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Iowa's Oldest Resident Mrs Ann Dickens Honored
Mrs Ann Dragilla Dickens of McGregor Iowa is noted as Iowa’s oldest resident by years in state and health at 86 or 87. She arrived in 1833, lived first in Dubuque, then Clayton County, and recounts pioneer days including Dubuque’s few structures.
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Iowa
Ann Dickens
M Gregor
Beaver Creek
Minn
B. Dowell
Ann Dragilla Dickens
McGregor
Dubuque
Indiana
Clayton County
North Iowa Times
Journal
Old Dubuque
H. C. Connell