Nelson J. Tabor

Nelson J. Tabor, farmer, section 4, sherman Township, was born Dec. 13, 1847, in Franklin Co., N.Y. He was educated in the common schools, and instructed in the duties of farm labor, in which he engaged independently at the age of 19, and on attaining his majority he came to Michigan and secured a homestead claim of 80 acres in sherman Township. He devoted himself without delay to its reclamation from a state of nature, and settled permanently, becoming a resident thereon in 1869. He has accomplished a good degree of successful effort and has 50 acres under cultivation and supplied with all necessary farm buildings and fixtures. Mr. Tabor is a Democrat.He was married March 23, 1883, in Cadillac, to Fanny Barton, and they are the parents of two children - Ernest and Orion W. Mrs. Tabor wss born July 20, 1854, in Big Prarie Township, Newaygo County, and is the daughter of Wiliam and Dorothy (French) Barton, natives respectively of the North of Ireland and of France. She is niece of Judge James Barton, whose abilities, position and public services in Newaygo County have acquired for him a fame which will live as long as the county has an organic existence. Mrs. Tabor has been educated with care, and when she was 20 years of age she entered the State Normal School at Ypsilanti, where she completed a course of study and was graduated. She has been a successful and popular teacher.

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