Tabb Monument Maps

Tabb Monument Description

Father John Bannister Tabb was born in Amelia County in 1845 to one of Tabb Monument marker in Amelia CountyVirginia’s wealthiest families. He served in the Confederate Navy on the blockade runner, the Robert E. Lee, and was one of the period’s finest Southern poets. His work was published in such renowned periodicals as Harpers, Cosmopolitan and The Atlantic. Tabb converted from Episcopalism to Catholicism in 1872 and was recruited by St. Charles College in Maryland to teach English grammar. He was ordained in 1884 and passed away in 1909. John Bannister TabbOn Nov. 7, 1936, the Forest Memo