Dike Settlement, Fremont County, Iowa

Residents

U. S. 1850 Census Fremont County, Iowa

Dwelling #111
Simon Dike (age 35) (farmer) (New York) (born 1813)
Mary Ann Dike (age 26) (Ohio) (Mary Ann Forney Dike) (born 1822)
Nathaniel Dike (age 7) (Illinois) (born 1843)
Simon Dike (age 5) (Illinois) (Simon Dike, Jr.) (born 1845)
David Dike (age 1) (Iowa) (David Henry Dike) (born 1849)

Simon was a Private in Company E. of the Mormon Battalion. Simon married Mary Ann Forney in Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois. She was the daughter of Johann Karl Forney and Mary Margaret Benner. Simon died in 1908 in Malvern, Mills County, Iowa and is buried there. Mary Ann died on July 16, 1879, and is buried in the Gaylord Cemetery south of Tabor, Fremont County, Iowa.

Possible Births

Name	Father	Mother	Birth Date
David Henry Dike	Simon Dike	Mary Ann Forney	19 Jan 1849
Ephraim Dike	Simon Dike	Mary Ann Forney	2 Jan 1851
Mary Jane Dike	Simon Dike	Mary Ann Forney	31 Jan 1859
Isaac Sylvester Dike	Simon Dike	Mary Ann Forney	24 Jun 1862