Brief Life History of Frances C.
When Frances C. Bidwell was born on 13 December 1862, in McLean, Kentucky, United States, her father, John Bidwell, was 50 and her mother, Mary Vickers, was 43. She married Charles J. Samples on 15 January 1883, in McLean, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Magisterial District 7 Kitchen, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States in 1900 and Bremen, Logan, Kentucky, United States in 1910. She died on 1 April 1942, in Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States.
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- Frances Samples, "United States Census, 1940"
- Frances Caroline Samples, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965"
- Frances Bidwell in entry for Maynard Sample and Zelphia Smith, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Bedwell (Essex, Hertfordshire), Bedlar's Green (Essex), Bidwell (Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Devon, Somerset), or Biddles Farm (Buckinghamshire), all of which were named as ‘the spring or stream in a shallow valley’ from Old English bydewelle (composed of the elements byde(n) ‘tub’ + well(a) ‘spring, stream’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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