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Dickens, Ann D. (Van Sickle) Hardin 1822-1909

DICKENS, VAN SICKLE, VANSYCKLE, VAN HARDIN, HARDIN, HARDING, KARTRIGHT, CARTWRIGHT REDMAN, JENNINGS

Posted By: S. Ferrall - IAGenWeb volunteer
Date: 5/25/2019 at 19:04:54

Mrs. Ann Dickens, the earliest resident of Iowa, died at North McGregor, of injuries received in a fall a week ago. She passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Larry Jennings.

Mrs. Dickens was Anne Redman* and her people came to Iowa June 10, 1833. It is believed they were the very first residents of the territory which later became Iowa.

She was married to Edwin Dickens when she was 15, May 27, 1837. She was born on August 19 and but recently celebrated her eighty-seventh birthday.

~North Iowa Times, Thursday, September 16, 1909

Note: Death certificate:
Ann Druzilla Dickens
DOB: Aug 19, 1822
Place: Indiana
DOD: Sept 5, 1909
Cause: Heart failure following fracture of femur
Father: J. Vansyckle
Mother: Sarah Kartright
Informant: Mrs. L. Jennings, McGregor, Ia
Burial: Pleasant Ridge cemetery, Sept 8, 1909
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Note: Redman was the surname of her step-father. She was married at age 13 to Isham Van Hardin (or variously: Hardin or Harding), in Jo Davies co., IL. He died shortly after the birth of their son Henry in 1837. She is buried in the Council Hill cemetery (aka Pleasant Ridge). More information & a photo is in a biography published in August 1909:

Ann Dickens bio & photo
 

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