Albany County WY Archives Biographies.....Carragher, James 
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Author: Bowen & Co. (1903)

JAMES CARRAGHER.

   A prominent rancher of Spring Hill, Wyoming, is James Carragher, who is one
of the leading citizens of Albany county. He was born on June 12, 1854, in
Livingston county, N. Y., the son of John and Catherine (Carney) Carragher, both
natives of Ireland. His father was a mason by trade and followed that occupation
in Livingston county for many years and up to 1861, when he enlisted in Co. G,
Eighth Xew York Cavalry, and went to the front in the great Civil War. At the
battle of the Wilderness he was captured and taken as a prisoner of war to
Libbcy prison and died there in 1804. The mother remained in the New York home
and at this writing makes her home at Caledonia in that state. James Carragher
grew to man's estate in Livingston county and received his early education in
the public schools of Caledonia. After having completed his education, he
remained at home with his mother and followed farming until he had attained to
the age of twenty-four years. In the spring of 1879, he determined to seek his
fortune in the country farther to the west, came to Omaha, Neb., accepted a
position in the machine shops of the Union Pacific Railroad and remained there
for about one year. In 1880 he removed to Colorado, where he engaged in
prospecting and mining in the county of Gunnison with varying success for about
four years. He then abandoned the business of mining, and came to the city of
Denver, in the state of Colorado. He then again entered the employ of the Union
Pacific Railway and went to the territory of Idaho, where he was employed as a
stone-mason. After he had completed his engagement in Idaho he returned to
Denver, where he remained a short time, and then went to Cheyenne, where he was
employed as a stone-mason, securing employment on a ranch near that city, he
remained three years. In the fall of 1887 he came to Albany county, and in the
spring of the following year he located a ranch on Bear Creek, about fifty miles
south of Douglas, Wyo., and there engaged in the business of raising cattle. He
continued here in the cattle business with considerable success up to 1900, when
he disposed of his ranch to good advantage and purchased his present place on
Trail Creek, a tributary of Horseshoe Creek, in Horseshoe Park, one of the most
desirable ranch locations in the state. He has since that time continued to
reside on the latter ranch, and has met with success in his chosen industry,
being now the owner of 480 acres of land, well fenced and improved, with a
modern residence and all suitable buildings and conveniences for the carrying on
of a general cattle business. His success is due to his own efforts and to the
energy, ability and good judgment he has shown in the management of his ranch
and stock interests. He is one of the most respected citizens of Albany county,
and has the warm friendship and esteem of all who know him. On November 17,
1899, Mr. Carragher was united in marriage at Cheyenne, Wyo., with Miss Margaret
Abney, a native of Wyoming and the daughter of Jackson and Margaret (Moody)
Abney, the former a native of Kentucky and the latter of Ohio. The father of
Mrs. Carragher was long engaged in the cattle business in Wyoming, having a
ranch near the city of Cheyenne. During the early days before the advent of the
railroad, he was engaged in freighting from Missouri River points to the country
farther to the west, and was an active and prosperous business man for many
years in Wyoming and one of the earliest pioneers of the territory. He passed
away in March, 1896, and lies buried in Cheyenne. The mother died in 1879, and
lies by the side of her husband. Mrs. Carragher is a devout member of the
Protestant Episcopal church and her husband is a member of the Roman Catholic
church, but both take active interest in all works of religion and charity in
the community where their home is located. Politically, Mr. Carragher is
identified with the Democratic party, a conscientious believer in the principles
of that political organization, although never taking a partisan position in
local politics.


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PROGRESSIVE MEN OF THE STATE OF WYOMING

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A people who take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors, will
never achieve anything worthy to he remembered with pride by remote
generations.—.MACAULAY.

CHICAGO, ILL.
A. W. BOWEN & CO.
PUBLISHERS AND ENGRAVERS
1903


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