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Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files
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Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files
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Title:
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding Job Kiddy
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Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding Job Kiddy
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Collection Name:
WPA Collection
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WPA Collection
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Collection Number:
WPA Bio 2628
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WPA Bio 2628
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Item Description:
Kiddy, Job - Biographical information for Job Kiddy; "Job Kiddy, A Plucky Mail Carrier", no published source, n.d.; "Job Kiddy Passed Away Here Sunday", Kemmerer Gazette, Feb. 28,, 1930, from "Stories of Pioneer Life"; photo of him & his mail carrier sled drawn by 2 horses
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Kiddy, Job - Biographical information for Job Kiddy; "Job Kiddy, A Plucky Mail Carrier", no published source, n.d.; "Job Kiddy Passed Away Here Sunday", Kemmerer Gazette, Feb. 28,, 1930, from "Stories of Pioneer Life"; photo of him & his mail carrier sled drawn by 2 horses
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Date:
Undated
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Link to Finding Aid:
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https://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wy-arwpa.xml
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born: Jul. 26 [or 4], 1864, at Nottingham (England) - youngest of 6 children
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born: Jul. 26 [or 4], 1864, at Nottingham (England) - youngest of 6 children
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emigrated to America as ". . . a small lad" with his Mormon family - settled near Logan (Utah)
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emigrated to America as ". . . a small lad" with his Mormon family - settled near Logan (Utah)
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arrived at Almy (Uinta Co., Wyo.) near Evanston (1878)
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arrived at Almy (Uinta Co., Wyo.) near Evanston (1878)
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arrived Kemmerer (Lincoln Co., Wyo. - 1900) - L. D. S. Church
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arrived Kemmerer (Lincoln Co., Wyo. - 1900) - L. D. S. Church
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suffered accident while working in a mine that necessitated amputation of both legs (1881)
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suffered accident while working in a mine that necessitated amputation of both legs (1881)
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once healed, he worked as a mail carrier between Kemmerer & the Elkol mining camp
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once healed, he worked as a mail carrier between Kemmerer & the Elkol mining camp
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never married - hobbies: hunting & trapping - received artificial legs
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never married - hobbies: hunting & trapping - received artificial legs
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". . . was never known to seek favors from anyone."
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". . . was never known to seek favors from anyone."
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". . . a unique and colorful figure."
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". . . a unique and colorful figure."
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quit delivering mail (1927)
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quit delivering mail (1927)
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died: Feb. 23, 1930 (age: 65), of pneumonia in the L. C. M. Hospital at Kemmerer
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died: Feb. 23, 1930 (age: 65), of pneumonia in the L. C. M. Hospital at Kemmerer
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funeral: services from Lincoln Mortuary Chapel
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funeral: services from Lincoln Mortuary Chapel
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buried: Feb. 25, 1930, in Woodruff Cemetery (Memorial ID: 146342) at Woodruff (Rich Co., Utah)
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buried: Feb. 25, 1930, in Woodruff Cemetery (Memorial ID: 146342) at Woodruff (Rich Co., Utah)
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Rights:
No Copyright - United States, https://rightsstate…
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No Copyright - United States, https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en
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Text
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