COLLECTION NAME:
Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files
Record
Title:
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding Earl Wakeman
Collection Name:
WPA Collection
Collection Number:
WPA Bio 987
Item Description:
Wakeman, Earl - Biographical information for Edgar Earl Wakeman; "A Wyoming Attorney, Edgar E. Wakeman, Pioneer", interviewed by Susie Mills Walker;
Creator:
Susie Mills Walker
Location:
Gillette (Wyo.)
Date:
1838 December 5
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born: May 8, 1885, east of Beulah (Crook Co., Wyo.) [or in Lawrence Co. (S. D.)
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Weston County Attorney (1936)
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Mason
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Episcopalian
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busines college graduate and law school graduate (Chicago, Ill.)
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Land Commissioner (Campbell Co.)
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homesteaded near Moorcroft (Crook Co.)
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Wakeman, Mrs. Mary Joy (wife, born: Feb. 5, 1888, at Erie, Colo. - married: 1911 - died: Aug. 21, 1985, at the Dorsett Home in Spearfish, S. D. - buried: Greenwood Cemetery at Newcastle, Wyo.)
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2 children: Mary Charlotte and Jane
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died: Apr. 21 [ot 24], 1954 (age: 68), at Newcastle (Weston Co., Wyo.)
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buried: Greenwood Cemetery (Memorial ID: 85209671) at Newcastle
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childhood education (Sundance, Crook Co., Wyo.)
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relocated and opened law office (Newcastle, Wyo.)
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admited to the bar, co-established Wakeman & Wakeman law practice (Gillette, Wyo. - 1916)
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Crook County Treasurer (Sundance, Wyo., 1911-1914)
Type:
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