Simon B. Newcomb papers, 1841-1901 1841-1901

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Simon B. Newcomb papers, 1841-1901 1841-1901

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Papers of territorial New Mexico attorney, politician, and judge Simon B. Newcomb who lived in Las Cruces, law partner of H.B. Holt and one of the founders of the Las Cruces College (now New Mexico State University.)

2 folders

eng,

Archives and Special Collections Department. New Mexico State University.

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Newcomb family - Archives.

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Newcomb, Simon Bolivar - Archives.

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In 1870, Newcomb moved to Texas and from 1871-1874 served as the judge of the 25th Judicial District of Texas. Newcomb moved to Las Cruces, New Mexico in 1875, where he was a law partner of Herbert B. Holt, and one of the founders of the Las Cruces College (now New Mexico State University). He also worked as a receiver for the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1881. After the death of his first wife, Alice, he married Abigail Read in Silver City, New Mexico in November of 1884. Newcomb w...