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INDEX to CONTENTS of APPLICATIONS for MEMBERSHIP

OLD SETTLERS CLUB of

Sheridan County, Wyoming 1925-1929

Full applications contain infonnation on name, address, date and place of birth, date and place of settlement, fonner home, mode of travel and route taken to reach new home in Wyoming, early occupation, later occupation, military service, political service, public service, building and development projects, wife's maiden name, date and place of marriage, children's names, dates of birth and places of birth, second marriage, early education, other historical data, plus date and place of death and burial. Not all the applications are completed in their entirety.

Applications 118-138 are one-page fonns asking only name, where and when born, events before moving to Wyoming, date of settlement in Wyoming, where settled, and what offices held or events since arriving in Wyoming

Italicized names below have full entry (application) in record book. Other names and places are mentioned within body of application.

Abrahams, Abe - 51-52 Adams, Dora D Brannan - 118-119 Adams, J Dana - 118-119 Albany Co WY - 120, 121 Alden, F H - 70 Alger, Mister - 15 American Legion Auxiliary - 3, 37, 85 American Red Cross - 3, 5, 33 Antelope Springs - 47 Austin, Anna Fordice - 121 Austin, Ava - 121 Austin, Delbert - 121 Austin, J W - 120, 121 Austin, Madge W - 121 Austin, Myron - 121

Bank of Sheridan - 1 Banner WY - 11, 33, 65a, 122, 123 Battey, Fannie B - 98-99 Battle of the Bear Paw Mountains - 71 Beck, Betty Godoe - 88 Beck, Daisy May Sorenson - 88 Beck, G T - 65a

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Beck, George Washington Thornton - 87-88 Beck, George Washington Jr - 88 Beck, James B - 87 Beck, Jane Augusta - 88 Beckton Mill - 87 Beckton WY - 65a, 87 Benefield, Ed - 37 Benefield, Filmore - 37 Benefield, Will - 37 Bennett, Alvin - 94 Bennett, Lois Newell McKenzie - 93-94 Benton, Horace Earle - 134 Benton, John S - 134 Benton, Martha Haire - 134 Benton, Roy - 134 Benton, Stella - 134, 134a Big Goose Creek - 65, 65a, 87, 101, 120 Big Hom Basin - 122 Big Hom Canyon - 1 Big Hom Mountains - 87, 130 Big Hom River - 122 Big Hom School Board - 37 Big Hom School - 80, 91

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Index to Old Settlers Club Applications, continued

Big Hom WY - 3, 5, 17, 18,20,26, 31, 33, 34, 37-40,45, 65a, 79-81,85,89,91,95,124-127, 129, 134

Big Red Ranch - 6 Biggons, John - 70 Birlew, Pearl - 70 Boss Joe - 100 Bozeman Expedition - 130 Bozeman Trail - 75, 122 Brannan, Dora D - 118-119 Brooks & Diefenderfer Hardware Store - 122 Brown, Edward C - 18, 20 Brown, Eloise Carroll - 18, 19-20 Brown, Hazel C - 18, 20 Brown, Huldah E - 18, 20 Brown, Philip M - 18, 20 Brown Springs WY - 37 Brown, William - 17-18 Brown, William Jr - 18, 20 Brundage, Theo B - 132 Brunig, Carolyn Lena - 90 Brunig, Louise - 58 Buffalo Gap - 63 Buffalo Public Schools - 94 Buffalo WY - 27, 28, 30, 31, 37,41, 51, 58, 65,

67,68,87,93,95,98, 135-137, 137a Bullard, Martha J - 40 Burgess, Harry - 37 Burgess, Lew - 37 Burgess, Sam - 37 Butt, Lulu - 60

C B & Q Railroad - 19 Camp Carlin - 13, 65 Camp Sanger - 71 Canton, F M - 13 Canyon Creek - 31 Carroll, Eloise - 18, 19-20 Carroll, Nellie M - 106, 108-109 Carroll WY - 2, 4 Casper WY - 123 Central Pacific Railroad - 65

