Brief Life History of Emma Amelia
When Emma Amelia Bidwell was born on 11 March 1839, in Farmersville Station, Farmersville, Cattaraugus, New York, United States, her father, Robert Williams Bidwell, was 44 and her mother, Elizabeth Ann Roe, was 35. She married George Caldwell Mower on 18 March 1858, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Weber, Utah, United States in 1860 and Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 14 June 1877, in North Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 38, and was buried in North Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Emma Bidewell in household of Elizabeth Bidewell, "United States Census, 1850"
- Emma Bidwell, "BillionGraves Index"
- Emma A. Bidwell in entry for Charles Ezra Mower, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1850
Named after the early pioneer leader Daniel C. Davis the County was established as a territory in 1850.The territorial legislature created Davis County in 1852 and designated its County seat at Farmington-midway between boundaries-the Weber River on the north and the mouth of the Jordan River on the south. Westward the County includes a portion of the Great Salt Lake-its largest island on which Antelope Island State Park is now located.During first half-century Davis County grew slowly.It supported a hardy pioneer people engaged in irrigation agriculture and raising livestock.The Utah Central Railroad(now the Union Pacific crossed the County from Ogden on the north to Salt Lake City on the south in 1870 and offered welcome transportation links to bring manufactured products.This was the beginning of a transition in the County's history that led to mechanized agriculture, a surge of commerce, banking, and local business along with improved roads, new water systems, and the electrification of homes and business
1856
Historical Boundaries: 1856: Cache, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Cache, Utah, United States
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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BIOGRAPHY OF EMMA AMELIA BIDWELL MOWER
Emma Amelia Bidwell was born on 11 March 1839 in Farmersville Station, Cattaraugus, New York to Robert Williams and Elizabeth Ann Roe Bidwell. She was the fifth of nine children, six girls and three b …
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