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Henry Clay Dresser 1842–1914 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1842

Birth Location: Scott County, Illinois, USA

Death Date: 30 NOV 1914

Death Location: Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, USA

Father: Henry Dresser

Mother: Phebe Stone

Spouse(s): Mary Campbell

Children(s): Hattie Dresser, Ira Dresser, Guerdon Dresser

Henry Clay Dresser was born in 1842 in Scott County, Illinois, USA, the child of Henry Dresser And Phebe Ann Stone. Henry Clay Dresser married Mary Elizabeth Campbell, and had children including Guerdon Charles Dresser, Hattie Dresser, Ira Joel Dresser. Henry Clay Dresser passed away in 1914 in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, USA.

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Biography

  • Henry Clay Dresser was born in 1842 in Scott County, Illinois, USA, the child of Henry Dresser And Phebe Ann Stone.
  • Henry Clay Dresser married Mary Elizabeth Campbell, and had children including Guerdon Charles Dresser, Hattie Dresser, Ira Joel Dresser.
  • Henry Clay Dresser passed away in 1914 in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Henry Dresser
1813–1897
Birth Location: Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, USA
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Phebe Stone
1817–1853
Birth Location: Connecticut, USA
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Spouses(s)

Mary Campbell
1838–1925
Birth Location: New York, USA
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Children(s)

Hattie Dresser
1861–
Birth Location: Iowa, USA
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Ira Dresser
1875–1939
Birth Location: Jefferson, Greene, Iowa
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Guerdon Dresser
1877–1955
Birth Location: Iowa, USA
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Henry Dresser's Ancestors

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Henry Dresser
1842–1914
Birth Place: Scott County, Illinois, USA
Parents
Henry Dresser
1813–1897
Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, USA
Phebe (Ann) Stone
1817–1853
Connecticut, USA
Grandparents
Nathan Dresser
1769–1820
Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, USA
Rebecca Leffingwell
1776–1851
Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, USA
Great-Grandparents
Nathan Dresser
1737–1805
Orinda Carpenter
1738–1805
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Dresser
1704–
Mary Chandler
1714–

Henry Dresser's Descendants

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Henry (Clay) Dresser (1842–30 NOV 1914) m. Mary (Elizabeth) Campbell (ABT 1838–24 OCT 1925)
  1. 1. Hattie Dresser 1861– m. Herbert Hosmer 1859– m. Henri Watterous. 1860–
  2. 2. Ira (Joel) Dresser 1875–1939 m. Mary (Elizabeth Louise) Zaingel 1880–1926
    1. 1. Lloyd (Joel) Dresser 1900–1991
    2. 2. Margaret (Irene) Dresser 1902–
    3. 3. Elizabeth (L.) Dresser 1904– m. Ralph (M.) Barnes 1900–
  3. 3. Guerdon (Charles) Dresser 1877–1955 m. Louise (Maude) Hamilton 1880–1955
    1. 1. Infant (Girton) Dresser 1902–1902

Henry Dresser's Timeline

3 Records

1842
1842
Birth of Henry Clay Dresser in Scott County, Illinois, USA
Scott County, Illinois, USA
1914
4 DEC 1914
Age 72
Burial of Henry Clay Dresser in Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa
Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa
1914
30 NOV 1914
Age 72
Death of Henry Clay Dresser in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, USA
Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1842
    Event Place: Scott County, Illinois, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 4 DEC 1914
    Event Place: Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 NOV 1914
    Event Place: Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, USA
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