COLLECTION NAME:
Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files
Record
Title:
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding John Wilkinson
Collection Name:
WPA Collection
Collection Number:
WPA Bio 1030
Item Description:
Wilkinson, John - Biographical information for John Wilkinson; Mrs. Deborah Pratt Wilkinson (wife); "John Wilkinson, Pioneer Stockgrower", interviewed by Laura Briggs for "Stories of Pioneer Life"
Creator:
Laura Briggs
Location:
Cheyenne (Wyo.)
Date:
1938 November 2
Notes:
born: Oct. 3, 1845, at Yorkshire (England)
Notes:
sheep businessman (Archer, Laramie Co., Wyo. Terr. - 1887)
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ranch (Spring Creek near Pine Bluffs, Wyo. - 1899)
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rancher and stockman - sheep and cattle (o/a 1871)
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Episcopalian
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farmer (England - 6 years)
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Hay, John - Stockgrowers Bank, president (lifelong friend)
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settled on Spring Creek, with additional land holdings near Pine Bluffs
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Wilkinson, Mrs. Mary E. Dolan Gross (1st wife, born: Mar. 10, 1871, at Cheyenne, Wyo. - married: Jan., 1902 [or 1905] - died: Apr. 8, 1954, at Cheyenne, Wyo. - buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery at Cheyenne, Wyo.)
Notes:
Wilkinson, Mrs. Deborah Pratt (2nd wife, born: Sep. 21, 1847 [or o/a 1850], in Yorkshire, England - married: Jan. 12, 1871 - died: May 15 [or 13], 1896 - buried: Lakeview Cemetery at Cheyenne, Wyo.)
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children: Mary, Alice A., James R., Mary Agnes, Isabelle, Margaret, Dora P., Elizabeth J., Francis, Henry L. and Ada Lillian
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died: Jan. 15, 1914 (age: 68), at Pine Bluffs (Laramie Co., Wyo.)
Notes:
buried: Lakeview Cemetery (Plot: Lot 786, Sec. C - Memorial ID: 29171875) at Cheyenne (Laramie Co., Wyo.)
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