Detail View: Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files: WPA Bio 764

Title: 
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding Pauline Peyton
Collection Name: 
WPA Collection
Collection Number: 
WPA Bio 764
Item Description: 
Peyton, Pauline - Biographical information for Mrs. Pauline E. "Lena" Smith Peyton; Smith family portraits; "Contacts [re her family history; pp. 69-72 mainly show her organizational memberships and leadership positions], by Pauline E. Smith Peyton", interviewed by Hallie S. Croco for "Stories of Pioneer Life"; "Mrs. Laura J. Wilson Moore - Obituary", Douglas Enterprise, 1930; "Obituaries of Pioneers", Douglas Enterprise, 1930
Creator: 
Mrs. Hallie S. Croco
Location: 
Douglas (Wyo.)
Date: 
1938 November 3
Link to Finding Aid: 
https://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wy-arwpa.xml
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Pleasant Valley Ranch on La Prele Creek (Douglas, Wyo.)
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Community Service, state chairman
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Law Observance, state chairman
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Episcopalian
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Department of American Citizenship member
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Wyoming Federation of Woman's Club, Applied Education member
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George Washington Memorial Park Board member
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ranch manager
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born: Nov. 29, 1879, in the Y Bar Y Ranch, near Fort Fetterman (Converse Co. - Wyo.)
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Peyton [or Payton], Albert William [or L.] (husband, born: May 24, 1879, in Boone Co., Iowa - married: May 3, 1902 - died: Jan. 3, 1956 in Yellowstone Co., Mont. - buried: Mountview Cemetery at Billings Mont.)
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children:Albert Lester "Pete" and Pauline Marguerite
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Williams, Mr. & Mrs. (boarded student subject)
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died: Mar. 18, 1970 (age: 90), at Casper (Natrona Co., Wyo.)
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buried: Douglas Park Cemetery (Memorial ID: 55977900) at Douglas (Converse Co., Wyo.)
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housewife
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Peyton, A;bert W. (husband - m: May 3, 1902)
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club woman
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Rebekah
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Neighbors of Woodcraft, clerk (12 years)
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Women's Club (LaPrele and Douglas [president], Wyo.)
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American Legion Auxiliary, 2nd President
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autographed pictures of Gen. Custer
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Johnson Co. War memories
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Laramie City (Wyo. - fall, 1881
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family ranch split by Oregon Trail
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Kansas visit (fall, 1883)
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Pleasant Valley School House built on home ranch, summer schooling (1885)
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winter schooling in town (Douglas, Wyo. - fall, 1891)
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Douglas (Wyo.)
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horse team runaway, en route to Douglas (Wyo. - summer, 1895)
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school teacher at Price School District, near Casper Mountain
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Independence (Kan. - Apr. 19, 1898)
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Douglas Social Club member
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Friendly Cooperation of World War Veterans, state chairman
Rights: 
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Type: 
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