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Joseph D. Tarbert

Male 1838 - 1914  (76 years)


 

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Tarbert Family History - Tarbert Family News Vol. 1, No. 1, page 2, "A Tarbert Family Newsletter" July 1997

Page 2 continued from page 1 Joseph moved the family to Cincinnati, Ohio, where they lived until 1875 while he worked in the building trades. Two sons were born during the families stay in Cincinnati. Frank was born Aug. 10, 1870, and Elmore on May 6, 1872. Joseph and Nancy next moved, with five children, to Worthington, Minnesota, where Joseph engaged in farming activities while working in the area as a carpenter. Three more children joined the family during the eleven-year stay in Worthington. Floyd was born Feb. 24, 1877, Nellie was born May 24, 1879, and the couple last-child, Clyde, was born June 7, 1881. Laura, the oldest daughter was nearly eighteen years old when Clyde was born, Two years later, on May 14, 1882, she became the bride of Marcus Cox. Exciting events were occurring to the west at this time. A settler had homesteaded in a beautiful little valley called Wild Rose Prairie in Washington Territory in 1882. The population of Spokane Falls - later shortened to Spokane - had grown to fifteen hundred. It was time for the Tarbert family to move. Records show the family arrived at Spokane Falls on May 6, 1884. It was Elmores twelfth birthday, Joseph was forty-six. The children ranged in age from eighteen years old Jennie to three years year old Clyde. Laura and Marcus Cox remained in Mimn., but would soon follow. Details of the move are not in public records. The Northern Pacific Railroad had reached Washington Territory in 1881, but some grandchildren were told the move was by covered wagons crossed the Spokane River on the Plantes Ferry just east of today's Felts Field. The family stayed in Spokane Fall for a short time while Joseph searched for a home site. He soon claimed land at Wild Rose Prairie (see Wild Rose Prairie - page 3) and began the construction of a fortified home (see Fort Tarbert-Page 4) l It was to serve as the family home and as an area fort against Indian attack. Joseph cleared and cultivated the quarter section and started farming as he continued practicing his carpentry trade. The Tarbert children grew to adulthood on the homestead, with the exception of Aletia. Aletia Tarbert died Jan. 15 1887 at nineteen years, two months and five days of age. Death was attributed to consumption (tuberculosis) aggravated by days and nights of concealment in the root cellar during Indian scares (see Fort Tarbert - Page 4). Aletia was buried at Wild Rose Cemetery see Wild Rosa Cemetery-Page 5) Spokane Fall suffered a devastating fire in 1889, creating an emergency need for Joseph's building construction skills. The family temporarily


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