of Clay County, Iowa · documented from the public record
The family in the record
James Bicknell
James Bicknell⚭ Lucy A. Cady
childrenJohn J. Bicknell · Lucy Bicknell · Chester C. Bicknell · Mary Jane Bicknell
Their story
What the record says
History of Clay County, Iowa.
Native of Massachusetts.
Came west in 1841 locating in Ohio, then Illinois (3 years), then Waterloo until 1856, then to Peterson (where the village now stands).
Farmer and general stock-raiser until his death.
Married in Massachusetts.
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