Washington, D.C.. The marriage made Tabor a social outcast. The second marriage produced two daughters, Elizabeth Bonduel "Lily" and Rosemary "Silver Dollar" Echo. The Tabors lived a life of luxury and travelled. Later years and death Tabor ran without success for governor of Colorado throughout the 1880s. Then, in 1893, the repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act in the administration of President Grover Cleveland, caused the value of silver to drop which devastated Tabor's fortune. His holdings, including his mansion in Denver, were sold off and he worked in the mines. He was made postmaster of Denver in 1898 and lived in the city at the Windsor Hotel. When he became terminally ill with appendicitis in 1899, Tabor's final request of Baby Doe was that she maintain the Matchless claim. Following his death, flags were flown at half staff and the Aspen Tribune reported that ten thousand people attended his funeral. His body was interred at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Denver and was later reinterred at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Jefferson County, Colorado. Baby Doe moved to Leadville and lived an impoverished life in the tool shed of the Matchless Mine. She froze to death in the shed in March 1935, after which she was buried alongside her husband in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Augusta Tabor fared better than her ex-husband. She made successful investments of her divorce settlement. On her death in 1895, she was among the wealthiest citizens of Denver, leaving half a million dollars () to her son. Legacy He was a prominent silver baron who "helped shape the foundation and the future of the Centennial State." In his remembrance, there is a Tabor Lake in Pitkin County, Colorado at the base of Tabor Peak. His life is portrayed in the film ''Silver Dollar and the opera The Ballad of Baby Doe. Notes References Bibliography For more information about the documentary, see IMDB. Further reading External links 1830 births 1899 deaths Colorado Mining Boom Lieutenant Governors of Colorado People from Orleans County, Vermont American prospectors American miners Mayors of places in Colorado People from Leadville, Colorado People from Park County, Colorado People from Denver Colorado postmasters Colorado Republicans Republican Party United States senators from Colorado Society of Colorado Pioneers American city founders Deaths from appendicitis Kansas Republicans People of the American Old West 19th-century American politicians