JOHN A. FINDLAY.

JOHN A. FINDLAY.
John A. Findlay, a well known stock and sheep grower of Fremont county, living at Lander, is a self-made man, having been dependent upon his own resources from early boyhood. Whatever success he has achieved is attributable entirely to his own labors and his persistency of purpose. He was born in Scotland, December 12, 1866, and when but a young lad was left an orphan by the death of his parents. Thus thrown upon his own resources, he had to provide for his support and utilized every means that would enable him to earn an honest living. He continued in Scotland until 1889, when at the age of twenty-three years he crossed the Atlantic to Canada. There he engaged in the live stock business, and thinking to find still bettter and broader business opportunities in the west, he removed to Wyoming in 1891, settling at Rock Springs. Three years later, or in 1894, he became identified with the sheep industry and has since continued in that line of business. He now has three thousand head of sheep and in addition he also owns a large stock ranch. He keeps high grade sheep and is now making a specialty of sheep, being one of the most successful representatives of this industry in Fremont county. In addition to his farm property he also owns a fine residence in Lander. In 1904 Mr. Findlay was united in marriage to Miss Francis Wroe, who was born in Wyoming, and to them have been born five children: J. Orville, Everett, Francis, George and Alice, all of whom are yet under the parental roof. Mr. Findlay is identified with the Woodmen of the World. His political endorsement is given to the republican party but he has never been an office seeker nor has he desired to fill public positions. On the contrary he has preferred to concentrate his efforts and attention upon his business affairs and along the line of his chosen life work he has gradually made advancement. He has never regretted his determination to come to the new world, for on this side of the Atlantic he has found the business opportunities which he sought and in their utilization he has made for himself a creditable place among the stockmen of the west.

John A. Findlay, a well known stock and sheep grower of Fremont county, living at Lander, is a self-made man, having been dependent upon his own resources from early boyhood. Whatever success he has achieved is attributable entirely to his own labors and his persistency of purpose. He was born in Scotland, December 12, 1866, and when but a young lad was left an orphan by the death of his parents. Thus thrown upon his own resources, he had to provide for his support and utilized every means that would enable him to earn an honest living. He continued in Scotland until 1889, when at the age of twenty-three years he crossed the Atlantic to Canada. There he engaged in the live stock business, and thinking to find still bettter and broader business opportunities in the west, he removed to Wyoming in 1891, settling at Rock Springs. Three years later, or in 1894, he became identified with the sheep industry and has since continued in that line of business. He now has three thousand head of sheep and in addition he also owns a large stock ranch. He keeps high grade sheep and is now making a specialty of sheep, being one of the most successful representatives of this industry in Fremont county. In addition to his farm property he also owns a fine residence in Lander.
In 1904 Mr. Findlay was united in marriage to Miss Francis Wroe, who was born in Wyoming, and to them have been born five children: J. Orville, Everett, Francis, George and Alice, all of whom are yet under the parental roof. Mr. Findlay is identified with the Woodmen of the World. His political endorsement is given to the republican party but he has never been an office seeker nor has he desired to fill public positions. On the contrary he has preferred to concentrate his efforts and attention upon his business affairs and along the line of his chosen life work he has gradually made advancement. He has never regretted his determination to come to the new world, for on this side of the Atlantic he has found the business opportunities which he sought and in their utilization he has made for himself a creditable place among the stockmen of the west.