COLLECTION NAME:
Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files
Record
Title:
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding Minnie Williams
Collection Name:
WPA Collection
Collection Number:
WPA Bio 1036
Item Description:
Williams, Minnie - Biographical information for Minnie Williams; 7 pictures of subject in work and home environments; "Women as Pioneers", interviewed by N. E. Loveland, n.d., for "Stories of Pioneer Life"; "Minnie Williams, Pioneer, Dies at Home Following Long Illness; Was one of First Residents of Southfork, Came in 1892", Cody Enterprise, Mar. 2, 1838; "Cody in the Making" by Mrs. Minnie Williams, Cody Enterprise, Mar. 11, 1936
Date:
Undated
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born: Oct. 5 [or Nov. 27?], 1859, at Frewsburg near Lake Chautauqua (Chatauqua Co., N. Y.)
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Superintendent of School (Park Co. - "several years")
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school teacher (Fort Dodge, Iowa)
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Eastern Star Lodge, member (1904 - Grand Matron, 1912)
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Shoshone Valley News, correspondent (Cody, Wyo.)
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Williams, Marion (husband, born: ? - married: 1878 at Fort Dodge, Iowa - died: ? - buried: Riverside Cemetery at Cody, Wyo.)
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children: Frank and Clarence
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died: Feb. 24, 1938 - buried: Riverside Cemetery
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buried:Riverside Cemetery (Memorial ID: 43852965) at Cody (Wyo.)
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South Fork Shoshone River (near Cody, Fremont Co., Wyo. - 1892)
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Cody (Wyo.)
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housewife
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Receiver of Public Monies, Federal Land Office (Lander, 1898) - appointed by Pres. Wm. McKinley (Lander, Wyo. - 1898)
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". . . helped organize Marquette school district; School Board (Dist. No. 6), member
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Red Lodge (Mont., 1889 - 1892)
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fishing (hobby)
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Cody, Colonel Wm. "Buffalo Bill" (South Fork home visitor and friend)
Type:
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