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Gurdon Lucius Tarbox

Birth	:	4 Oct 1888
Death	:	25 Aug 1971
Burial	:	Boonsboro Cemetery, Boonsboro, Washington County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.5045100, -77.6524700
Description	:	See Gurdon's brother John's obituary, which includes: "Mr Tarbox and his brother, Gurdon L. Tarbox, combined their talents on July 12, 1911, to complete the first airplane flight made by native South Carolinians... The flight was made in a Curtis biplane piloted by Gurdon Tarbox... One of the genesis of the automatic pilot... is the invention of a South Carolinian, John Preston Tarbox, whose brother Gurdon first demonstrated it at Willowbank Plantation on Black River July 12, 1911. With the stabilizer a proven success, the Tarbox brothers... organized the Tarbox Safety Aircraft Company. Demonstrations were given before army and navy officials in Washington..." In... Read More	See Gurdon's brother John's obituary, which includes: "Mr Tarbox and his brother, Gurdon L. Tarbox, combined their talents on July 12, 1911, to complete the first airplane flight made by native South Carolinians... The flight was made in a Curtis biplane piloted by Gurdon Tarbox... One of the genesis of the automatic pilot... is the invention of a South Carolinian, John Preston Tarbox, whose brother Gurdon first demonstrated it at Willowbank Plantation on Black River July 12, 1911. With the stabilizer a proven success, the Tarbox brothers... organized the Tarbox Safety Aircraft Company. Demonstrations were given before army and navy officials in Washington..." In a 2003 interview, Gurdon's son said: "My father was raised in Georgetown. And he left about 1912 or 13 to go to college. He went to Clemson for a little while, then he finished at North Carolina State. He took mechanical engineering. Before that came about, he was an adventurous young man. He was a great hunter, and he loved this area, just really loved it. His brother, Preston Tarbox had bought an airplane in 1911, and talked my father into becoming a pilot. So he learned to fly, and they had an airstrip on Willowbank Plantation, and they tested some equipment there and it was successful. And then my father ... moved to New Jersey because he was building airplanes. There he met my mother and there I was born. But we've always come back to Georgetown, because my father's father was still living; his family was here. I came down here permanently in 1954, because I'd been hired by Mr. Huntington to start work at Brookgreen Gardens." (From http://artsandsciences.sc.edu/talesofthetidelands/archive/transcripts/tarbox_gurdon.pdf)

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Gurdon Lucius Tarbox's memorial is located at: Boonsboro Cemetery, Boonsboro, Washington County, USA.
When did Gurdon Lucius Tarbox death?
Gurdon Lucius Tarbox death on 25 Aug 1971 in
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Latitude: 39.5045100
Longitude: -77.6524700

Family Members:

Parent

Frank Green Tarbox

(1856 - 1940)

Mattie Florence Richardson Tarbox

(1865 - 1892)

Spouse

Lillie Hodgson Tarbox

(1898 - 1991)

Siblings

John Preston Tarbox

(1884 - 1965)

Helen Tarbox Turner

(1886 - 1972)

Frank Green Tarbox Jr.

(1887 - 1968)

John William Tarbox

(1890 - 1890)

Alfred Glennie Tarbox

(1891 - 1893)

Herbert Glennie Tarbox

(1896 - 1961)

Children

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Boonsboro Cemetery
Boonsboro, Washington County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5045100, -77.6524700

2. Trinity Reformed United Church of Christ Cemetery
Boonsboro, Washington County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5058300, -77.6542800

3. Old Salem Church Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.5062590, -77.6543710

4. Abraham Lemaster Gravesite
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Coordinate: 39.5084763, -77.6521835

5. Zittlestown Church of God Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.4878300, -77.6269200

6. Mount Carmel Church Cemetery
Keedysville, Washington County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4724998, -77.6564026

7. Mount Hebron Cemetery
Keedysville, Washington County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4824982, -77.6900024

8. Snyder Farm Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.4641300, -77.6618000

9. Fairview Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.4882200, -77.7023600

10. Benevola United Methodist Church Cemetery
Benevola, Washington County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5452000, -77.6745000

11. Mount Zion Mennonite Church Cemetery
Mapleville, Washington County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5525017, -77.6530991

12. Red Hill Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.4700100, -77.6989400

13. Mount Tabor Church Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.4795900, -77.5889800

14. Mount Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery
Locust Grove, Washington County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4478760, -77.6637726

15. Jerusalem Cemetery
Jerusalem, Frederick County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5235200, -77.5796600

16. Mount Lena United Brethren Church Graveyard
Mount Lena, Washington County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5624313, -77.6319504

17. Manor Church of the Brethren Cemetery
Tilghmanton, Washington County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5285988, -77.7264023

18. Pleasant Walk United Methodist Church Cemetery
Myersville, Frederick County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5426200, -77.5856300

19. Emmert Graveyard
Tilghmanton, Washington County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5265850, -77.7306050

20. Mount Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery
Myersville, Frederick County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5127983, -77.5686035

21. Saint Pauls Lutheran Church Cemetery
Myersville, Frederick County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5072600, -77.5672600

22. Mount Briar Cemetery
Washington County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4427986, -77.6864014

23. Rohrersville Cemetery
Rohrersville, Washington County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4333000, -77.6619034

24. Locust Valley First Church of God Cemetery
Middletown, Frederick County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4346000, -77.6269800