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*[[Charles Tolliver]], American musician and composer |
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*[[Christopher Taliaferro]], American Indie-Folk musician |
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The following places are named '''Taliaferro''': |
The following places are named '''Taliaferro''': |
Revision as of 06:40, 10 February 2007
Taliaferro, Tolliver, or Toliver, all pronounced TAH-liv-er (IPA: 'tɑlɪvɚ),[1] is a prominent family in the United States commonwealth of Virginia and is the surname of the following persons:
- the father of Booker T. Washington (and the origin of the "T")
- Al Taliaferro, American comic strip artist
- Benjamin Taliaferro, United States representative from the State of Georgia
- Edith Taliaferro, American actress
- George Taliaferro, American football player
- James Taliaferro, United States Senator from Florida
- Lawrence Taliaferro, United States frontier agent
- Mabel Taliaferro, American actress
- Ray Taliaferro, American radio host
- Walter R. Taliaferro, American aviator
- William B. Taliaferro, Confederate States of America general
- Kay Toliver, American teacher
- Billy Joe Tolliver, American football player
- Charles Tolliver, American musician and composer
- Melba Tolliver, American journalist
- Christopher Taliaferro, American Indie-Folk musician
The following places are named Taliaferro:
- Taliaferro County, Georgia, United States, named for Benjamin Taliaferro
- Camp Taliaferro, Texas, United States, named for Walter R. Taliaferro
- T. C. Taliaferro House, Florida, United States
Tolliver can also refer to:
- Genesis (comics), a comic book character also known as Mister Tolliver
Notes
- ^ Gary R. Toms and James Pylant. "Talliaferro is Tolliver: Surnames Sound a Challenge for Researchers." Reprinted from American Genealogy Magazine, Vol. 13, Nos. 1 & 2 and revised 9 April 2006 at GenealogyMagazine.com. Accessed 6 January 2007.
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