Oliver Beckwith Bidwell (1810 - 1881)

Born 16 May 1810 in Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Died 5 Aug 1881 at age 71 in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

Oliver Beckwith Bidwell, son of William and Mary (Pelton) Bidwell, was born on 16 May 1810 at Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut.^[1][2]

He attended Yale and was ordained in 1841. He prepared a series of missionary maps for use in church lecture-rooms and a book Missionary Manual, a key to the missionary maps, etc was published in 1847. The closing line of the preface is: "That these maps may help to awaken a missionary spirit, and subserve the interests of the Redeemer's Kingdom, is the most earnest wish and ardent prayer of The Author."^[3] A search for maps and his name generates a number of images.

Oliver died on 5 Aug. 1881 at Jersey City, New Jersey,^[2] and was buried at Plot: Section E Row 11 Stone 45, Middle Ridge Cemetery, Madison, Lake County, Ohio. His memorial has photos and links to those of family members.^[4]

Oliver never married.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Genealogy of the first seven generations of the Bidwell family in America by Bidwell, Edwin M. 1884. Pages 117.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Oliver Beckwith Bidwell Obituary Graduates of Yale College Deceased Academical Year ending June 1882, page 84.
3. ↑ Missionary Manual, a key to the missionary maps, etc by O. B. Bidwell, published by W. H. Bidwell. 1847 New York.
4. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 38404349 Rev Oliver Beckwith Bidwell