Detail View: Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files: WPA Bio 615

Title: 
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding Malcolm Mart (Mary?)in
Collection Name: 
WPA Collection
Collection Number: 
WPA Bio 615
Item Description: 
Martin, Malcom "Tex" - Biographical information for Malcolm "Tex" Martin; "Tex Martin, Pioneer Cowman", interviewed by Georgia Kelley for "Stories of Pioneer Life"
Creator: 
Mrs. Georgia Kelley
Location: 
Gillette (Wyo.)
Date: 
1938 November 9
Link to Finding Aid: 
https://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wy-arwpa.xml
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Houghton (Mich. - b: 1872)
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L.A Ranch manger
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Homestake Mine miner
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stockman--Wyoming
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Barlow Canyon homesteader
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Parks, W. P.
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Flying E Ranch foreman
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Hulett (Wyo.)
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Hysham, C. J.
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Wyoming Stock Grower's Assocation Brand Inspector (1921-1922)
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Lindley-Cahow Commission Co. cattle solicitor
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sheep herder--South Dakota
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American Commission Co.
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South Omaha Stockyards employee
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Camp Stool (Wyo. - 1926-1928)
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Stock Inspector
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Northeastern Wyoming Protective Association stock inspector
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born: Nov. 4, 1872, at Houghton (Houghton Co., Mich.)
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Martin, Mrs. Dessola "Dessa" Pearson (wife, born: Nov. 29, 1878 [or 1870], in Iowa - married: Feb. 23, 1899 [or 1898] at Sundance, Wyo. - died: Nov. 30, 1919, at Sundance, Wyo. - buried: Rose Hill Cemetery at Spearfish, S. D.)
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5 children: Jesse Bradford, John Wylie, Richard M. "Dick", Ruth Norine and Antoinette M.
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Moorcroft (Wyo.)
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Martin, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Phalen [or Scanlon] (wife, born: Feb. 9, 1872 - married: 1923 [or 1924] at Omaha, Neb. - died: Dec. 24, 1945 - buried: Mount Pisgah Cemetery at Gillette, Wyo. [or at Spearfish, S. D.)
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horse wrangler
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children: Edmund G. and James Francis
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died: Jul. 17, 1951 (age: 78), at Gillette (Campbell Co., Wyo.)
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buried: Mount Pisgah Cemetery (Memorial ID: 35856198) at Gillette
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Flying E Ranch
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Under Sheriff (1932), then Sheriff (Campbell Co.)
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Gillette (Wyo.)
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Campbell Co.
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cowboy--Wyoming
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rancheer--Wyoming
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Lions Club
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Driscoll Ranch (Prairie Creek, Wyo. - 1888)
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Catholic
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Martin, Desola Pearson (1st wife - m: 1898)
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Martin, Mary Scanlon (2nd wife - m: 1924)
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Lead (S. D.)
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Stugis (S. D. - 1885)
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hauling rocks
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D Ranch worker and manager
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Brown, L. A.
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Beaver Creek Ranch
Rights: 
No Copyright - United States, https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en
Type: 
Text