John Tackaberry was a circuit rider in the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Tackaberry was born in Ballycanew, Ireland on 8th September, 1799. There he converted to Methodism, joining the class lead by James Wilson. His brother Fossey Tackaberry also converted, and became a reverend.[1]
In 1821 he received a licence to preach. He was then sent by Upper Canada's presiding elder William Case to assist Isaac Puffer on the Niagara circuit.[1] The 1822 Genesee declined to receive him on trial as a circuit rider, citing his rash and assuming character. This was the result of his having criticised the sermons of Case. Rebuked, he moved to the United States, where in 1826 he was ordained a deacon. He was received on trial as a circuit rider by the Pittsburgh conference in 1829, and transferred to the New York conference in 1829.[2]
After his appointment to the Stanford circuit in 1840, he was superannuated, owing to ill health. He continued to preach as his health allowed until 1844, when even that became too burdensome. He died on 9th May, 1852, in New York, of a fever.[3]