Detail View: Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files: WPA Bio 36

Title: 
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding James Barrett
Collection Name: 
WPA Collection
Collection Number: 
WPA Bio 36
Item Description: 
Barrett, James - Biographical information for James Barrett; "Life of Mr. James Barrett of Green River",
Creator: 
Parke, Jennie
Location: 
Green River, WY
Date: 
1939
Link to Finding Aid: 
https://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wy-arwpa.xml
Notes: 
Green River (Wyo.)
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Umes, Jesse
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Celebrations
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Smallpox
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Dance parties
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Churches--Wyoming
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Native Americans--Wyoming
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born: 1870 [or 1871] at Green River, aka Doby Town (Sweetwater Co., Wyo.)
Notes: 
1st male child born in Green River - herded & rounded up cattle (1878)
Notes: 
educated in locally - later went to Christian Brothers'' College at St. Joseph (Mo.)
Notes: 
member: Catholic Church - Union Pacific Railroad employee - Green River City Council
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children: Gerald, Francis,James Fitzgerald Everett and Patricia Ellen
Notes: 
Barrett, Nellie Josephine Igoe (wife, born: Jul. 7, 1876 - married: - died: Jun. 17, 1935 - age: 58)
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died: Jun. 17, 1935 (age: 58) at Rock Springs
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Old Doby Town (Wyo.)
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buried: Riverview Cemetery (Plot: Section G - Memorial ID: 75249696) at Green River
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Rural Schools--Wyoming
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Kendall, Augustus
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Electric lighting
Notes: 
Cassidy, Butch, 1866-
Rights: 
No Copyright - United States, https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en
Type: 
Text