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Tabb first married in 1864—he had three children with his first wife: Harriet
Rutherford Tabb, William Barksdale Tabb Jr., and Sherrard Rutherford Tabb. After the death of his first wife in 1868, Tabb remarried in 1872—with his second wife, Pattie Cocke Masters, he had a daughter, Jennie Masters
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666:"The Tabb Family in the United States: William Barksdale Tabb"
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486:"The Seconds in the Late Duel: Bail Granted Them"
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518:"Pardon for Page McCarthy"
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