Frances was the daughter of George D. Tarbell and his wife Jane.
Her husband was W. C. McDonald.
Frances Tarbell was college educated and was first married to New Yorker Thomas Benjamin McCourt, a merchant whom she accompanied to Lincoln County to seek prosperity in the new ranching and mining mecca. Tom served as a school superintendent in the boom town. He died a few years later, leaving her to raise their four children by herself. Frances' second marriage was August of 1891.
Her second marriage was to William Calhoun McDonald, the first of New Mexico's governors after statehood was achieved. They had a daughter, Frances. A baby daughter and baby son were later stillborn, 1895 and 1898, and reside in the same cemetery with their mother and father.
Her husband was W. C. McDonald.
Frances Tarbell was college educated and was first married to New Yorker Thomas Benjamin McCourt, a merchant whom she accompanied to Lincoln County to seek prosperity in the new ranching and mining mecca. Tom served as a school superintendent in the boom town. He died a few years later, leaving her to raise their four children by herself. Frances' second marriage was August of 1891.
Her second marriage was to William Calhoun McDonald, the first of New Mexico's governors after statehood was achieved. They had a daughter, Frances. A baby daughter and baby son were later stillborn, 1895 and 1898, and reside in the same cemetery with their mother and father.
Frances was the daughter of George D. Tarbell and his wife Jane.
Her husband was W. C. McDonald.
Frances Tarbell was college educated and was first married to New Yorker Thomas Benjamin McCourt, a merchant whom she accompanied to Lincoln County to seek prosperity in the new ranching and mining mecca. Tom served as a school superintendent in the boom town. He died a few years later, leaving her to raise their four children by herself. Frances' second marriage was August of 1891.
Her second marriage was to William Calhoun McDonald, the first of New Mexico's governors after statehood was achieved. They had a daughter, Frances. A baby daughter and baby son were later stillborn, 1895 and 1898, and reside in the same cemetery with their mother and father.
Her husband was W. C. McDonald.
Frances Tarbell was college educated and was first married to New Yorker Thomas Benjamin McCourt, a merchant whom she accompanied to Lincoln County to seek prosperity in the new ranching and mining mecca. Tom served as a school superintendent in the boom town. He died a few years later, leaving her to raise their four children by herself. Frances' second marriage was August of 1891.
Her second marriage was to William Calhoun McDonald, the first of New Mexico's governors after statehood was achieved. They had a daughter, Frances. A baby daughter and baby son were later stillborn, 1895 and 1898, and reside in the same cemetery with their mother and father.
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