Iva 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).
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She had 3 siblings: Pearl Alma (1881-1973, married Bowen), Genevieve "Jenny" Grace (1883-1942/1943, married Blatt), Charles Dwight (1903-1975).
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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.
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Sara Climena Smith descended from James Hinman from Vermont, ascending line: Jane Augusta Hinman, John, James.
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She was the treasurer of the Coal and Grass Creek Oil Company. The company controlled 1120 acres in the famous Wyoming Oil Fields.
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Personal life
Dale Pickett Gay moved to Wyoming in 1911 and lived at 612 South Park Street, Casper, Wyoming.
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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).
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