Plumas-Butte-Sacramento County CA Archives Biographies.....Bidwell, Henry C. 1831 - 1880
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Author: Fariss & Smith (1882)

HENRY C. BIDWELL.—Mr. Bidwell was born in Middlebury, Vermont, June 9, 1831. He
left Middlebury for Boston, at the age of thirteen years, and went to work in a
store, remaining until 1847, when he joined the First Regiment of Mexican
volunteers, and went to the war. He remained in Mexico until 1849, becoming
familiar with the language. On the discovery of gold in California, he started
for this coast, and arrived at San Francisco about the first of July of that
year. For a while he was connected with the Sacramento Steamboat Company, after
which he went to Chico with his father, Mr. Daniel Bidwell. From Chico he moved
to Pescadero, where he engaged actively in mercantile pursuits. In 1860 he first
came to Plumas county, and was engaged in mining in the county until the time of
his death. For a few years before he died he was very successful, and at the
time of his death was president of the Green Mountain G. M. Co., the Cherokee G.
M. Co., the Gold Stripe M. Co., the Eound Valley Water Co., the Rising Sun Co.;
and besides, had heavy interests in Idaho mines, which promised large returns.
Mr. Bidwell was an old member of the Society of California Pioneers, and took a
lively interest in the affairs of the organization. He left an invalid wife, a
son and daughter, and a host of friends to mourn him. He was one of the most
enterprising citizens of the county, and may be said to have been the father of
Greenville, in which town he died November 28, 1880. His funeral was attended by
hundreds from all over the county, all business in Greenville being suspended.
The body was taken to Oakland for burial, where his family was residing at the
time of his death.

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Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

San Francisco: Fariss & Smith
(1882)

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