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Chassell, Norval W - 9-10 Cheyenne WY - 1,3, 7, 13, 15, 16,23,25,29, 37,

61, 63, 67, 69, 87, 91, 98, 127, 138 Chief Joseph - 71 Christian Church - 124, 125 Civil War - 15, 43, 67, 95, 124 Clay, Charley - 13 Clear Creek - 71 Cody Canal - 87 Cody Flour Mill - 87 Cody WY - 87, 88 Coffeen, Alvah Preston - 84 Coffeen, Hallie - 82, 84, 85-86 Coffeen, Harriet King - 81-82, 84 Coffeen, Henry Asa - 81-84 Coffeen, Herbert - 82, 84 Coffeen, John - 84 Coffeen, Lois Mabel - 82, 84 Coffeen, Mabel- 45-46 Coffeen, Michael - 84 Coleman, Lily George - 76 Colonial Dames in the State of Wyoming - 85 Colorado-Colony Ditch Co - 37 Condit, Winona - 50, 56 Congregational Church - 3, 81, 85, 91, 129a Congregational College - 34 Conrad & Loucks - 15 Converse Co WY - 97 Crazy Woman Creek - 17, 98 Creighton Cattle Co - 25 Creighton Road Ranch - 92 Creighton Stage Ranch - 124 Crewe, Clara Augusts - 78 Crook, George - 130 Cross Cattle Co - 1 Crow Agency MT - 45,78 Crow Indian Reservation - 43, 78, 112 Cultra Apartments - 33 Custer Battlefield - 70, 77 Custer, George - 130 Custer Junction - 39 Custer MT - 95




Custer Station MT - 45, 81, 85 Custis, J W - 126

Dana, Deborah Cappel- 104-105 Dana, Edwin L - 105 Dana, Harriett A-I 05 Dana, Herbert L - 105 Dana, Newton H - 105 Dana, T R - 104 Daughters of the American Revolution - 85 Davis, Amanda - 91-92 Davis, Lula - 96 Davis, Mattie Largent - 95-96 Davis, May - 37 Davis, Norman - 95-96 Davis, William Logan - 95-96 Dayton Bank - 69 Dayton WY - 43, 45, 48, 106-107, 136 Decker MT - 110 DeFraind, Mrs Frank - 96 Denio's - 38 Deuel, Thurston - 70 Devils Tower - 6 Dinwiddie, William Colfax - 136 Douglas, Fred - 34 Douglas WY - 37 Dow, Arthur Park - 15-16 Dow, Jack - 15 Dow, Lorenzo Park - 16 Downer, Carl C - 90 Downer, Esther E - 90 Downer, George - 89-90 Downer, George K - 90 Downer, Harry D - 90 Downer, Margaret L - 90 Downer, Ruth H - 90 Dutch Creek - 15, 16, 35,41 Dwight, Alice - 84

E J Mills & Co General Store - 1 Egger, Johannah B - 64 Elk Horn Creek - 13

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Elks Lodge - 2, 123 Engle, Martha Ellen - 70 Enoch, J M - 13 Eubank, Clinton - 24 Eubank, Minnie Thurmond - 23-24 Eubank, Mister - 24

F 0 Ranch - 69, 70 First National Bank of Buffalo - 135 First National Bank - 1, 136a Fordice, Anna - 121 Fort Bridger - 135 Fort Custer - 45, 77 Fort Fetterman - 13, 69, 75, 76, 135 Fort Keogh - 87 Fort Laramie - 13, 71, 98 Fort McKinney - 3, 13, 67, 69, 127, 135 Fort Phil Kearney - 29 Fort Rice - 71 Fort Sanders - 135 Foster, Ellery D - 29-30 Foster House - 29 Foster, Jeff - 65 Foster, T J - 29 Foster, Thelma - 30 F ox, Alice - 68 Fox, Charles - 67-68 Fox, Kate Kennedy - 68 Fremont Elkhorn & Missouri Valley Railroad - 9 French, Arthur - 102-103 French, Barbara Schuler - 7-8, 102-103 French, Bert A - 8, 103 French, Leroy - 8, 103 French, Myrtle - 8, 103 Fyffe, Lou - 76

