COLLECTION NAME:
Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files
Record
Title:
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding Chester Powell
Collection Name:
WPA Collection
Collection Number:
WPA Bio 2084
Item Description:
Powell, Chester - Biographical information for Chester Jefferson Powell; "Chester J. Powell", Sheridan News, Dec. 8, 1937
Date:
Undated
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born: Jan. 18, 1888, near Savannah (Andrew Co., Mo.) - Negro
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1st employer: C. R. Massey, a Sheridan banker
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Powell, Mrs. Sara Ann Hamilton (wife, born: Sep. 25, 1888, at San Antonio, Tex. - married: 1914 - died: Mar. 14, 1947 (age: 58) - buried: Sheridan Municipal Cemetery at Sheridan, Wyo.)
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Sheridan City Hall custodian (1916 - 1937+)
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manages the Sheridan Police Department's finger printing bureau - established by Grand Rogers, Institute of Applied Science student
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also served as police officer ". . . from time to time"
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captured hunted murderer
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died: Dec. 12, 1983 (age: 95), at Sheridan (Sheridan Co., Wyo.)
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buried: Sheridan Municipal Cemetery (Plot: Block 2A, Lot 2 - Memorial ID: 55441287) at Sheridan
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graduate, International Correspondence school, department of commercial law at University of Kansas student - football player
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arrived Sheridan (Sheridan Co., Wyo. - 1910)
Type:
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