Moore. By 1882, his parents built a large home on West St. John Street, which is now destroyed. Alexander McCabe is remembered as a radical rabble-rouser, fist-fighter, and heavy drinker. Soon after his arrival in Tarboro, his father joined the Republican party and quickly became enmeshed in local politics during the Reconstruction Period following the war. In 1866 Alexander McCabe was elected magistrate, and later went on to become town commissioner, during which time he was involved in several highly-charged incidents.
Paul was 6 years old when his father died of consumption, and he lost his mother a few years later. Now orphans, Paul and his two younger brothers, Ivey and Julian, were taken in and raised by his mother's brother, Bartholomew "B.F" Moore, who was a roof tinner in Tarboro. Paul's brother, Ivey, would marry Florence Zander in 1905, daughter of Jewish immigrant merchants, Joseph & Esther Zander; and Paul would play violin at the wedding of Gertrude Zander in 1909, held at the "Hart-Zander" house on Main Street.
Paul married about 1902 to an Edgecombe county girl, Lucy Knight, daughter of Robert A. & Rushian Knight, of Lower Conetoe. The couple would have 3 children, but only their daughter, Mary, survived to adulthood. This daughter would later marry, and name her only son, Paul McCabe Godfrey, after her father.
Paul McCabe was a printer by trade, but in 1920 he became manager of the Colonial Theatre (SHOWN HERE) soon after it opened on Main Street, the first theatre to show motion pictures in the area.
Paul died in 1925 at age 50. He is buried near his wife, children, and grandchild. His gravestone indicates he was a Mason as well.
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