Detail View: Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files: WPA Bio 1960

Title: 
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding John Ward
Collection Name: 
WPA Collection
Collection Number: 
WPA Bio 1960
Item Description: 
Ward, John - Biographical information for John C. Ward; "John and Minnie Ward", interviewed by Mrs. Olive G Kafka, Garrett, Albany Co., wyo. no published source, n.d.
Date: 
Undated
Link to Finding Aid: 
https://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wy-arwpa.xml
Notes: 
born: Sep. 25, 1854, in West Virginia
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no children
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died: Mar. 18, 1945
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buried: Greenhill Cemetery (Plot: Block 76, Lot 53, Space 4 - Memorial ID: 80007253) at Laramie (Albany Co., Wyo.)
Notes: 
moved to Missouri - on to Pueblo (Colo.)
Notes: 
arrived Wyoming (May 4, 1883)
Notes: 
J. M. Chadwick, owner-manager of M. O. Cattle Co. at Pole Mountain (Albany Co.), hired him -
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cowhand helped brand calves - annual roundups April, every year
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bought a find saddle horse and sold it to Buffalo Bill Cody
Notes: 
Ward, Mrs. Minnie Baker (wife, born: ? - married Nov. 13, 1887, at Fort Collins (Colo.) - died: Jun, 8, 1950 - buried: Greenhill Cemetery at Laramie, Wyo.)
Rights: 
No Copyright - United States, https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en
Type: 
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