Spence-Williamson

This biography appears on pages 1098-1101 in "History of Dakota Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) ALBERT E. STIRRETT. Albert E. Stirrett is state,s attorney of Lawrence county and a well known lawyer of Deadwood. He is one of the younger representatives at the bar but already has gained a reputation that many an older practitioner might well envy. He was born at Forest, Ontario, Canada, October 4, 1885, a son of Robert and Olivia (Hoskins) Stirrett, both of whom were natives of Uttoxeter, Ontario, the former born July 5, 1854, and the latter December l, 1861. The ancestors in the Stirrett line came from Scotland, and the paternal grandfather of our subject was born in Pennsylvania. His wife was a native of Ireland. Robert Stirrett followed farming in Canada, where he resided until 1896, when he became a resident of Colorado, settling at Cripple Creek, where he engaged in mining. He passed away February 1, 1915. When a young man he was a member of the Canadian militia and he held various local offices in Canada. Albert E. Stirrett is the eldest in a family of four children. He was a youth of eleven years when his parents went to Colorado, and after attending the public schools at Cripple Creek he entered the University of Colorado at Boulder' from which he was graduated on the completion of the law course with the class of 1910. After completing his high-school course at Cripple Creek, however, he worked for one year in Cripple Creek and then attended school in the west for a year, starting in the fall of 1906. During his college days he continued to work for others and thus secured the means of providing for his own support. Completing his law course in 1910, he made 0a way to Lead, South Dakota, in the fall of that year and was physical instructor in the Lead high school for one year. He then entered upon the practice of law there in the fall of 1911 and in 1912 was elected state's attorney for Lawrence county, entering upon the duties of that position in January, 1913, at which time he removed to Deadwood. He now devotes his entire attention to his official duties and to the general practice of law, and his ability has gained him wide recognition as one of the abler among the younger members of the bar. On the 24th of May, 1913, Mr. Stirrett was united in marriage to Miss Edith A. McPherson, a native of Deadwood and a daughter of D. A. McPherson. Mr. Stirrett belongs to the Business Men's Club of Deadwood and to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He attends the Episcopal church, although not a member. His political allegiance has always been given the republican party since age conferred upon him the right of franchise and he has made a creditable record in office.

1930 Census, Caspar, Natrona Co., Wyoming