Stephen Taber

Taber was born in Dover, New York on March 7, 1821, the son of Thomas Taber II and Phebe (Titus) Taber.{{cite book |date=1897 |title=Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Dutchess and Putnam |volume=1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4skpAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA212 |location=Chicago, IL |publisher=J. H. Beers & Co. |pages=212, 218 |via=Google Books}} He was educated in Dover and Poughkeepsie, moved to Queens, New York and engaged in farming and business.{{cite book |author=Joint Committee on Printing, U.S. Congress |date=1950 |title=Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JrXYvgrwkM0C&pg=PA1891 |location=Washington, DC |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=1891 |via=Google Books}}

In addition to farming, Taber assisted in organizing the Long Island North Shore Transportation Company in 1861 and served as its president for several years. He was also a director of the Long Island Rail Road. After moving to Roslyn, New York, he became the first president of the Roslyn Savings Bank in 1876. Taber also helped establish a steamboat route between Roslyn and New York City.{{cite book |last1=Russell |first1=Ellen Fletcher |last2=Russell |first2=Sargent |date=2009 |title=Images of America: Roslyn |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LQvgkMHiKAkC&pg=PA63 |location=Charleston, SC |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |page=63 |isbn=978-0-7385-6505-7 |via=Google Books}} As a booster of Roslyn's local economy, Taber took steps to make the village a tourist attraction, including constructing an observation tower and picnic area at the top of Harbor Hill, where Clarence Hungerford Mackay later constructed a mansion.

A Democrat, Taber was a member of the New York State Assembly (Queens Co., 1st D.) in 1860 and 1861.

In 1864 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives. He was reelected in 1866, and served in the 39th and 40th Congresses (March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869).

Taber died in New York City on April 23, 1886. He was buried at Roslyn Cemetery in Roslyn.

In 1845, Taber married Rosetta M. Townsend. They were the parents of five children—Samuel T., William T., Adelaide, Gertrude, and Thomas T.

Taber was the first cousin of George T. Pierce, who served in the New York State Assembly and New York State Senate.{{cite news |date=March 24, 1862 |title=Death Notice, Hon. Thomas Taber |url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings//epolhiibezbpbcoljesitotfzgppzfoo_wma-gateway010_1663887180962 |work=Albany Evening Journal |location=Albany, NY |page=2 |via=GenealogyBank.com |url-access=subscription}}

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