COLLECTION NAME:
Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files
Record
Title:
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding John Agee
Collection Name:
WPA Collection
Collection Number:
WPA Bio 5
Item Description:
Agee, John W. - Biographical information for John W. Agee; "John W. Agee"
Creator:
Burnam, Verda L.
Location:
Big Horn County, WY
Date:
1941
Notes:
Tuberculosis
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Bonanza (Wyo.)
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Cleft palate
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Great Depression, 1929
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Fenton, Jack
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Garland, Fred
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Blind
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Hanner, W.L.
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Law enforcement--Wyoming
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born: Sep. 19, 1868 [or 14, 1867], at Valley (Douglas Co., Neb.) - common school education there
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helped father raise livestock and crops on ranch near Valley
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Sawmills
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Agee, Charity Susan Hanner (wife, born: Mar. 1871 - married: Dec. 24, 1889 - died: Jan., 1933 - age: 61)
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12 children: Ernest Leroy, Elma, Grace, Ivan, David Warren, Edna, Max, Martha, Mary, James, Gertrude and Guy Vernon
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tubercular condition caused loss of 40 pounds in weight
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Basin (Wyo.)
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resulted in his move alone to Otto (Big Horn Co., Wyo. - 1892) - filed on land there and in Bonanza (Big Horn Co.)
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wife & child joined him (Apr., 1893)
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operated freighting business
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neighbors: Bert Prettyman, Fred Garland, T. K. Riley and Bill Clark
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Food
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rapidly went blind and death (1937) - retired to Basin (Big Horn Co. - 1937)
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Stagecoaches
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member of Literary Society
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died: Jul. 19, 1955 (age: 86), at Casper (Natrona Co., Wyo.)
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buried: Mount View Cemetery (Plot: Lot 4, Block 69 - Memorial ID: 12543260)
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Clothing
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Fourth of July
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World War, 1914-1918
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Ranching
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Farming
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Grasshoppers
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Sheep
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Otto (Wyo.)
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"The White Elephant" School House, Basin, WY
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Winter
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Stone, John "Slim"
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Cabins
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Schools--Wyoming
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Rural Schools--Wyoming
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Burlington (Wyo.)
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Moving buildings
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Post offices--Wyoming
Type:
Text