COLLECTION NAME:
Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files
Record
Title:
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding A.E Ackley
Collection Name:
WPA Collection
Collection Number:
WPA Bio 4
Item Description:
Ackley, A.E - Biographical information for Albert Eugene Ackley; "An Interview With A.E. Ackley", interviewed by Mrs. Glenys Wilkinson for "Stories of Pioneer Life"
Creator:
Mrs. Glenys Wilkinson
Location:
Columbine (Wyo.)
Date:
1939 January 17
Notes:
born: Apr. 2, 1876, in Illinois [or 1875 at Keswick (Iowa)]
Notes:
Emigration and immigration--Wyoming
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Cattle
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Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.)
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Newcastle (Wyo.)
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died: Apr. 14, 1951 (age: 75) in Wyoming
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buried: Highland Cemetery Plot: Block 70, Lot 6, Grave 3 - Memorial ID: 62851473) at Casper (Natrona Co., Wyo.)
Notes:
freighted with father between Eagle Tail and Fort Wallace (Kan. o/a mid-1880s)
Notes:
Ackley, Mrs. Mable L. Harlow (wife, born: Oct. 7, 1878, in Wisconsin - married: ? - died: Jun. 22, 1951 (age: 72), at Billings, Mont. - buried: Highland Cemetery at Casper, Wyo.)
Notes:
children: Albert "Bert" Eugene, Iris Faye, Anna, Jessie, Eunice, Mrs. Emnery Austin, Mrs. Clyde Allen, Mrs. Earl Tackett and Stewart
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arrived Weston Co (Wyo - 1894) - near Newcastle - home ranch there
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sold ranch - moved to oil fields near Columbine? (Wyo.)
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also had placer mine near Custer, ". . . which he works some of the time."
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public offices: Justice of the Peace - notary pulbic - School Board member
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Order of Odd Fellows
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Chokecherries
Type:
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