Detail View: Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files: WPA Bio 666

Title: 
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding Jacob Mill
Collection Name: 
WPA Collection
Collection Number: 
WPA Bio 666
Item Description: 
Mill, Jacob - Biographical information for Jacob "Jakie" Mill; Mrs. Philiphena Kappleman Mill (wife); "The Long Trail, Jacob Mill, Pioneer", Mrs. Bertha M. Boyd [daughter] interviewed by Susie Mills Walker for "Stories of Pioneer Life"
Creator: 
Susie Mills Walker
Location: 
Gillette (Wyo.)
Date: 
1938 December 5
Link to Finding Aid: 
https://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wy-arwpa.xml
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Cheyenne (Wyo. - 1874)
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sheep & horseman
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Republican politician
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Miller, Sheriff Billie (killed on Mill's land, 1903
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Niobrara Co.
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Iliff, J. W.
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Clark, Dave
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Black Hills, first sheepman of importance
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born:Jan. 16, 1853, at Baden-Baden, (Stadtkreis Baden-Baden, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)
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Mill, Mrs. Maria Philiphena Kappleman (wife, born: Sep. 29, 1864, at Franklin, Iowa - married: ? - died: Sep. 8, 1927, at Glenrock, Wyo. - buried: Lusk Cemetery at Lusk, Wyo.)
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children: Christiana, David A., Betha M., William J. and Geroge S.
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died: Jan. 3, 1935 (age: 81), in Niobrara Co. (Wyo.)
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buried: Lusk Cemetery (Memorial ID: 98688803) at Lusk, Niobrara Co. (Wyo.)
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Hat Creek (Lusk, Wyo. - 1891)
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freighter--Nebraska
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rancher--Colorado, Wyoming & South Dakota
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stockman (early Wyo. shipper to Omaha, Neb. cattle market)
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Mill, Philipena Kappleman (wife - Oct. 29, 1883)
Notes: 
surveyor, government
Rights: 
No Copyright - United States, https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en
Type: 
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