Garber, A L - 79-80 Garber, Eugene - 80 Garber, Orr Willits - 80 Garber, Victor - 80 Garber, Vie Willits - 79-80 Garbutt, C W - 1,35



Index to Old Settlers Club Applications, {:ontinued

Geier, Mrs - 100 George, Charles - 75-76 George, Henry - 76 George, Lily - 76 George, Lou Fyffe - 76 George, Rose - 76 George, V urnes - 76 Gerdle, Emma - 127a Gerdle, Hannon - 127a Gerdle, Ida - 127a Gerdle, Isabella - 127 a Gerdle, Louise - 127a Gerdle, Peter H - 127 Gerdle, Theresa - 128 Gillette, Edward - 86 Gillette, Edward Hollister - 86 Gillette, Hallie Coffeen - 82, 84, 85-86 Gillette, Harriet Selby - 86 Gillette WY - 9, 63 Greybull WY - 123 Griffen, Carl Wilber - 2, 4 Griffen, Lula King - 2, 3-4 Griffen, Wellen George - 1-2, 4 Gross, Carl W - 14 Gross, Chris - 13-14, 14a Gross, Frank E - 14

Haines, Tom - 13 Haire, Martha - 134 Hanging Woman Creek - 1 Hanna, 0 P - 130 Harper, George - 50, 56 Harris, Nellie Virginia - 53-54 Hebard, Grace Raymond - 85 Heinrich, Marie Terese - 131 a Held, Henry - 15, 65-66 Held, Virga Nettie (Birdie) - 61-62 Held's Blacksmith - 15 Herron, Arthur K - 48 Herron, Marcia Kimball - 47-48 Herron, Maynard J - 48 Herron, Oscar F - 48, 59-60

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Hoguson, Charles J - 135 Hoguson, Sarah - 135 Holly Sugar Corporation - 9 Homer, Mrs John - 96 Horse Creek - 63, 87 Hough, H D - 22 Hough, Ida Thurmond Laub - 21-22 Howes, Captain - 32 Hughes, Annie Leitner - 100-101 Hughes, Gilbert E - 101 Hughes, Mabel M - 101 Hughes, Norman E - 101

Jackson, Amanda Davis - 91-92 Jackson, Charles Francis - 92 Jackson Creek - 38 Jackson, Edna - 37 Jackson, Frank - 37 Jackson, Hester - 92 Jackson, May Edna - 92 Jackson, Minnetta - 37-38 Jackson, Minnie - 92 Jackson, WE - 38 Johnson Co - 3, 17,25,67, 77, 95, 110, 118-120,

133 Johnson County Cattle War - 16 Johnson, Elsa Eileen - 6 Johnson, Homer Bradford - 6 Johnson, Jessamine Annabelle - 6 Johnson, Phyllis Vie - 6 Johnson, Rose George - 76 Johnson, Sylvia Jessamine Spear - 5-6 Johnson Torrey Benton - 6 Johnson, Victor Elarth - 6 Johnson, William Spear - 6 Johnson, William Victor - 6 Justice of the Peace - 122, 137a

KalifTemple Shrine - 2, 83 Kearney WY - 29, 100 Keeler, Frank - 65 Kendrick, John B - 97




Kennedy, Jack - 77 Kennedy, John - 112-113 Kennedy, Kate - 68 Kimball, Marcia - 47-48 King, Harriet - 81-82, 84 King, John - 82 King, Lula - 2 Kirby MT - 5 Kleitz, William L - 86 Knights ofPythias - 2 Knights Templar - 2, 83 Kuhl, Mrs E J - 14 Kurnblade, Louisa - 32

