When Bidwell Strickland was born in 1802, in Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, his father, David Strickland, was 24 and his mother, Mary "Polly", was 20. He married Elvira Gleason on 15 July 1828, in Lenox Township, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Andover, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States in 1830 and Morgan Township, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States in 1850. He died in 1858, in Rock Creek, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States, at the age of 56.