COLLECTION NAME:
Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files
Record
Title:
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding James Vine
Collection Name:
WPA Collection
Collection Number:
WPA Bio 979
Item Description:
Vine, James - Biographical information for James Vine; Mrs. Elizabeth Jones Vine (wife); James Benjaman [sic] Vine; "James Vine, Laramie's Pioneer Furniture Dealer", interviewed by Mrs. Elizabeth Hoehn [daughter], n.d., for "Stories of Pioneer Life"
Creator:
Mrs. Maude B. Ingham
Location:
Laramie (Wyo.)
Date:
1939 February 1
Notes:
born: May 13, 1837, in Chariton Co. (Mo.) [or on the Isle of Man]
Notes:
real estate business man
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operated sheep ranch near Laramie (Wyo.)
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children: Elizabeth Francis, James Benjamin and Alice Ray
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Vine, Elizabeth Jones (wife, born: Sep. 21, 1849, at Mansfield, Pa. - married: 1870 - died: Nov. 28, 1925 - buried: Fairmount Cemetery at Denver, Colo.)
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died: Jul. 31, 1907, at Denver (Denver Co., Colo.) [or at Riverton (Wyo.)]
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Fort Sanders (Wyo. Terr. - May 5, 1867 [or 1868?)
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buried: Fairmount Cemetery (Plot: Block 24 - Memoriial ID: 54922146) at Denver
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brick layer (Laramie, Albany Co., Wyo.)
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Riverton (Fremont Co., Wyo.)
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Mediterranean Sea, sailor
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started first furniture store (Laramie, Wyo.) - sold to W. H. Holliday Co.
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carpenter (Fort Sanders, Wyo.)
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Albany County Commissioner
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Odd Fellows Lodge, member (Laramie, Wyo.)
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Laramie City Councilman
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Baptist
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education (Isle of Man)
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Federal Army, enlisted soldier (St. Charles, Mo.), POW in same vicinity
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operated undertaking establishment - sold to J. W. Stryker
Type:
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