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29, 1808. His parents were Quakers. His
father was a farmer, and in his boyhood the son
worked on the farm and attended school. On
completing his education in the institution
he went to sea,
known as "The Old Academy"
and made voyages in merchantmen for several
years. In 1832 he became a captain and continued
to follow the sea for several years, sail-
ing principally from New York for European
ports. He finally retired to his farm in Fairhaven,
where he spent the balance of his life,
dying on Dec. 12, 1901, at the age of ninetythree
years, in the same room in which he was
born. Captain Taber was repeatedly honored
with offices in the town government and served
as selectman and overseer of the poor almost
"Mayflower" ancestors, three on their father's
side and four'^^n their mother's. . Mr. Taber
has in his possession a deed dated 1672, given
by John Cook, one of the "Mayflower" Pilgrims
and one of the original purchasers of Dartmouth,
to his son-in-law, Thomas Taber (II).
This deed conveyed land in Fairhaven, a part
of which has never been deeded since, being
handed down from father to son, and now belonging
to Mr. Taber.
(VII) John Huttlestox Taber, son of
George Hathaway and Eliza Parker (Bates)
Taber, was born Jan. 16, 1862, and now makes
his home in San Francisco, Cal. In 1892 he
married Mary Arthur Frick, of Danville, Pa.,
and they have three children: Mary Hath-
away, born Oct. 15, 1893; John Huttleston,
June, 1895; Alexander Frick, September, 1899.
MAYNAED ALTON DAVIS. One of the
business institutions of which the people of
Brockton and the adjacent towns can feel justly
proud in these days
is the Brockton Public
continuously from 1850 to 1890. He was a
member of the board of directors of the Fairhaven
Institution for Savings from its inception,
and was its president from 1880 to the
time of his death. He was also a trustee of
the Millicent Library, of Fairhaven, in which
he took a keen interest. He was deeply interested
in Freemasonry, and the Masonic lodge
in Fairhaven and the building occupied by it
were named for him during his lifetime. Up
to and beyond his ninetieth year he continued
vigorous and participated actively in the business
and social life of Fairhaven, which knew
him so long. In 1858 he married Eliza Parker,
daughter of Joseph and Prudence (Nye) Bates,
of Fairhaven, and two sons were born to them:
George Hathaway, born Jan. 20, 1859, and
John Huttleston, born Jan. 16, 1862.
(VII) George Hathaway Taber (2), son
of George Hathaway and Eliza Parker (Bates)
Taber, was born Jan. 20, 1859, and is now living
in Pittsburgli, Pa. He married Jan. 11,
1887, Bessie Fessenden, daughter of George L.
Market, carrying
and Mary (Hoxie) Fessenden, of Sandwich,
Mass., and they have had children as follows:
George Hathawav, born Jan. 4, 1890 ; Mildred
Fessenden, Jan. 20, 1892; Philip. Jan. 9, 1894;
Laura Hathaway Nye, Jan. 4, 1896; and Elisabeth
Fessenden, May 28, 1899 (died Jan. 11,
1900). These children have at least seven
one of the largest and most
complete stocks in the New England States.
The career of the gentleman who is its founder
and presiding genius presents many points worthy
of commendation, for although a resident
of the community for but a little over a decade
he has become one of the best-known business
men in this section of the Commonwealth.
Owing to the loss of his father when he was
but a few days old, Mr. Davis was early compelled
to seek his own livelihood; beginning
life with no capital save a goodly amount of
boundless energy and a resolute purpose, he has
pushed his way upward against hindering obstacles.
In the best sense of the word he is a
self-made man, but merit commands recognition,
and the deserving find doors opening and
the way growing plainer as -they go forward.
Courage, fidelity, thrift and integrity are the
prices that must be paid, and Mr. Davis has
settled in a large measure for all that favoring
fate or fortune has brought him. Born of
sturdy and thrifty ancestry, he has inherited
those traits which have materially assisted him
in "the battle of life."
Maynard Gardner Davis, father of Maynard
Alton, was a native of Vermont, where he was
engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was born
in Richford, Vt., son of Gardner Davis, a tanner,
and after attending the neighboring
schools settled down to the life of a farmer,
at wliich occupation he continued until the
outbreak of the Civil war, when he promptly
offered his services to his country, enlisting in
Company G, 32d Maine V. I. He continued
in the service until the battle of Spottsylvania
Court House, which lasted from May 8 to May
18, 1864, and which was the second greatest
battle of that war, 18,000 men being killed and
wounded ; and there he lost his life, the victim
of a Confederate picket's shot. Mr. Davis married
Adeline Little, who died in Poland, Maine,
the mother of three sons, as follows: Dellazon
A., who is unmarried and resides in Brockton,
an employee at the Brockton Public Market ;
Donizetta I., a mechanical engineer, who died
in Montana in 1889; and Maynard Alton.