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Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files
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Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files
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Title:
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding Jacob Yorty
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Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding Jacob Yorty
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Collection Name:
WPA Collection
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WPA Collection
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Collection Number:
WPA Bio 2379
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WPA Bio 2379
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Item Description:
Yorty, Jacob - Biographical information for Jacob Zimmerman Yorty; "Jacob Zimmerman Yorty, A Pioneer", interviewed by Ida Elziabeth Hintze, for "Stories of Pioneer Life", no published source, n.d.; Mary Ellen Hildreth Yorty;
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Yorty, Jacob - Biographical information for Jacob Zimmerman Yorty; "Jacob Zimmerman Yorty, A Pioneer", interviewed by Ida Elziabeth Hintze, for "Stories of Pioneer Life", no published source, n.d.; Mary Ellen Hildreth Yorty;
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Creator:
Ida Elizabeth Hintze
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Ida Elizabeth Hintze
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Location:
Cheyenne (Wyo.)
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Cheyenne (Wyo.)
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Date:
1939 February 1
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1939 February 1
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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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born: Feb. 8, 1855, at Lebanon (Lebanon Co., Pa.)
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born: Feb. 8, 1855, at Lebanon (Lebanon Co., Pa.)
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learned blacksmith trade (1876) - returned to Iowa - bought & worked farm
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learned blacksmith trade (1876) - returned to Iowa - bought & worked farm
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arrived near Burns (Laramie Co., Wyo. - Mar. 13, 1907)
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arrived near Burns (Laramie Co., Wyo. - Mar. 13, 1907)
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Yorty, Mrs. Mary Ellen Hildreth (wife, born: Aug. 5, 1854, in Jay Co., Ind. - married: Nov. 17, 1882 - died: Dec. 27, 1923 (age: 69) - buried: Lakeview Cemetery at Cheyenne, Wyo.)
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Yorty, Mrs. Mary Ellen Hildreth (wife, born: Aug. 5, 1854, in Jay Co., Ind. - married: Nov. 17, 1882 - died: Dec. 27, 1923 (age: 69) - buried: Lakeview Cemetery at Cheyenne, Wyo.)
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4 children: George William , Eva Ethel, Walter Leslie and Harold H.
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4 children: George William , Eva Ethel, Walter Leslie and Harold H.
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member: Woodmen of the World - Methodist Episcopal Church
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member: Woodmen of the World - Methodist Episcopal Church
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relocated to Wyoming (1907) - homesteaded near Burns and Egbert (Laramie)
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relocated to Wyoming (1907) - homesteaded near Burns and Egbert (Laramie)
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following wife's death, retired in home at Cheyenne (Laramie Co.)
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following wife's death, retired in home at Cheyenne (Laramie Co.)
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died: Mar. 12, 1939 (age: 84)
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died: Mar. 12, 1939 (age: 84)
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buried: Lakeview Cemetery (Plot: Lot 1512, Sec. 5 - Memorial ID: 29172242) at Cheyenne
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buried: Lakeview Cemetery (Plot: Lot 1512, Sec. 5 - Memorial ID: 29172242) at Cheyenne
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moved to Iowa (1856) - member of school Board and church board - ". . . for a number of years."
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moved to Iowa (1856) - member of school Board and church board - ". . . for a number of years."
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father's death - returned to Pennsylvania (winter, 1860) - went to uncle's home in Ohio (1864)
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father's death - returned to Pennsylvania (winter, 1860) - went to uncle's home in Ohio (1864)
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Rights:
No Copyright - United States, https://rightsstate…
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No Copyright - United States, https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en
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Text
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