Iva Dale Pickett Gay (June 25, 1891 - 1988) was a Wyoming clubwoman and one of the best known women of her time in the oil business. [1]
Early life and family
editIva Dale Pickett was born in Rockford, Iowa, on June 25, 1891, the daughter of John Robert Pickett/Pigott (1858/1859-1911), Sheriff of Lyman County, South Dakota, and Sarah Climena Smith (1862-1928). [2] She had 3 siblings: Pearl Alma (1881-1973, married Bowen), Genevieve "Jenny" Grace (1883-1942/1943, married Blatt), Charles Dwight (1903-1975). [3] John Robert Pickett was the son of John Vickers Pigott (1825-1881), born in Ireland and arrived in New York, aged 11, in 1837 on the ship Independence from Liverpool. [4] Sara Climena Smith descended from James Hinman from Vermont, ascending line: Jane Augusta Hinman, John, James. [5]
Career
editDale Pickett Gay was the President of Wyoming Federation of Women's Clubs and she was active in all club work; she was interested in American Red Cross work and Child Health Conferences. [2]
She was a member of: Casper Departmental Club, Casper Woman's Club, Daughters of the American Revolution. [2]
She was the treasurer of the Coal and Grass Creek Oil Company. The company controlled 1120 acres in the famous Wyoming Oil Fields. [6] [7]
Personal life
editDale Pickett Gay moved to Wyoming in 1911 and lived at 612 South Park Street, Casper, Wyoming. [2]
On September 2, 1915, in Denver, Colorado, Dale Pickett married Guy J. Gay (1886-1946), an Insurance salesman in Seattle, Washington, and they had 4 daughters: Geraldine (1918-1991), Genevieve (1919-1999), Betty Ann, Helen Eileen (b. 1924). [2] [3]
She died in 1988.
References
edit- ^ "Wednesday, May 30, 1917". The Scranton Republican. 1917. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
- ^ a b c d e Binheim, Max; Elvin, Charles A (1928). Women of the West; a series of biographical sketches of living eminent women in the eleven western states of the United States of America. p. 213. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
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- ^ a b "Montour-Hinman-Wagner-Thornton Famillies". Retrieved 20 August 2017.
- ^ "THE PIGOTT FAMILY OF QUEEN'S COUNTY, IRELAND; SOME ANCESTRAL CONNECTIONS". 10 December 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
- ^ "Descendants of James HINMAN possibly from VT". Retrieved 20 August 2017.
- ^ "Sunday, May 27, 1917". Tombstone Weekly Epitaph. 1917. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
- ^ "Five Wyoming Oil Fields and the Transformation of an Economy". Retrieved 20 August 2017.