Detail View: Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files: WPA Bio 568

Title: 
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding Angus Lawson
Collection Name: 
WPA Collection
Collection Number: 
WPA Bio 568
Item Description: 
Lawson, Angus - Biographical information for Angus Lawson; Mrs. Sarah Ferguson Lawson (wife); "Angus Lawson, Pioneer Resident of Wyoming" interviewed by Ida Elizabeth Hintze for Stories of Pioneer Life
Creator: 
Ida Elizabeth Hintze
Location: 
Cheyenne (Wyo.)
Date: 
1939 February 1
Link to Finding Aid: 
https://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wy-arwpa.xml
Notes: 
Esquesing, Halton Co., Ontario (Canada - b: Jan. 28, 1856)
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Federal Land and Securities Co. driver
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Beatty, Mr.
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Union Pacific Railroad shop and bridge gang employee
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auto, car driver
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grain and feed store employee
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Devine, E. W.
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Little Horse Creek (Wyo.)
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grocery store employee
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born: Jan. 28, 1856, at Halton near Acton (Halton Regional Municipality (Ontario, Canada)
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Lawson, Mr. Sarah Ferguson (wife, born: Sep., 1852, at Erin Township, Canada - married: ? - died: Nov. 25, 1924 - buried: Lakeview Cemetery at Cheyenne, Wyo.)
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Acton (Ontario, Canada)
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no children
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died: Aug. 23, 1941 (age: 84-85)
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buried: Lakeview Cemetery (Plot: Lot 824, Sec. H - Memorial ID: 29166402) at Cheyenne (Laramie Co., Wyo.)
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Colorado and Southern Railroad fence employee
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farmer--Wyoming
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teamster--Wyoming
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clerk--Wyoming
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Little Horse Creek Post Master
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Lawson, Sasrah Ferguson (wife)
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Wyo. Terr. (1882)
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Gordon and Hunter ranch
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Sherman Hill, lynching (Wyo.)
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Old Red Barn
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Presbyterian
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farmer (1886)--Canada
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tannery employee (1891
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Lawsoln, Sarah Ferguson (wife - m: 1894)
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Cheyenne (Wyo. - 1901)
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Hunter, Colin
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dairy part owner and operator
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Keefe, M. P.
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Gordon, John H.
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Experiment Farm employee
Rights: 
No Copyright - United States, https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en
Type: 
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