Samuel Bidwell (1780 - 1823)

Born 1780 in Chatham Conn.

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Died 25 Sep 1823 at about age 43 in Cleveland

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Biography

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Birth

Birth:

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Date: 1780

Place: Chatham Conn.

Death

Death:

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Date: 25 SEP 1823

Place: Cleveland

Record ID Number

Record ID Number: MH:I222

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Note

Note: #N22

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1. ↑ Bidwell-348 was created by Peter Wetherill through the import of Smaller.GED on Jun 26, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.

Notes

Note N22Samuel Bidwell and his wife Martha Louise Bidwell removed from Connecticut to Cleveland about 1825, perhaps earlier. He was the son of Capt. Benjamin Bidwell of Revolutionary fame. Mrs. Bldwell was the daughter of Caleb and Martha Goldrich Hills of Hartford Conn. Samuel Bidwell was about 40 yeara old and his wife 35 years when they came to Cleveland. They brought four young children with them and another daughter was born after their arrival there. Mr.Bidwell did not live long after, he died in 1823 of malignant malaria. Mrs. Bidwell was left with five fatherless children to care for. She had a brother, however,George Hills,a prominent business man of the time, he stood closely by her in her hour of anxiety and bereavement. She died in 1839 aged 53 years. The children of Samuel and Martha Hills were; Charlotte Bidwell born 1810 married David Korion, Lucy Bidwell - 1811 died unmarried, Samuel Bidwell Jr. "1816 -1850, Abigail Bidwell 1819. -1857, Sarah Bidwell , 1821-1884, Charlotte andLucy Bidwell had a millinery store, and lived on the north west side or the Public Square for several years. Charlotte Bidwellwas the only member of thf' Bidwell family who maarried. Her husband was a widower with two children. He was a ship chandler merohan, and a manufacturer of rapea, etc., a prominent citizenof the West Side. --_._,-_._-_._----------- 284 Square Feet Section 1 Lot 55 Samuel I.Hamlin and north l~ ft.of lot 70. Fannie Hamlin 26 Oct.2,1864 Gr.l f.n. P.237 A Samuel Hamlin l(. ~~sePt.~0,1866 "tt 1 'f.e. tI 251 A Cynthia A.Hamli~ Oct.l ,1889 tt 2 f.EI. K 63 D r;--

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