Genealogy and History
Biographies
Uinta County, Wyoming
Genealogy and History
Biographies
Clarence Clark
Clarence Don Clark, U. S. Senator; attorney; (Rep); b. April 16, 1851, Sandy Cree, Oswego county, New York; educ. Common schools and Iowa State University; admitted to bar in 1874 and taught school and practiced law in Delaware county, Iowa, until 1881; located in Evanston, Wyoming, 1881, where he has since resided; prosecuting attorney, Uinta county, Wyo., four years; delegate to Republican national conventions of 1888, 1900, 1904 and 1908; appointed associate justice of the territory of Wyoming, 1890, but declined the office; elected to the fifty-first and fifty-second congresses from Wyoming; defeated for fifty-third congress, by fusion of Democrats and Populist; elected to U. S. Senate, Jan. 23, 1895-March, 3, 1899, to fill vacancy caused by the failure of the legislature to elect, 1892-3; re-elected 1899, 1905 and 1911; term of office expires March 3, 1917; mem. 33 deg. Mason. Address: Evanston, Wyoming. [Source: Men of Wyoming, By C. S. Peterson, Publ 1915, Transcribed by Richard Ramos]
O.E. Bradbury
O. E. Bradbury, state senator; civil and mining engineer; (Rep.); b. March 22, 1883, Evanston, Wyoming; s. of Albert and Roella D. (Kidder) Bradbury; educ. Pub. Schools. Of Evanston; student Salt Lake City (Utah) H. S.; grad. (C. E.) Rensselare Ploytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y., 1907; ast. Engineer U. P. Coal Company, headquarters Rock Springs, Wyo., 1907-10; asst. chief engineer same company, 1910; engaged in civil and mining engineering in Evanston since; member Wyoming State Senate, 1913-17; mem. 32 deg. Mason; Elks (Rock Springs No. 624); Chi Phi fraternity. AddreAddress: Evanston, Wyoming. [Source: Men of Wyoming, By C. S. Peterson, Publ 1915, Transcribed by Richard Ramos]
J.H. Cameron
J. H. CAMERON, carriage builder; postmaster Evanston; (Dem.) b. Dec. 14, 1858, Nova Scotia, Canada; s. of Roderick and Susan (McDonald) Cameron; educ. District schls. Nova Scotia; night school Providence, Rhode Island; res in Canada until 1873 and 1877-81; res. in Providence, R. I., 1873-7 and 1881-3; learned carriage building in Providence and worked at trade there; worked at his trade in Salt Lake City, Utah, 1883-6; located in Evanston, Wyoming, 1886, and has been continuously engaged in carriage building as member of the firm of Cameron & Chisholm, carriage builders and blacksmiths, until 1912; county treasurer, Uinta county, Wyoming, 1897-9; city councilman, Evanston, 1898-1909; county chairman Uinta County Democratic Central Committee, 1912-1914; appointed postmaster Evanston, 1914. Address: Evanston, Wyoming. [Source: Men of Wyoming, By C. S. Peterson, Publ 1915. Transcribed by Anna Parks]
David H. Craig
DAVID H. CRAIG, judge third Wyoming judicial district; attorney; (Rep.); b. Dec. 5, 1860; nr. Belfast, Ireland; s. of Robert and Margaret (Kelly) Craig; educ. pub. schls. Of Ireland; academic course, Coleraine, Ireland; came to the U. S. April, 1880, landing in New York City; located in Danville, Ills., 1880-1; studied law in office of Robb & Bradberry, Robinson, Ills., 1882-5; admitted to practice law in Illinois, 1885; practiced in Illinois, 1885-6; located in Rawlings, Wyoming, 1886, and engaged in the general practice of law until 1896; county and prosecuting attorney, Carbon county, Wyoming, 1888-1895; mem. Wyo. State Senate, 1895-7; appt. judge of the third Wyoming judicial district by Gov. W. A. Richards, Dec. 1896; elected 1898-1905; re-elected 1905-11; re-elected 1911-17; mem. 32 deg. Mason, Chapter and Commandery. Address: Evanston, Wyoming. [Source: Men of Wyoming, By C. S. Peterson, Publ 1915. Transcribed by Anna Parks]
