Detail View: Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files: WPA Bio 737

Title: 
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding William Palmer
Collection Name: 
WPA Collection
Collection Number: 
WPA Bio 737
Item Description: 
Palmer, William - Biographical information for William Adoniram Palmer; "Early Settlers of the Wheatland Flats", subject interviewed by Mrs. Nettie Moffatt (sister) for "Stories of Pioneer Life"; Letter from subject to Mrs. Minnie Rietz, Wheatland, Wyo., Aug. 22, 1936
Creator: 
Mrs. Minnie A. Rietz
Location: 
Wheatland (Wyo.)
Date: 
1939 February 23
Link to Finding Aid: 
https://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wy-arwpa.xml
Notes: 
Wheatland (Wyo. Terr. - 1886)
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public office
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school board member
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Road Supervisor
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Episcopal Church
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Denver (Colo. - 1865)
Notes: 
Antlers? [or Anthrs {sp?}] Ranch (Albany Co., Wyo.), subject's home
Notes: 
born:Oct. 31, 1862, at Blue Rapids (Marshall Co., Kan.)
Notes: 
Palmer, Mrs. Norma [or Naomai] Roath.(1st wife, born: ? - married: ? - died: ? - buried: ?)
Notes: 
children: William Irving, Mabel, Everett [or Everette], Dick Dean, Eldon A., Florence Alice, Thomas Adoniram, plus a small boy at home
Notes: 
Palmer, Nellie Ophelia Arnella Humes (wife, born: ? - married: ? - died: ? - buried: ?)
Notes: 
died: Jan. 24, 1949 (age: 86), in Albany Co. (Wyo.)
Notes: 
buried: Palmer Canyon Cemetery (Memorial ID: 34031191) at Palmer Canyon Platte Co. (Wyo.)
Notes: 
Platte Co.
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farmer
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cowboy
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stone mason
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surveyor
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scout
Rights: 
No Copyright - United States, https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en
Type: 
Text