Augusta Tabor Estate Papers

Collection

Identifier: M87

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collection contains photocopy of Augusta Tabor's death certificate (1961), typed transcripts of will and related estate papers (1956).

Dates

circa 1895

Creator

Tabor, Augusta, 1833-1895 (Person)

Language of Materials

Material is in English unless otherwise noted.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from material in the collection should be discussed with the appropriate librarian or archivist. Permission for publication may be given on behalf of the Denver Public Library as the owner of the physical item. It is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained by the customer. The Library does not assume any responsibility for infringement of copyright or publication rights of the manuscript held by the writer, heirs, donors, or executors. Reproduction restrictions are decided on a case-by-case basis.

Biographical / Historical

August Louise Pierce born May 29, 1833 in Augusta, Maine. Married Horace Tabor (1830-1899) in 1857. Moved to Manhattan Kansas. (1857), then Denver in Kansas Territory (1859), later located to Leadville, Colorado. (1877). Augusta and Horace Tabor were divorced on January 1883, so that Horace Tabor could marry Elizabeth "Baby Doe" McCourt (1854-1935). Augusta Tabor died in Pasadena, California. on January 30, 1895.