Brief Life History of John R
When John R Biddle was born in December 1861, in Montgomery, Indiana, United States, his father, Bazil T Biddle, was 29 and his mother, Sarah Ann Cowan, was 17. He married Armecie Lidster on 23 June 1888, in Montgomery, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Butler Township, Vermilion, Illinois, United States for about 40 years and Center Township, Hendricks, Indiana, United States in 1920. He died in October 1924, in Rossville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Rossville Cemetery, Vermilion, Illinois, United States.
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- John R Biddel, "United States Census, 1920"
- Legacy NFS Source: John R Biddle - Government record: Census record: birth-name: John R Biddle
- John R Biddle, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1871
In 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern, causing a fire that burned down half of Chicago. Today this city is the third largest in the US.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Beadle .
Americanized form of German Bittel or its variant Büttel, which is the standard form today.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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