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Margaret <I>Longcor</I> Dickey

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Margaret Longcor Dickey

Birth
Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
Death
28 Mar 1892 (aged 92)
Jasper County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Colfax, Jasper County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Margaret Longcor is the daughter of Peter Longcor and Abigail Haines.

She was born in New Jersey and later married John Dickey on November 03, 1819 in Rome, Athens, Ohio.

Margaret was a mother to 5 children, Clarissa Dickey(a.k.a. Thurissa), Mary Salina Dickey (a.k.a. Mary Saline) Newhouse Harris, Martha Dickey, Lucretia Dickey(a.k.a. Lucrette), and Solomon Dickey, all of whom were born in Ohio. Her husband John, passed while they lived in Elkhart County, Indiana and is buried in Jackson Cemetery in Elkhart County.

After the death of Margaret's husband, in 1853, the family moved to Jasper County, Iowa where Margaret lived the rest of her life until her death. Shortly after moving to Greencastle, Margaret saw the death of her first daughter Clarissa (Thurissa). That same year or a little while afterwards, Margaret's daugher Mary Salina and her husband and many children moved to Jasper County as well. During the civil war, Margaret experience the death of her son-in-law Jonathan Newhouse, the husband of her daughter Mary Salina. A short time later, joy returned to the family when Mary Salina remarried Levi Harris a friend of the family who had moved to Jasper County about the same time as their family did.

Margaret Longcor is the daughter of Peter Longcor and Abigail Haines.

She was born in New Jersey and later married John Dickey on November 03, 1819 in Rome, Athens, Ohio.

Margaret was a mother to 5 children, Clarissa Dickey(a.k.a. Thurissa), Mary Salina Dickey (a.k.a. Mary Saline) Newhouse Harris, Martha Dickey, Lucretia Dickey(a.k.a. Lucrette), and Solomon Dickey, all of whom were born in Ohio. Her husband John, passed while they lived in Elkhart County, Indiana and is buried in Jackson Cemetery in Elkhart County.

After the death of Margaret's husband, in 1853, the family moved to Jasper County, Iowa where Margaret lived the rest of her life until her death. Shortly after moving to Greencastle, Margaret saw the death of her first daughter Clarissa (Thurissa). That same year or a little while afterwards, Margaret's daugher Mary Salina and her husband and many children moved to Jasper County as well. During the civil war, Margaret experience the death of her son-in-law Jonathan Newhouse, the husband of her daughter Mary Salina. A short time later, joy returned to the family when Mary Salina remarried Levi Harris a friend of the family who had moved to Jasper County about the same time as their family did.

Gravesite Details

Aged 92 7 M 28 D, Wife of John



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  • Created by: James
  • Added: Oct 22, 2006
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16290161/margaret-dickey: accessed ), memorial page for Margaret Longcor Dickey (30 Jul 1799–28 Mar 1892), Find a Grave Memorial ID 16290161, citing McKeever Cemetery, Colfax, Jasper County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by James (contributor 46633146).