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Almeda C. <I>Dean</I> Landon

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Almeda C. Dean Landon

Birth
Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Death
24 Mar 1913 (aged 85)
Correctionville, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Pierson, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Was the daughter of Charles & Betsy Dean.

The Correctionville Argus, 4 April 1913, page 4: Almeda Dean was born October 3, 1827, in South Canaan, Connecticut, where she grew to womanhood. She was married to Henry Landon June 22, 1845. In 1857 they moved to Winneshiek Co., Iowa, and to Woodbury County in 1867. They homesteaded a fine farm three miles east of Pierson where she spent the remainder of her life. She was the mother of eleven children, five of whom survive and were with her in her last hours. For some years she was almost blind but enjoyed having someone read to her. She died in her home March 24, 1913. After her husband's death and marriage of her children, all but Jennie, she lived with her daughter Jennie until she passed away. Surviving children include Mrs. Ellen Dean of Kingsley, James Landon, Mrs. Alice Willhoite, Mrs. Katie Baker and Miss Jennie, all of Pierson. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. C.A. Anderson, pastor of the M.E. Church, in Good Hope Church on Wednesday March 26, 1913. Interment was made in the Good Hope Cemetery by the side of her husband.
Was the daughter of Charles & Betsy Dean.

The Correctionville Argus, 4 April 1913, page 4: Almeda Dean was born October 3, 1827, in South Canaan, Connecticut, where she grew to womanhood. She was married to Henry Landon June 22, 1845. In 1857 they moved to Winneshiek Co., Iowa, and to Woodbury County in 1867. They homesteaded a fine farm three miles east of Pierson where she spent the remainder of her life. She was the mother of eleven children, five of whom survive and were with her in her last hours. For some years she was almost blind but enjoyed having someone read to her. She died in her home March 24, 1913. After her husband's death and marriage of her children, all but Jennie, she lived with her daughter Jennie until she passed away. Surviving children include Mrs. Ellen Dean of Kingsley, James Landon, Mrs. Alice Willhoite, Mrs. Katie Baker and Miss Jennie, all of Pierson. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. C.A. Anderson, pastor of the M.E. Church, in Good Hope Church on Wednesday March 26, 1913. Interment was made in the Good Hope Cemetery by the side of her husband.


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  • Added: Aug 19, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40867411/almeda_c-landon: accessed ), memorial page for Almeda C. Dean Landon (3 Oct 1827–24 Mar 1913), Find a Grave Memorial ID 40867411, citing Good Hope Cemetery, Pierson, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by JMeister (contributor 47157613).