ROBERT CALVIN TAPP was born March 18, 1856, on the place where he now resides, in Hopkins County, Ky. His father, Vincent Tapp, a native of Person County, N. C., was born in 1825, and removed with his parents, in 1833, to Hopkins County, Ky., where he died in 1865. He was a merchant and farmer. He was the son of Eli Tapp, who was born in North Carolina in 1797, and died in 1852. His wife, Sarah Lunsford, daughter of Jesse and Elizabeth Lunsford, was born in Person County, N. C., 1797, died 1841. Vincent married Emily O. daughter of Waller and Elizabeth (Barr) Pritchett, of Hopkins County (born in 1831), and to them were born Elizabeth L., wife of W. C. Brown, and subject, R. C. Tapp, who was married, December 4, 1878, to Miss Lula, daughter of Thomas M. and L. J. (Ashby) Jones, of Hopkins County (born March 30, 1861), and this union has been blessed with two children, viz.: Willis and Hal Jackson. Our subject is a farmer, owning 150 acres of good land, in a fine state of cultivation, on which he successfully grows tobacco and the cereals of the country. He also takes a progressive interest in improved breeds of live stock. Mr. Tapp is identified in politics with the Democratic party.
Source: J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin. Kentucky. A History of the State. Louisville, KY, Chicago, IL: Battey, 1885. Page 1050.