COLLECTION NAME:
Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files
Record
Title:
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding Robert Donohoo
Collection Name:
WPA Collection
Collection Number:
WPA Bio 1566
Item Description:
Donohoo, Robert - Biographical information for Robert Burns Donohoo; "Robert Donohoo Answers Call", Bridgere Valley Enterprise, Lyman, Wyo., Sep. 4, 1917
Date:
Undated
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born: Feb. 14, 1839 [or 1837], at Savannah (Hardin Co., Tenn.)
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children: William, John, Cornelius, Edgar, Dewey, George, Martha, Ella, Lucy and Susie
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died: Aug. 14, 1917 (age: 78), in an irrigated potatoe field on his farm near Lonetree (Uinta Co., Wyo.)
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funeral: Aug. 31, 1917, services held at Lonetree School
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buried: in Lonetree Cemetery (Memorial ID: 25428471) at Lonetree, near grave of W. L. Wheeler
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Civil War: enlisted in 11th Illinois Regiment, Union Army (3 yrs.)
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fought battles at Fort Henry, Fort Donaldson, Shiloh and wounded in battle of Gettysburgj
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Mormon - went west, locating in Arizona (1870)
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settled in Lonetree (Uinta Co., Wyo., 1894 - 1917/death)
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Donohoo, Mrs. Ella Rebecca Workman (wife, born: Mar. 3, 1867, at Washington, Utah - married: 1884 - died: Mar. 2, 1907 - buried: ?)
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