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Title:
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Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding Ben Sheeks
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Collection Name:
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WPA Collection
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Collection Number:
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WPA Bio 854
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Item Description:
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Sheeks, Ben - Biographical information for Benjamin Alston "Ben" Sheeks; "'Ben' Sheeks Regretted Suffrage Opposition", Wyoming Stockman-Farmer, Sep. 1939, p. 10
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Date:
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Undated
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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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Notes:
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born: Jun. 13, 1889, in Nebraska
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Notes:
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Sheeks, Mrs. Estella (wife, born: 1883 - married: ? - died: 1983 (age: 99-100 - buried: Pines Cemetery at Spokane, Wash.)
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Notes:
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children: Denton Richard E.
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Notes:
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died: Mar. 26, 1969 (age: 79) in Spokane Co. (Wash.)
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Notes:
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buried: Pines Cemetery (Plot: Block 23, Addition: 3rd - Memorial ID: 116593003) at Spokane (Spokane Co., Wash.)
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Notes:
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subject's aggressive opposition to passage of Suffrage Act (Dec. 10, 1869)
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Notes:
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lawyer (near Atlantic City (Wyo.)
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Notes:
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Salt Lake City (Utah)
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Notes:
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Judge
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Notes:
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subject now advocates and voted for woman's suffrage (Montesano, Wash. - Oct. 14, 1919 )
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Rights:
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No Copyright - United States, https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en
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Type:
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Text
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