COLLECTION NAME:
Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files
Record
Title:
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding James Ashburn
Collection Name:
WPA Collection
Collection Number:
WPA Bio 22
Item Description:
Ashburn, James M. - Biographical information about James M. Ashburn; "Reminiscences of James M. Ashburn's Pioneer Life"
Creator:
Cecile Stoll Taylor
Location:
Torrington, WY
Date:
1939 February 24
Notes:
Freight and freightage--Wyoming
Notes:
Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917
Notes:
Gold mines and mining
Notes:
born: Aug. 13, 1860, at Lexington (Ky.) [or at Omaha, Neb.]
Notes:
arrived Torrington (Goshen Co., Wyo. - 1906)
Notes:
contractor and Goshen Co. Road Supervisor
Notes:
Ashburn, Ella T. Leon (wife, born: Oct. 1, 1860 - married: 1879 - died: Feb. 26, 19491 - age: 80)
Notes:
children: Mary Pearl, Ellen Jane, Eva Lucy, James William and Lynn Francis
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died: Dec. 22, 1937 (age: 77), at his home in Torrington
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buried: Valley View Cemetery (Plot: M3, Nw4, L2, B10, S12 - Memorial ID: 10882521) at Torrington
Notes:
Deadwood (S.D.)
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Native Americans--Wyoming
Type:
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