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Title:
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Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding John Talbot
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Collection Name:
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WPA Collection
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Collection Number:
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WPA Bio 937
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Item Description:
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Talbot, John - Biographical information for [Maj.] John Talbot; "The Story of An Active Man--Major John Talbot" [aka "Obituary"], interviewed by Beryl M. Thompson, Wyoming State Tribune, Jul., 1910; "Major John Talbot", no source, n.d.; "My First Recollection of Major Talbot", interviewed by Mrs. Selma L. Terry, n.d.; "Pioneer Park, Talbot's Place, Had an Illustrious, Interesting Past", interviewed by Mrs. Selma L. Terry, n.d.
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Creator:
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Hilliard Ridgely
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Location:
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Cheyenne (Wyo.)
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Date:
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1939 February 13
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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: 1832 [or 1833] in County Tipperary [or Queens or Quees Co. (Ireland)
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Notes:
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died: Jul. 13, 1910 (age: 77-78), at Cheyenne (Laramie Co., Wyo.)
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Notes:
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buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery (Plot: Block 1, Row 4, Lot 15, Space E - Memorial ID: 40095937) at Cheyenne
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Notes:
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Cheyenne (Wyo. Terr. - 1860 [or 1862? or 1855?] - o/a 48 years in vicinity)
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Notes:
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plasterer and stone mason
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Notes:
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Second Dragons, soldier (Fort Leavenworth, Kan. - 1855) and U. S. Army, officeer
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Notes:
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beer garden, proprietor (1865 - 1887)
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Supreme Court, baliff
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Catholic
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Notes:
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Fort Laramie (Wyo.)
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Notes:
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Cheyenne Riding and Driving Club, original portion of Talbot's place (mid-1880s)
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Notes:
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sold Laramie Co. Fair grounds (Frontier Days site - 1910) plot to Wyo. State officials (1887)
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Notes:
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Cody, Wm. F. (close friend)
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Notes:
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Pioneer Park, land parcel ". . . conveyed by [U. S.] patent to land in Wyoming."
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Notes:
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Talbot, Mrs.Mary Anne Josephine Wyse (1st wife, born: Sep. 11, 1833, at Waterford, Ireland - married: Feb. 21, 1854, in Ireland - died: Mar. 6, 1916, at Newark, Neb. - divorced: ? - buried: near daughter Luce Talbot DeLabarre in the Kearney Cemetery at Kearney, Neb.)
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Notes:
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11 children: only Lucy Pauline Hortense and Mary Ann Josephine survived to adulthood
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Notes:
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Talbot, Mrs. Elizabeth Knaggs (2nd wife, born: 1852 in England - married: Jul. 21, 1873, at Evans, Colo. - died: Oct. 19, 1940, at Kearney, Neb. - buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery at Cheyenne, Wyo.)
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Notes:
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children: 4 daughters
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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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