"From the writings of Aletha Margaret McCann Howe Snyder, 1995: "Isaac was my grandfather. He met my grandmother (dates unknown). Her name was Mrs. Mary Margaret Smith Dickerson. Marriage date unknown. She was a widow and had three daughters. Daughters were Mary Smith Alexander, Effie and Etta Smith (twins).
"Mary and Isaac married and had Charles Edwin Dickerson, (my mother) Aura Gertrude Dickerson and Elnora Dickerson. I do not known any birth dates except my mothers.
"In 1928 I had a letter from New Jersey from Ed Dickerson asking me to help with the family genealogy. He happened to be a second cousin who I had never heard of. That is when I found out that my grandmother Dickerson and my grandfather Dickerson were own cousins. My grandmother divorced Isaac and never married again.
"Grandmother lived in Bangor, Michigan most of her life. She died there and was buried in Lacota, Michigan."
1880 Geneva, Van Buren Co., MI census (index):
Isaac Dickerson (head) 47 b PA, Farmer
Estaly Dickerson (wife) 46 b NJ
Effa Smith (stepdau) 16 b MI
Etta Smith (stepdau) 14 b MI
Edwin Dickerson (son) 13 b MI
Orrin Dickerson (son) 11 b MI (s/b dau)
Elnora Dickerson (dau) 9 b MI
Married Robert D. McCann, Jr., November 12, 1890 in Paw Paw, Van Buren Co., MI.
Housewife, died of Cancer of the Uterus. She was in Homes Hospital after receiving a hysterectomy operation. Death Certificate # 63, informant: Robert McCann.
Note: I have linked to whom I believe are her parents, however I have not been able to prove this out yet. If I am in error, I will gladly correct.
"From the writings of Aletha Margaret McCann Howe Snyder, 1995: "Isaac was my grandfather. He met my grandmother (dates unknown). Her name was Mrs. Mary Margaret Smith Dickerson. Marriage date unknown. She was a widow and had three daughters. Daughters were Mary Smith Alexander, Effie and Etta Smith (twins).
"Mary and Isaac married and had Charles Edwin Dickerson, (my mother) Aura Gertrude Dickerson and Elnora Dickerson. I do not known any birth dates except my mothers.
"In 1928 I had a letter from New Jersey from Ed Dickerson asking me to help with the family genealogy. He happened to be a second cousin who I had never heard of. That is when I found out that my grandmother Dickerson and my grandfather Dickerson were own cousins. My grandmother divorced Isaac and never married again.
"Grandmother lived in Bangor, Michigan most of her life. She died there and was buried in Lacota, Michigan."
1880 Geneva, Van Buren Co., MI census (index):
Isaac Dickerson (head) 47 b PA, Farmer
Estaly Dickerson (wife) 46 b NJ
Effa Smith (stepdau) 16 b MI
Etta Smith (stepdau) 14 b MI
Edwin Dickerson (son) 13 b MI
Orrin Dickerson (son) 11 b MI (s/b dau)
Elnora Dickerson (dau) 9 b MI
Married Robert D. McCann, Jr., November 12, 1890 in Paw Paw, Van Buren Co., MI.
Housewife, died of Cancer of the Uterus. She was in Homes Hospital after receiving a hysterectomy operation. Death Certificate # 63, informant: Robert McCann.
Note: I have linked to whom I believe are her parents, however I have not been able to prove this out yet. If I am in error, I will gladly correct.
Gravesite Details
Buried February 14, 1910.