Joseph Bidwell

Brief Life History of Joseph

Joseph Bidwell was born on 20 December 1860, in North Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States. He married Susan Maria Wheeler on 2 March 1889, in Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Morgan, Morgan, Utah, United States in 1870 and Pleasant View, Weber, Utah, United States for about 20 years. He died on 22 January 1937, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Ben Lomond Cemetery, North Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Bidwell
1860–1937
Susan Maria Wheeler
1862–1915
Marriage: 2 March 1889
Andrew Jackson Bidwell
1890–1948
Nellie Josephine Bidwell
1891–1923
Susan Bidwell
1895–1895
Robert Bidwell
1897–1900

Sources (35)

  • Joseph Penrod in household of Oliver Penrod, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Joseph Bidwell, "Utah, Weber County Marriages, 1887-1941"
  • Joseph Bidwell, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1862

Historical Boundaries: 1862: Morgan, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Morgan, Utah, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

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: 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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Story Highlight

Life story of Emma Sophia Manning Wheeler An autobiography written Jan 1951

I have been asked by my grandson, Arthur Wheeler, who is working in genealogy to write my life story. I assume this task with a deep sense of humility and with the hope that some of the events of my …

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