Henry Taubman 1879

TAUBMAN, CURRENT, FAIRBROTHER

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Date: 1/24/2010 at 15:32:48

HENRY TAUBMAN, merchant tailor and dealer in ready-made clothing and gents' furnishing goods, Main street, Maquoketa; is a native of the Isle of Man, and was born Dec. 3, 1827; when 20 years of age, he came to America, in 1847; he came to Iowa to Jackson Co. and located in Maquoketa in the spring of 1850, and engaged in tailoring and has carried on that business here in Maquoketa longer than any merchant tailor in Jackson Co. He has been twice married; his first wife was Miss Maloa Current, from Canada; she died in February, 1871, leaving six children, five sons and one daughter - Thomas E. (living in Sac Co.), William (living in Sac Co.), Lee (engaged in business with his father), Linn, Andy, Emma. During the present year, Mr. Taubman was united in marriage to Miss Laura Fairbrother, daughter of Alvin Fairbrother, one of the earliest settlers now living in Jackson Co. - 1879 History of Jackson county, Iowa, pg 639-640