John Fletcher Ankeny

John Fletcher Ankeny
Born(1824-05-06)May 6, 1824
Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Died1886(1886-00-00) (aged 61–62)
Florida

John Fletcher Ankeny (1824-1886) is best known as the founder of Ankeny, Iowa. He was the oldest child of Joseph and Harriet Giese Ankeny. He was born in Somerset County, Pennsylvania on May 6, 1824 on the farm owned by his father and his grandfather, Peter Ankeny. Peter was one of the founders of Somerset, Pennsylvania. When Ankeny was seven years old, his father moved the family from Somerset, Pennsylvania to Millersburg, Ohio.

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