Otoe County NeArchives Biographies.....Anness, Grace May 1877 - 
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Grace May Anness

Grace M. Anness was born at Tippecanoe City, Miami County, Ohio, November 9,
1877, the daughter of Charles Davis and Emma Caroline (Boyer) Heikes. Her father
was a nurseryman in Ohio and Nebraska, was born at Tippecanoe City, November 17,
1852, and died at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, April 7, 1911. His
ancestry was Pennsylvania Dutch.

Her mother was born of Scotch Irish parents at Tippecanoe, April 3, 1853, and
died at Salt Lake City, April 12, 1923.


Mrs. Anness received her elementary educate Tippecanoe City, Salt Lake City, and
the public schools of Beatrice, Nebraska. She studied for a time at the
Methodist Seminary at Salt Lake City, and in June 1897, was awarded the A. B.
degree at the University of Utah, being the first Gentile girl to receive a
degree at this school. She taught in Nebraska schools for two years and was an
instructor in grade and high schools at Salt Lake City for eight years. A
resident of Nebraska for 26 years, she has been prominent in social and civic
affairs in her community and state.

Her marriage to Wilber Winfred Anness was solemnized at Salt Lake City, June 15,
1904. Mr. Anness, who was a druggist, was born of Scotch parentage at
Versailles, Ripley County, Indiana, May 6, 1873, and died at Dunbar, Otoe
County, Nebraska, November 2, 1925.

During the World War Mrs. Anness was chairman of the Red Cross in Dunbar, and
was distinguished by the award of a medal presented by President Wilson for
services rendered her country. She is a member of the Nebraskana Society, is
Past Grand Matron of the Eastern Star of Nebraska, and is affiliated with the
First Presbyterian Church at Dunbar. Her hobbies are reading and travel, and
most of her time during the summer months is spent on trips to various spots of
interest in the country. She is a Republican, and a member of the Republican
Woman’s Club. Residence: Dunbar.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from 
Nebraskana
Edited by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin

The Baldwin Company
Hebron, NE
1932

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