Brief Life History of Anson Dodge
When Anson Dodge Bicknell was born on 30 December 1838, in Westmoreland, Westmoreland, Oneida, New York, United States, his father, James Bicknell, was 43 and his mother, Rebecca Ruth Brooks, was 26. He married Sarah Ann Mills in December 1864, in Westmoreland, Westmoreland, Oneida, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Springvale Township, Humboldt, Iowa, United States in 1900 and Humboldt, Iowa, United States in 1905. He died on 20 April 1918, in Humboldt, Humboldt, Iowa, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States.
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- Anson Bicknell, "Iowa State Census, 1905"
- Anson D Bicknell, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
- Anson D in entry for Sara A Bicknel, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
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World Events (8)
1843
Historical Boundaries: 1843: Keokuk, Iowa Territory, United States 1843: Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Polk, Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Polk, Iowa, United States [Spreads into Polk and Warren counties]
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Bickenhill in Warwickshire, Bickenhall in Somerset or Bignell in Oxfordshire. The former two are named with the Old English personal name Bicca + Old English hyll ‘hill’, but in the Somerset name the final element alternates with Old English h(e)all ‘hall’. Bignell is named with the Old English personal name Biga + hyll ‘hill’. Compare Bignell .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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