Laramie County WY Archives Obituaries.....Harrington, John February 1917
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The Wyoming Tribune -- February 6, 1917
JOHN HARRINGTON, PIONEER MERCHANT, DIES AT HIS HOME AFTER BRIEF ILLINESS --

John Harrington, widely known in the social life of Cheyenne and until recently 
one of the most prominent business men of the city, died at his home, 2021 
Warren avenue, shortly before 11 o'clock this morning. Mr. Harrington and their 
children, Ruth and John Harrington, Jr., were at his side when he died.

Funeral services will be held at St.Mary's cathedral Thursday morning at 9 
o'clock, with interment in Mount Olivet cemetery.

Until two months ago Mr. Harrington had enjoyed excellent health in spite of 
his advanced age, being nearly seventy-six years old. Death was due to an 
intestinal affection.

Mr. Harrington was one of the small number of men who came to Cheyenne in the 
early days, having entered the clothing business here in 1873, coming from 
Chicago to open a store in the frontier town for a prominent clothing concern 
of Chicago, in which city Mr. Harrington learned the details of the business.

Until two years ago he was the most prominent clothing and men's furnishing 
dealer in the city, nearly every man in Cheyenne at present actively engaged in 
the business, having been at one time in the employ of the Harrinton store.

The first store that Mr. Harrington opened in Cheyenne was on the site of what 
is now the New York Bargain Store, at the corner of Pioneer avenue and West 
Lincoln Way. There he did a flourishing business with the big cattle outfits 
that made Cheyenne their headquarters in those days. It is said that at some 
time or other every cattle man of prominence in the west has worn something 
bought of John Harrington.

Prominent at all times in the business life of the city Mr. Harrington was not 
desirous of holding public office. He was very much interested in the Cheyenne 
public schools and for many years has been an active member of the Board of 
Education. In church life, he was a communicant of St. Mary's cathedral.

He was a prominent member of Cheyenne Lodge No. 660 of the B.P.O.E.

Mr. Harrington married Miss Anna Johnson of Cambridge, Ohio, who was at the 
time principal of the Central school in Cheyenne. The deceased is survived by 
his wife and two children, John Harrington, Jr., a sophomore at the University 
of Colorado, and Ruth Harrington, a junior in the Cheyenne High school; also 
two nieces in California.

John Harrington was a strong character, a man of pronounced opinion, a citizen 
of great integrity and always a loyal friend. He was one of the sturdy type who 
saw Cheyenne grow and evolve from a pioneer town of the frontier to a modern 
city of the new west and he will be missed by the thousands of young and old 
who knew him and respected him as a man and a friend.





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