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Title:
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Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding Dwight Thayer
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Collection Name:
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WPA Collection
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Collection Number:
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WPA Bio 947
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Item Description:
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Thayer, Dwight - Biographical information for Dwight Madison Thayer; "D. M. Thayer, Rock Springs", no source, n.d.; "Former Union Pacific Coal Company Employe [sic] Dies at Rock Springs", Employes' Magazine, Feb. 1925 and May 1928; "Obituary", Rock Springs Rocket, Apr. 6, 1928; Mrs. Henrietta Smith Thayer; "Mrs. D. M. Thayer, Philanthropist" by Alyce Hepler; Letter from Maude Sholty, Dir., Historical Project, State Library, Cheyenne, Wyo., , Sep. 29, 1938, to Mrs. Mary Morris, Rock Springs
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Creator:
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Alyce Hepler
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Location:
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Rock Springs (Wyo.)
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Date:
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1939 January 23
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Link to Finding Aid:
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https://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wy-arwpa.xml
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Notes:
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born: Mar. 26, 1847, at Belchertown (Hampshire Co., Mass.)
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Wyoming General Hospital, superintendent (8 years)
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Postmaster, Rock Springs (Wyo., 1901-1909)
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Woodmen of the World, member
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Notes:
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Epliscopalian
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Amherst (Mass.)
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Chinese riot, hid ". . . fugitive Chinaman . . . for four days" (1885)
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". . . acting as undertaker."
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Union Pacific Coal Co. Mine Office, clerk (8 years)
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Thayer, Mrs. Henrietta "Nettie" Elizabeth Smith (wife, born: Oct. 24, 1849, at Belchertown, Mass. - married: May 1, 1867 - died: Apr. 11, 1923 - buried: Rock Springs, Wyo.)
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Notes:
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children: Mary E., Hazel Alice and Oliver Pierson
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died: Apr. 1, 1928, at daughter Mrs. Mary Morris's home, Rock Spring (Sweetwater Co., Wyo. - )
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Notes:
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buried: Rock Springs Cemetery (Plot: BUNNING_159_8_1 - Memorial ID: 40021355) at Rock Springs
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Rock Springs (Wyo. Terr. - 1877)
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Sweetwater Co.
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Pacific Coal Co., employee
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farmer
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Beckwith-Quinn & Co., mercantile employee (14 years)
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Notes:
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Gottsche & Co., bookkeeper
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Rights:
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No Copyright - United States, https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en
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Type:
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Text
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