Detail View: Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files: WPA Bio 979

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
Link to Finding Aid: 
https://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wy-arwpa.xml
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
Notes: 
Vine, Elizabeth Jones (wife, born: Sep. 21, 1849, at Mansfield, Pa. - married: 1870 - died: Nov. 28, 1925 - buried: Fairmount Cemetery at Denver, Colo.)
Notes: 
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
Notes: 
operated undertaking establishment - sold to J. W. Stryker
Rights: 
No Copyright - United States, https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en
Type: 
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