COLLECTION NAME:
Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files
Record
Title:
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding Henry Johnson
Collection Name:
WPA Collection
Collection Number:
WPA Bio 1538
Item Description:
Johnson, Henry - Biographical information for Henry "16-mule team" Johnson; "Henry Johnson Dies Tick Fever: Pioneer Citizen", Thermopolis Independent Record, May 19, 1933
Date:
Undated
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born: 1856 in Denmark
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burial: in Monument Hill Cemetery (Plot: Sec. 33, Lot 16, 1st grave from north end of lot - Memorial ID: 133069421) at Thermopolis
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immigrated to America (1876)
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freighter, aka bull whacker (Dakota Territory) - crossed Sioux reservation for Niobrara Bull outfit
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stockman and rancher, ranch on Buffalo Creek (Hot Springs Co.)
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Mrs. Minnie Stephens Brown (friend) - with him at hospital at death
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Johnson, Mrs. Florence? (1st wife: born: 1859 - married: ? - died: Nov. 8, 1906 - buried: Monument Hill Cemetery at Thermopolis, Wyo.)
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14 total children: Mrs. Don Maret, Henry Peter (Jr.), Mrs. Byron Thorton, Fred and Harold
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Johnson, Mary Ross (2nd wife, born: ? - married: ? - died: ? - buried: ?)
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children: Mrs. George Malley, Minnie, Mrs. Jack Keisner, Nellie, Hans, Harold Peter, Harold Louis, Thomas, Martin, Harriet and Mary Jane
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died: May 16, 1933 (age: 77), at the hospital at Thermopolis (Hot Springs Co., Wyo.)
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funeral: at Eastman's Mortuary at Thermopolis)
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