Ladd, Beryl Amelia - 62 Ladd, J H - 61 Ladd, Virga Nettie - 61-62 Lame Deer MT - 32 Lander WY - 114 Laramie Co WY - 25 Laramie WY - 17,29, 33, 85 Largent, Mattie - 95-96 Laub, Eldra A - 22 Laub, Ida Thurmond - 21-22 Laub, Jess - 22 Laurel MT - 62 Leitner, Annie - 100-101 Little Goose Canyon - 77, 130 Little Goose Creek - 21, 23, 37, 65a, 127, 127a,

130 Lone Star School- 6 Lord, Edwin W - 58 Lord, Eleanore M - 58 Lord, George - 57 Lord, George H - 58 Lord, Louise Brunig - 58 Loucks, John D - 15 Lusk WY - 97

Mandel, Mister - 65a Mandel WY - 132 Martin, L E - 92

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Martin, Lemuel E - 38 Martin, Lemuel Edward - 38 Martin, Louisa Emoroy - 38 Martin, Minnetta Jackson - 37-38 Marty, Mrs R L - 61 Masonic Lodge - 83 Maynard, Kate G - 123 McClure, Maude - 30 McKee, Arve - 95 McKenzie, Harry A - 94 McKenzie, Henry Donald - 94 McUlvan, Dan - 13 Mead Creek School - 80 Meade Creek - 3, 39 Meade Creek Ditch - 39 Meade, Mrs M S - 96 Methodist Church - 91 Methodist Episcopal Church - 96 Miles City MT - 31, 87 Miles, Nelson - 87 Mills, Mother - 15 Mills Restaurant - 15 Missouri River - 71 Mitchell Bottom - 13 Moncreiffe, William - 38 Moran, Harriatt Gertrude - 72 Morgareidge, Annie E - 28 Morgareidge, Ben - 54 Morgareidge, Blanche - 28, 54 Morgareidge, C Ben - 28 Morgareidge, C W - 53-54, 137 Morgareidge, Charles W - 28 Morgareidge, Nellie Virginia Harris - 27-28,

53-54 Morgareidge, Philip - 28 Mount Hope Cemetery - 76, 78, 103 Murphy Gulch - 41

Naomi Chapter - 3 Neilsen Heights - 65a Newcomer, Anna Belle - 33-34 Newcomer, Budd A - 33




Newcomer, Edwin V - 33 Newcomer, Frederick F - 33 Newcomer, Kate - 33 Newcomer, Mary Frances - 33 Newell, J W - 1 Newell, Lois - 94 Nez Pierce Indians - 71 Niebmann, Henry W - 31-32 Niebmann, Mildred - 32 Northern Pacific Engineer Corps - 87 Northern Pacific Railroad - 39, 45, 70 Northwestern Stage Line - 72

OR Ranch - 31 OWRanch-l o Z Ranch - 13 O'Marr, Mister - 122 Ohlman WY - 47,59 Order of the Eastern Star - 3 Otter Creek - 32 Owen, Bernice Blanche - 70 Owen, Byron Beethoven - 70 Owen, Florence Faye - 70 Owen, Frank Ford - 70 Owen, J Frank - 69-70 Owen, Jay Frank - 70 Owen, Lloyd Lewellyn - 70 Owen, Lulu Lilian - 70 Owen, Manford Milton - 70 Owen, Martha Ellen Engle - 70 Owen, Minnie Myrtle - 70 Owen, Ogden Otho - 70 Owen, Orlin Birlew - 70 Owen, Owen Otto - 70 Owen, Pearl Birlew - 70

Palmer Addition - 33 Parkman WY - 13, 14, 14a, 77-78 Pass Creek - 13 1 Pearce, Mrs Reginald - 14 Pendleton Ditch Co - 134a Perkins, B F - 1

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Piney Creek - 29, 39, 49, 50, 55, 56, 65 Pony MT - 122, 123 Post, ME - 87 Powder River - 27, 28, 31, 47, 69, 71 Powder River Cattle Co - 53 Powder River WY - 49, 54, 55 Prairie Dog Creek - 1, 11, 12,35, 50, 56, 76, 98-

