Borden, Mrs. Abel Pierce (Marie Hough), 1866-1962
Biographical notes:
Marie Hough Borden (1866-1962) voluntarily fundraised for leprosy missions. Her husband Abel Pierce Borden, nephew of Jonathan Edwards Pierce and Abel Head "Shanghai" Pierce, co-managed A. H. Pierce’s land and cattle enterprise after his death with Pierce's daughter Mamie Whithers and widow Hattie Jones Pierce. In 1906 Borden made a famed trip to India for Brahman cattle, which were quarantined until President Theodore Roosevelt intervened to have the disease free cattle shipped to Texas.
From the guide to the Mrs. Abel Pierce (Marie Hough) Borden Papers 73-121., 1895-1973, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)
Marie Hough Borden (1866-1962) voluntarily fundraised for leprosy missions.
Her husband Abel Pierce Borden, nephew of Jonathan Edwards Pierce and Abel Head "Shanghai" Pierce, co-managed A. H. Pierce's land and cattle enterprise after his death with Pierce's daughter Mamie Whithers and widow Hattie Jones Pierce. In 1906 Borden made a famed trip to India for Brahman cattle, which were quarantined until President Theodore Roosevelt intervened to have the disease free cattle shipped to Texas.
From the description of Borden, Mrs. Abel Pierce (Marie Hough), papers, 1895-1973. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 298348192
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Subjects:
- Cattle
- Cattle
- Missions to leprosy patients
- Ranching
- Ranching
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- Houston (Tex.) (as recorded)
- Assam (India) (as recorded)
- Blessing (Tex.) (as recorded)
- Mackay (Tex.) (as recorded)
- St. Louis (Mo.) (as recorded)
- Wharton County (Tex.) (as recorded)
- Saint Louis (Mo.) (as recorded)
- Wharton County (Tex.) (as recorded)
- Texas (as recorded)
- Houston (Tex.) (as recorded)
- Assam (India) (as recorded)
- Blessing (Tex.) (as recorded)
- Mackay (Tex.) (as recorded)
