Laramie County WY Archives Biographies.....McPhee, Hugh M. 1880 - 
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HUGH M. McPHEE.

   A native son of Wyoming and one of the rising and progressive young stockmen
of Laramie county, Hugh M. McPhee, whose address is Sherman, Wyoming, was born
on Chugwater Creek, in the then territory of Wyoming, on December 27, 1880, the
son of Hugh and Agnes (Teasdale) McPhee, the former a native of Scotland, and
the latter of Iowa. The parents removed their residence from Chugwater Creek to
North Pole Creek, when Hugh was only three years of age and he grew to manhood
in the latter place, receiving his early education in the public schools of the
vicinity of his boyhood's home. When he was nine years of age he had the
misfortune to lose his father, but the mother remained upon the home ranch and
carried on the business of ranching and cattleraising after the death of her
husband along the same lines followed by him during his life, and succeeded in
the business, and when Hugh had completed his education, he was taken into
partnership by his mother, and had charge of the management of the property
until 1898, when they disposed of their ranch and cattle, and the mother removed
to Cheyenne, where she now makes her home at No. 721 East Twentieth street. Hugh
then accepted a position on the ranch of F. O. Harrison on Rock Creek, where he
remained for about one month, and then entered the employ of the Iron Mountain
Ranch Co., on the Chugwater. Here he had been engaged but four days when he met
with a serious accident, so breaking his arm as to incapacitate him for work for
five months, but after he had recovered from his injuries, he continued with the
Iron Mountain Ranch Co., until the fall of 1899, when he accepted a position
with the Swan Land and Cattle Co., one of the largest concerns of Wyoming,
remaining with them for about eight months and until January, 1901, when he was
transferred to the "L. D." ranch, one of the properties of the company, and
remained there until May, when he purchased the ranch property which he now
occupies on Duck Creek, about twenty-four miles west of the city of Cheyenne.
Since that time he has been busily engaged in steadily improving this place,
building fences and erecting a comfortable residence for his family, with
suitable barns and other necessary buildings for the purpose of carrying on his
business of cattleraising. On June 12, 1901. Mr. McPhee was united in marriage
at Cheyenne, Wyoming, with Miss Catherine E. McLaughlin, daughter of James and
Sarah (Daly) McLaughlin, highly respected citizens of Wyoming, where she was
born. They have one child, Hugh M., Jr., born May 7, 1902. The family are devout
members of the Roman Catholic church, and are interested in all works of charity
and religion in the community where they reside. Politically, Mr. McPhee is a
stanch member of the Republican party, taking an active part in the councils of
that political organization in Laramie county. He commands the respect and
friendship of a wide circle of friends in his section of the state, and is one
of the rising and enterprising men upon whom the future of Wyoming must largely
depend.


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