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Elijah Tall

Birth	:	1786
Death	:	9 Aug 1862
Burial	:	Aaron Farm Cemetery, Taylors Island, Dorchester County, USA
Description	:	Elijah Tall (son of Anthony Tall and Delinah Webb) was born April 11, 1786 in Dorchester Co., Maryland, and died August 09, 1862 in Taylors Island, Dorchester Co., MD. He married Susan Aaron on January 18, 1808 in Taylors Island, Dorchester Co,. MD, daughter of William Aaron and Sally Phillips. Notes for Elijah Tall: Rewarded by Congress as one of the (Captain Joseph Stewart's boarding party) 42 captors of a British raiding party - known as the Becky Phipps incident the captured cannon stands at the Taylor's Island Bridge - and alone repulsed a British raiding party. Elijah Tall inherited the... Read More	Elijah Tall (son of Anthony Tall and Delinah Webb) was born April 11, 1786 in Dorchester Co., Maryland, and died August 09, 1862 in Taylors Island, Dorchester Co., MD. He married Susan Aaron on January 18, 1808 in Taylors Island, Dorchester Co,. MD, daughter of William Aaron and Sally Phillips. Notes for Elijah Tall: Rewarded by Congress as one of the (Captain Joseph Stewart's boarding party) 42 captors of a British raiding party - known as the Becky Phipps incident the captured cannon stands at the Taylor's Island Bridge - and alone repulsed a British raiding party. Elijah Tall inherited the south end of Punch Neck where the Tall house stands. He drove the raiding party out of Punch Island Creek firing from his property. This was last action of the War of 1812 in the Chesapeake area according to park ranger at Fort McHenry. Tombstone on Aaron Farm, Taylors Island, MD reads: Tall, Elijah d. Aug 9th 1862, aged 76 yrs. Attacked and fired on a British barge alone and put them to flight in the War of 1812 (Autumn 1814, This occurred at Punch Island Creek prior to "Becky Phipps" event of Feb. 7, 1815 British invaders from Admiral Cockburn's fleet anchored in the bay off the mouth of Punch Island Creek Captain John Brohawn's Co., 48th Regiment Dorchester Co. Militia--War of 1812 Served on vestry of Great Choptank Parish Christ Church. More About Elijah Tall: Occupation: farmer. More About Elijah Tall and Susan Aaron: Marriage: January 18, 1808, Taylors Island, Dorchester Co,. MD. Children of Elijah Tall and Susan Aaron are: Thomas J. Tall, b. February 11, 1810, d. September 22, 1842. John Tall, b. September 25, 1813, d. date unknown. William A. Tall, b. February 01, 1815, d. date unknown. George Washington Tall, b. April 04, 1817, d. date unknown. Elijah A. Tall, b. February 06, 1820, d. date unknown. +Francis Webb Tall, b. February 24, 1822, d. November 01, 1853. +Samuel Allen Tall, b. May 24, 1824, Taylors Island, Dorchester Co., MD, d. September 29, 1868, Taylors Island, Dorchester Co., MD. Hester Ann Tall, b. September 06, 1826, d. date unknown. Augustus Tall, b. December 24, 1828, d. date unknown. +Christopher Columbus Tall, b. August 06, 1831, Maryland, d. August 19, 1870, Maryland. Rueben T. Tall, b. March 04, 1834, d. date unknown. Susan Elizabeth Tall, b. May 10, 1837, d. date unknown.

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Elijah Tall's memorial is located at: Aaron Farm Cemetery, Taylors Island, Dorchester County, USA.
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Elijah Tall death on 9 Aug 1862 in

Family Members:

Spouse

Susan Aaron Tall

(1789 - 1856)

Children

Thomas J. Tall

(1810 - 1842)

Samuel Allen Tall

(1824 - 1868)

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