Detail View: Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files: WPA Bio 592

Title: 
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding E. E Lonabaugh
Collection Name: 
WPA Collection
Collection Number: 
WPA Bio 592
Item Description: 
Lonabaugh, E. E. � Biographical information for Ellsworth Eugene Lonabaugh; Pioneer Days in Lusk, Wyoming, In 1886, interviewed source by Mr. Vivian F. Cooper; “E. E. Lonabaugh Succumbs in City – Lawyer Helped Develop State for Fifty Years – Prominent Career Ended by Death at Age 77”, Sheridan Press, Jun. 2l3, 1938
Creator: 
Mr. Vivian F. Cooper
Location: 
Sheridan (Wyo.)
Date: 
1939 January 4
Link to Finding Aid: 
https://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wy-arwpa.xml
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born: May 27, 1861, at Harmarville (Allegheny Co., Pa.)
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delegate, Republican National Convention at Kansas City (Mo. – 1928)
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chairman of board of directors of Bank of Commerce
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counsel for Sheridan County Electric Co. and Holly Sugar Corporation
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represented Sheridan Flouring Mills, Inc. (20+ years)
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died: Jun. 22, 1938 (age: 77), in his home at Sheridan (Sheridan Co., Wyo.)
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arrived Cheyenne (Wyoming Territory, now Laramie Co., 1885)
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buried: Sheridan Municipal Cemetery (Plot: Mason 8 Circle, Block N, Lot 9 – Memorial ID: 522432415)
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later resided and practiced law at Lusk (Niobrara Co., Wyo. – Apr. 1, 1886)
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lawyer – admitted to the bar at Cheyenne, Wyo. – May 27, 1887)
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member: Elk Lodge Masonic Lodge and Shriners Club
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children: Alger Wellman, Emily and Harvey E
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Lonabaugh, Mrs. Emily E. (1st wife, born: Sep. 27, 1863, at Toledo, Iowa – married: 1889 – died: Apr. 12, 1900 - buried: Sheridan Municipal Cemetery at Sheridan, Wyo.)
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Lonabaugh, Mrs. Marie J. Jensen Swaner (2nd wife, born: Feb. 3, 1894, at A - married: 1929 – died: Jul. 26, 1995 – buried: Sheridan Municipal Cemetery at Sheridan, Wyo.)
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moved to Denver (Denver co., Colo. – 1883
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educated at Sharpsburgh Academy at Pittsburgh (Pa.)
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employed by Union Pacific Railroad
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studied law in office of Denver attorney John C. Baird
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interested E. M. Holbrook of Chicago (Ill.) in Wyoming coal fields - Monarch coal mine
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founder of Wyoming-Montana Livestock Association
Rights: 
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