Benjamin F Taber | HistoryForge

Year	Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
1860	Taber, B F			36	White	New York		Master Boat Builder
1870	Taber, Benjamin F		65 W Seneca St	46	White	New York		Boat Builder
1880	Taber, Benjamin F	Head	63 W Seneca St	56	White	New York	Married	Boatbuilder Propr
1900	Taber, Benjamin F	Head	204 First St	76	White	New York	Married	Boat Builder

Name	Age	Race	POB	Occupation
Taber, Rebecca	31	White	New York	None
Taber, Charles	13	White	New York	None
Taber, Cassius	11	White	New York	None
Taber, Frederick	9	White	New York	None
Taber, Ada	5	White	New York	None
Taber, Ben	3mo	White	New York	None
Osborn, Sarah J	21	White	New York	Milliner

Name	Address	Age	Race	POB	Occupation
Taber, Rebecca A	65 W Seneca St	43	White	New York	None
Taber, Cassius N	65 W Seneca St	21	White	New York	Boat Builder
Taber, Fred C	65 W Seneca St	19	White	New York	Student CU
Taber, Benj F	65 W Seneca St	10	White	New York	None
Taber, Jennie	65 W Seneca St	7	White	New York	None
Corcoran, Bridget	65 W Seneca St	25	White	Ireland	Servant
Osburn, Sarah J	65 W Seneca St	31	White	New York	None

Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
Taber, Rebecca A	Wife	63 W Seneca St	51	White	New York	Married	Housekeeping
Taber Jr, Benjamin	Son	63 W Seneca St	20	White	New York	Single	Student
Osborne, Sarah J	Boarder	63 W Seneca St	41	White	New York	Single	Milliner

Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
Taber, Sarah J	Wife	204 First St	61	White	New York	Married	None

"He Was a Veteran Boat Builder, Well Known on the Lakes--Constructed Many of the Boats That Plied to and From This Port.
Benjamin F. Taber, one of the oldest and best-known citizens of this city, died at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon at his residence on Monroe street.
Mr. Taber was 85 years and 15 days of age at the time of his death. Mr. Taber was married twice. His first wife died some years ago. He later married again.
He is survived by his widow, Rebecca, and the following children: Fred, of Addison; B. Frank, a minister in Battle Creek, Mich.; Charles L., and Mrs. Edwin Gregory, of this city.
Benjamin F. Taber was born in the town of Ithaca February 4, 1824. He came of a family of boat-builders, his grandfather Jeduthun Taber, having been a ship-builder in New Bedford. The elder Taber came to this county in 1810 and bought a large tract of land at the head of the lake, where he conducted a tavern for many years and engaged in boat-building.
Benjamin F. Taber's father, Lloyd, was the second son of the first of the family to settle here, and he too, was a boat-builder, following his father's trade until his death.
The deceased man was the oldest child and only son of Lloyd Taber. He was educated in the common schools and the Ithaca Academy. At the age of 21 he became proprietor of a boat-building yard at the Inlet, which he conducted for many years. During his active years he built more than 250 boats for canal and river, 12 being steamers. He built the lake steamer Forest City, and also superintended the building of the hull of the Clara, for Charles Kellogg, which boat was launched in 18?8 and was then one of the finest on the lake. He employed from four to twenty men and built a large number of small boats.
Mr. Taber was identified with R.W. King in various other business ventures, and was at one time a partner of his uncle, Benjamin Taber, in the grain and transportation business. He was a republican in politics, and served the village of Ithaca as a trustee and was school commissioner for 20 years."

"B.F. Taber Called To His Reward: Aged and Respected Resident Died This Afternoon," Ithaca Daily Journal, February 19, 1909, 3, accessed September 27, 2024, https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=idj19090219-01.1.3

1909

Old 231 W Seneca St Ithaca

Benjamin Franklin Taber, 1824-1909
Son of Lloyd and Isabel Zeigler Taber
Cousin of Curtis and Henry Taber

Find a Grave Memorial for Benjamin Franklin Taber: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44435508/benjamin-franklin-taber

Benjamin F. Taber's Boatyard

1872 A.G. Bardin Map of Ithaca