Elizabeth McCourt Tabor
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Elizabeth McCourt Tabor, better known as Baby Doe Tabor, was a famous figure of the American Old West whose dramatic rise from miner’s wife to wealthy socialite and subsequent fall into poverty became a legendary Colorado cautionary tale.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Elizabeth McCourt Tabor canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11075938 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elizabeth McCourt Tabor Context triple: [Baby Doe Tabor, name, Elizabeth McCourt Tabor]
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A.
Mary Healy
Mary Healy was an American actress and singer known for her work in film, television, and on stage, often performing alongside her husband, entertainer Peter Lind Hayes.
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B.
Elizabeth Meehan
Elizabeth Meehan was an early 20th-century screenwriter known for adapting literary works for silent and early sound films in Hollywood.
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C.
Mary Leddy
Mary Leddy was the wife of American labor union official and alleged mob hitman Frank Sheeran, whose life inspired the film "The Irishman."
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D.
Margaret Drinnan
Margaret Drinnan was the wife of 19th-century Scottish golf champion Young Tom Morris.
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E.
Mary Elizabeth Greear
Mary Elizabeth Greear was the birth name of American film actress Joan Barclay, who appeared in numerous B-movies during the 1930s and 1940s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elizabeth McCourt Tabor Target entity description: Elizabeth McCourt Tabor, better known as Baby Doe Tabor, was a famous figure of the American Old West whose dramatic rise from miner’s wife to wealthy socialite and subsequent fall into poverty became a legendary Colorado cautionary tale.
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A.
Mary Healy
Mary Healy was an American actress and singer known for her work in film, television, and on stage, often performing alongside her husband, entertainer Peter Lind Hayes.
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B.
Elizabeth Meehan
Elizabeth Meehan was an early 20th-century screenwriter known for adapting literary works for silent and early sound films in Hollywood.
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C.
Mary Leddy
Mary Leddy was the wife of American labor union official and alleged mob hitman Frank Sheeran, whose life inspired the film "The Irishman."
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D.
Margaret Drinnan
Margaret Drinnan was the wife of 19th-century Scottish golf champion Young Tom Morris.
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E.
Mary Elizabeth Greear
Mary Elizabeth Greear was the birth name of American film actress Joan Barclay, who appeared in numerous B-movies during the 1930s and 1940s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Old West figure
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American socialite ⓘ Colorado historical figure ⓘ historical figure ⓘ human ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Baby Doe
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linked to:
Baby Doe Tabor
Baby Doe Tabor ⓘ
linked to:
Elizabeth "Baby Doe" Tabor
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| associatedWith |
Colorado Silver Boom
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linked to:
Colorado silver boom
Leadville mining boom ⓘ
linked to:
Colorado silver boom
|
| birthName | Elizabeth McCourt ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Saint Joseph Cemetery, Denver, Colorado ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | exposure to cold ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1854-09-25 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1935-03-07 ⓘ |
| familyName | Tabor ⓘ |
| givenName | Elizabeth ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Lillie Tabor
ⓘ
Silver Dollar Tabor ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | Irish American ⓘ |
| influenced | Colorado folklore ⓘ |
| knownAs | “the best-dressed woman in the West” ⓘ |
| knownFor |
extravagant lifestyle during the silver boom
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years of poverty and isolation after the silver crash ⓘ |
| livedDuring |
19th century
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20th century ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | cautionary tale about boom-and-bust wealth in the American West ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a legendary Colorado cautionary tale
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dramatic rise from poverty to great wealth and back to poverty ⓘ marriage to silver magnate Horace Tabor ⓘ |
| occupation |
miner’s wife
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socialite ⓘ |
| partOf |
history of Colorado mining boom
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history of the American Old West ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Oshkosh, Wisconsin ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Leadville, Colorado ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Denver, Colorado
ⓘ
Leadville, Colorado ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse |
Harvey Doe
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Horace Tabor ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
films
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numerous books ⓘ operas ⓘ plays ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Elizabeth McCourt Tabor Description of subject: Elizabeth McCourt Tabor, better known as Baby Doe Tabor, was a famous figure of the American Old West whose dramatic rise from miner’s wife to wealthy socialite and subsequent fall into poverty became a legendary Colorado cautionary tale.
Referenced by (3)
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