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Senator Horace Austin Warner Tabor
1830 - 1899 (68 years)-
Name Horace Austin Warner Tabor Title Senator Nickname HAW Birth 26 Nov 1830 Holland, Orleans County, Vermont 
Gender Male Death 10 Apr 1899 Denver, Denver County, Colorado Burial Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado Notes - U.S. Senator. Entrepreneur. He was an American prospector, businessman, and Republican politician of the 19th century. His silver mines in Colorado and other Southwestern states made him one of the wealthiest men in the United States. He had learned about mining as a young man in New England. He was a philanthropist along with being a store owner, banker, and post master. He owned 4,600,000 acres of land in Colorado for grazing and 175,000 acres of land in Texas for copper mining. He also donated money to build the Tabor Grand Opera and land to build churches in Denver. He had a rags-to-riches-back-to-rags life story. In 1893, after the repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act, the silver mine industry collapsed, with him losing his money. He married twice, divorced once in 1883, and after a scandalous love affair with "Baby Doe," he married her with his first wife, receiving what would be, in the 21st century, nearly a million-dollar settlement. He had a son, Maxey, with his first wife and two daughters with his second. As an abolitionist, he became political during the American Civil War. He was elected Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, serving for six years until January of 1884. He was a U.S. Senator serving from January 27, 1883 until March 3, 1883. In the last years of his life, he became the postmaster of Denver. His life is the subject of Douglas Moore's opera "The Ballad of Baby Doe" and the 1932 Hollywood biographical movie "Silver Dollar." Hundreds of people attended his funeral.
(Bio by: Linda Davis, FAG)
Person ID I53241 OurNorthernRoots Last Modified 30 Mar 2025
Father Cornelius Dunham Tabor, b. 23 Jul 1799, Topsham, Orange County, Vermont d. 15 Jul 1888, Denver, Denver County, Colorado (Age 88 years) Mother Sarah Ferrin, b. 1796 d. 1 Mar 1846, Holland, Orleans County, Vermont (Age 50 years) Family ID F19432 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Augusta Louise Pierce, b. 29 Mar 1833, Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine d. 30 Jan 1895, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California (Age 61 years) Marriage 1857 Family ID F19433 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 30 Mar 2025
Family 2 Elizabeth Bonduel McCourt, b. 7 Oct 1854, Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin d. 5 Mar 1935, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado (Age 80 years) Marriage 1882 Family ID F19434 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 30 Mar 2025
- U.S. Senator. Entrepreneur. He was an American prospector, businessman, and Republican politician of the 19th century. His silver mines in Colorado and other Southwestern states made him one of the wealthiest men in the United States. He had learned about mining as a young man in New England. He was a philanthropist along with being a store owner, banker, and post master. He owned 4,600,000 acres of land in Colorado for grazing and 175,000 acres of land in Texas for copper mining. He also donated money to build the Tabor Grand Opera and land to build churches in Denver. He had a rags-to-riches-back-to-rags life story. In 1893, after the repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act, the silver mine industry collapsed, with him losing his money. He married twice, divorced once in 1883, and after a scandalous love affair with "Baby Doe," he married her with his first wife, receiving what would be, in the 21st century, nearly a million-dollar settlement. He had a son, Maxey, with his first wife and two daughters with his second. As an abolitionist, he became political during the American Civil War. He was elected Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, serving for six years until January of 1884. He was a U.S. Senator serving from January 27, 1883 until March 3, 1883. In the last years of his life, he became the postmaster of Denver. His life is the subject of Douglas Moore's opera "The Ballad of Baby Doe" and the 1932 Hollywood biographical movie "Silver Dollar." Hundreds of people attended his funeral.
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Birth - 26 Nov 1830 - Holland, Orleans County, Vermont 
Death - 10 Apr 1899 - Denver, Denver County, Colorado 
Burial - - Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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