Harriet (Runnels) Tarbox (1799 - 1886)

Born 6 Mar 1799 in Haverhill, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Abner Tarbox — married 12 Mar 1829 in Piermont, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States

Died 7 Jun 1886 at age 87 in Orford, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

Harriet Runnels was born 6 MAR 1799 at Haverhill, Grafton, New Hampshire, daughter of Nathaniel Runnels and Mary Merrill. She died 7 JUN 1886 at Orford, Grafton, New Hampshire.

Harriet Runnels married 12 Mar 1829 ^[1] at Piermont, Grafton, New Hampshire to Abner Tarbox,

Children (TARBOX):

1. William Abner Tarbox, born 18 OCT 1862 at Piermont, New Hampshire and died 25 October 1932 at Piermont NH. He married Castara Fuller.
2. Kate A Tarbox, born 8 NOV 1864 at Piermont, Grafton, New Hampshire and died 22 SEP 1889 at Orford, Piermont New Hampshire. She died the same day as her still born son was delivered. This was her only child. Death certificate states cause of death as heart failure. Kate married on 5 Dec 1885 at Piermont, Grafton, New Hampshire to Elzi Rendell Westgate.
3. Hattie F Tarbox, born in 1865 in Piermont NH. Shown in 1870 US Census living with her parents. Reportedly died around 1880
4. James Henry Tarbox, born 6 APR 1866 at Piermont, Grafton, New Hampshire; died 16 FEB 1955 at St. Albens,Franklin,Vermont. He married Isabel C "Belle" "Isobel" Vinjum.
5. Charles Allen Tarbox, born 28 MAR 1868 at Orford, Grafton, New Hampshire; and died 27 APR 1926 at Bradford, Orange, Vermont. He m1) Martha L. Horton, 2 children; He m2d) Eunice Belle Glover, 3 children.
6. Mary Ellen "Mamie" Tarbox, born OCT 1870 at Orford, Grafton, New Hampshire; died 27 SEP 1931 at Piermont New Hampshire. She married Harrison "Harry" Atwood.
7. Fred "Freddie" Tarbox, born 25 FEB 1872 at Orford, Grafton, New Hampshire, and died 28 JAN 1883 at Orford, New Hampshire. Cause of death: cerebro-spinal meningitis.

Sources

1. ↑ "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLXW-GYT : 1 August 2022), Abner Tarbox and Harriet Runnels, 1829.

• "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLXW-GYT : 1 August 2022), Abner Tarbox and Harriet Runnels, 1829.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/245088405/harriet-tarbox: accessed 18 July 2023), memorial page for Harriet Runnels Tarbox (1799–7 Jun 1886), Find a Grave Memorial ID 245088405, citing Cedar Grove Cemetery, Piermont, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA; Maintained by Barbara P. (contributor 49654259).

Acknowledgments

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