Detail View: Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files: WPA Bio 788

Title: 
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding Gus Queen
Collection Name: 
WPA Collection
Collection Number: 
WPA Bio 788
Item Description: 
Queen, Gus - Biographical information for Gustavus B/ "Gus" Beauregard Queen; "A Son of the South", subject 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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Cambria Coal Mine employee (Newcastle, Wyo. - May 1893)
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died: Apr. 5, 1950 (age: 83), at Ranchester (Sheridan Co., Wyo.)
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buried: Sheridan Municipal Cemetery (Plot: Block H, Lot 13 - Memorial ID: 39926266) at Sheridan (Sheridan Co., Wyo.)
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Acme (Wyo.)
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Tongue River Valley (Wyo.)
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general construction coal mining
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Wyoming State Miners Examining Board member (2 terms)
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Odd Fellows lodge
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Baptist
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Monarch (Sheridan Co., Wyo.)
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mining worker at Dietz, Ranchester and Monarch (Wyo.)
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Ouita and Broadwell mines, employee
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boarding school (Hamburg, N. C.)
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railroad contractor jobs (Eljay, Ga.; Murphy, N. C.; Blue Ridge, Ga.); Alabama
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Soddy (Tenn.)
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Russellville (Ark.)
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Bonham (Tex. - 1893)
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Kilpatrick and Collins employee, railway road grade construction (Newcastle, Wyo.)
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Sickle Brand ranch cowhand (Rosebud, Mont.)
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mining employee, Capitan (N. M.)
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Sheridan (Wyo.)
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homesteader, Sheridan Co. (Wyo., 1909 -1916)
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Civilian Conservation Corps postal worker-Post Master (Billings, Mont., 1934-1937)
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born: Apr. 24, 1866, at Webster (Jackson Co., N. C.)
Notes: 
Queen, Mrs. Fredonie "Donna" Anna "Ann" Wyatt (wife, born: Jlul. 24, 1866, in Van Buren Co., Ark. - married: 1889 in Russelville, Ark. - died: Dec. 3, 1939, at Ranchester, Wyo. - buried: Sheridan Municipal Cemetery at Sheridan, Wyo.)
Notes: 
children: Henry W.
Rights: 
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Type: 
Text