99, 122 Pringel, Luella M - 26 Radcliffe, Mattie 0 - 14 Ramsey, Fred B - 71-72 Ramsey, Harriatt Gertrude Moran - 72 Ramsey, James F - 72 Ramsey, Roy S - 72 Rawlins WY - 71, 137 Red Buttes WY - 49, 55 Red Cloud Agency - 13, 67 Red Lodge MT - 70,88 Reece, Arthur - 124 Reece, Charles Noble - 124 Reece, Dora Ann - 124 Reece, Eliza Wren - 125 Reece, Jacob - 124 Reece, Laura May - 124 Reece, Louvina - 124 Reece, Mary Ellen - 124 Reece, Valentine - 124-125 Reed, Dick - 124 Reed Hotel - 124 Reel, Heck - 25 Republican Central Committee - 69 Reynolds, Clara Augusta Crewe - 78 Reynolds, James - 78 Reynolds, P P - 112 Reynolds, Peter P - 77-78 Ricketts, W P - 63-64 Roberts, Gail L - 36 Roberts, Hattie E - 36 Roberts, William A-I, 35-36 Robinson, J P - 1 Robinson, T M - 1 Robinson, William - 70




Robinson, William N - 43-44 Rock Creek - 41 , 67, 93 Rock Creek Stage - 93 Rock River WY - 63 Rock Springs WY - 18 Rockinger, Henry - 41 Rosebud Creek - 71 Rosebud MT - 72 Royal Arch Masons - 2 Running Water - 97

Sackett, Carl - 37 Sackett, Lee - 37 Searight Cattle Co - 63 Schuler, Barbara - 7-8 Shepardson, Frances L - 74 Sheridan Banking Company - 1, 77, 107 Sheridan County Assessor - 41 , 59, 120, 122 Sheridan County Clerk - 33 Sheridan County Commission - 43, 63a, 77,

138a Sheridan County District Court - 33 Sheridan County Fair - 37, 77 Sheridan County Savings Bank - 1, 77 Sheridan County Sheriff - 13 Sheridan County Treasurer - 1, 3, 33 Sheridan Fuel Co - 87 Sheridan, General - 65b Sheridan High School - 6, 80 Sheridan Iron Works - 89 Sheridan Lodge #8 - 2 Sheridan Lumber Co - 77 Sheridan National Bank - 15 Sheridan Post - 122 Sheridan Public Schools - 22, 24, 60, 80, 101 Sheridan School Board - 69, 120 Sheridan School District - 123, 131a Sheridan Telephone Exchange - 1, 3 Sheridan Women's Club - 85

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Sheridan WY - 1-4, 6-9, 13-15, 15a, 17-25, 27-37,43 , 45-48, 51-52, 57-65. 65a, 65b, 67, 69, 71-73, 77-78, 81-86, 89-90, 93-94, 97-98, 100-103, 107-108, 110, 114-115, 121-124, 127a, 129a, 132

Shoshone Irrigation Co - 87 Shreve, Otis J - 110-111 Silver Star MT - 122, 123 Sioux Indians - 13 Sitting Bull - 71 Six Mile Lane - 65a Skinner, Charles W - 138 Smith, Anna Belle Newcomer - 33-34 Smith Creek - 70 Smith, Eva Zillah - 129a Smith, Helen Frances - 34 Smith, Helen Louvina - 129a Smith, Louvina - 129 Smith, Nellie May - 129a Smith, Simeon - 129a Snider, E U - 13 Soldier Creek - 89 Sorenson, Daisy May - 88 South Fork MT - 112 Spear Ranch - 5, 6 Spear, Sylvia Jessamine - 5-6 St Peter' s Episcopal Church - 34 State Industrial School for Girls - 37 Stephenson, Mae - 12 Story, C P - 122-123 Story, Charley - 16 Story, Chas H - 123 Story, Edna Grace - 123 Story, Ethel Estelle - 123 Story, Frances - 123 Story, Kate G Maynard - 123 Story, Nettie May - 123 Story WY - 101 Stout, Clarence - 115




