Detail View: Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files: WPA Bio 1008

Title: 
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding Mollie Welch
Collection Name: 
WPA Collection
Collection Number: 
WPA Bio 1008
Item Description: 
Welch, Mollie - Biographical information for Mrs. Mary Ann "Mollie" Stahl Welch; "Life of Mrs. Welch in Sweetwater County", interviewed by Mrs. Jennie Parks for "Stories of Pioneer Life";
Creator: 
Mrs. Jennie Parks
Location: 
Rock Spring (Wyo.)
Date: 
1939 February 13
Link to Finding Aid: 
https://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wy-arwpa.xml
Notes: 
born: Oct. 16, 1873, at Smith's Fork near Fort Bridger (Uinta Co., Wyo. Terr.)
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ranch at Burnt Fork (Sweetwater Co., Wyo. - o/a 1876)
Notes: 
housewife
Notes: 
Rebekah lodge, member
Notes: 
Legion Auxiliary, member
Notes: 
Episcopalian
Notes: 
"very sever snow storm" (Mar. 30, 1887)
Notes: 
fire destroyed I.O.O.F. Hall, general store and saloon (Burnt Fork)
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home, winter months (Green River, Wyo.)
Notes: 
Welch, Thomas Adderson "Grand Old Man" (husband, born: May 25, 1867, at Springfield, Ill. - married: Oct. 6, 1890 - died: Feb. 4, 1963 at Rock Springs, Wyo. - buried: Riverview Cemetery at Green River, Wyo.)
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5 children: Ethel Marie, William L. and John Frederick
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died: Aug. 22, 1956 (age: 82), at Rock Springs (Sweetwater Co., Wyo.)
Notes: 
buried: Riverview Cemetery (Plot: Sec. B, Lot 18 - Memorial ID: 75251802) at Green River (Sweetwater Co., Wyo.)
Rights: 
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Type: 
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