Detail View: Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files: WPA Bio 1266

Title: 
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding William Simpson
Collection Name: 
WPA Collection
Collection Number: 
WPA Bio 1266
Item Description: 
Simpson, William - Biographical information for William L. Simpson; "Simpson Pioneer of Colorado's Capital", Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colo., Feb.27, 1937
Date: 
Undated
Link to Finding Aid: 
https://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wy-arwpa.xml
Notes: 
born: Jan. 26, 1868 [or 1867] at Fort Reynolds (Pueblo Co., Colo.), ". . . during the Indian Wars."
Notes: 
children: Virginia Emma, Glenn Burnett and Milward Lee Simpson
Notes: 
died: Dec. 15, 1940 (age: 72), at Jackson (Teton Co., Wyo.)
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buried: Aspen HIll Cemetery (Plot: Block 3, Row 9, Plot 49 - Memorial ID: 79238213) at Jackon
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Rocky Mountain News, paper sales boy (Denver, Colo. - 1875)
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lawyer, Jackson (Teton Co., Wyo. - Feb. 1937)
Notes: 
". . . I helped lay out Jackson, Wyo." (1897)
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Colorado Pioneer Society, member
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Elephant Corral (Denver)
Notes: 
Simpson, Mrs. Margaret Louise "Maggie" Burnett (wife, born: Jan. 24, 1874, at Salt Lake City, Utah - married: ? - died: Mar. 10, 1974 - buried: Aspen HIll Cemetery at Jackson, Wyo.)
Rights: 
No Copyright - United States, https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en
Type: 
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