Stout, Frank - 115 Stout, Harry - 115 Stout, Mattie Worley - 115 Stout, Minnie Vance - 115 Stout, Thomas A - 114-115 Stover, Doc - 15 Stowe, Louise V-I 0 Stroud, G W - 11-12 Stroud, Glenn W - 12 Stroud, Opal - 12 Sundance WY - 9, 63, 73 Suthen, Harry - 65a Sweetwater WY - 63

Taylor, John S - 51 Telander, Mabel Coffeen - 45-46 Telander, Mary Victoria - 46 Terry MT -71 Thompson, Ann - 37 Thompson, George - 37 Thompson, John - 37 Thompson, Tillie - 37 Thorn, Carroll R - 106 Thorn, J D - 70, 106-107 Thorn, Joseph D - 106 Thorn, Nellie M Carroll - 106, 108-109 Thurmond, Dudley - 15, 65a Thurmond, Ida B - 21-22 Thurmond, Minnie - 23-24 Tie Siding WY - 17, 29 Timm, Mrs Martin J - 14 TongueRiver-13,69-70, 107, 108, 110, 136 Trabing Creek - 38 Tschirgi, George - 131 Tschirgi, Mathew Henry - 131 a Twin Creek - 13, 14, 14a, 77, 112

U S Army - 51 , 65, 67, 124 U S Congress - 83 U S Senate - 97 U S Veteran's Hospital- 33 Ucross WY - 6, 49, 55

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Union Cattle Co - 25 Union Pacific Railroad - 14a, 53 , 63, 65, 67, 93 University of Wyoming - 80 University of Wyoming - 33, 34 Upper Piney School - 101

Vance, Minnie - 115

W H Holliday Lumber Co - 17 Wallop, Oliver - 32 Warren, Richard - 82 Weaver, Edna - 74 Weaver, Frances L Shepardson - 74 Weaver, William Albert - 73-74 Webster, George P - 133 Weir, John R - 41-42 Weir Pool Hall - 41 Wetherwax, Frank - 37 Wetherwax, Julia - 37 White, Belle - 40 White, Bertie - 40 White, Charles J - 39-40 White, Charles P - 40 White, David L - 40 White, Elizabeth - 39 White, Ephream - 39 White, J Malcolm - 40 White, Mamie - 40 White, Martha Ann - 40 White, Pearl - 40 White, Reagan - 40 Whitman, Julia - 16 Whitney Building - 93 Whitney, E A-I Wiley, Peter - 31 Willey, A L - 1 Willey, Allen - 35 Willey, Allen L - 98 Willey, Clara S - 99 Willey, Dennis H - 1 Willey, Ethel H - 99 Willey, Evelyn N - 99




Willey, Fannie Battey - 98-99 Williams, Allen - 49-50, 55-56 Williams, Claude - 50, 56 Williams, Ethel - 50, 56 Williams, Henry - 13 Williams, Jennie - 50, 56 Williams, R H - 1 7 Willits, J D - 79-80 Willits, Vie - 79-80 Wilson, Nettie C - 64 Wilson, Sarah May - 51 Winterling, Mrs John - 15a Winters, Julius - 70 Wolf Mountains - 31, 65a Wood, Daniel- 25-26 Woodley, Clifford - 37 World War One - 3, 5, 77, 85

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Worley, Mattie - 115 Wren, Eliza - 124-125 Wrench Ranch - 1 Wyarno WY - 15 Wyola MT - 13, 14a Wyoming Fish Hatchery - 53 Wyoming Legislature - 87 Wyoming Rangers Vigilance Committee - 69 Wyoming State Coal Commission - 77 Wyoming State Fish Commission - 53 Wyoming State Hospital- 94, 136a Wyoming State Legislature - 17-18,63, 83, 123

Yellowstone Expedition - 130 Yellowstone National Park - 1, 70 Yellowstone River - 71

Indexed August 2000 Wyoming Room

Sheridan County Fulmer Public Library 335 West Alger

Sheridan, Wyoming 8280 I



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