Obrien County IA Archives Biographies.....Bidwell, Benjamin 1825 - 1898
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Author: Geo. W. Schee and O. H. Montzheimer (1909)

Bidwell, Benjamin. Born November 21, 1825, Chautauqua, N. Y.; father, Daniel
(born March 23, 1797, Cattaraugus County, New York), mother, Maria Rowland (born
September 20, 1804, Chautauqua County, New York). Married Minerva A. Barton
February, 1848; children: Ervin, Elva, Fletcher, Eugene, Effie, Guy, Elma.
Enlisted at Rochester, Minn., March 20, 1865, Company F, First Minnesota
Battalion Volunteer Infantry, First Brigade, Second Division, Second Army Corps;
engaged in battles at Deep Bottom, Reams Station, Hatcher's Run; at taking of
Richmond was in hospital; discharged July 14, 1865; paid off at Fort Snelling,
Minn., September 25, 1865. Settled in O'Brien County March 1, 1895, Section 20,
Liberty Township. Died December 9, 1898; buried at Waterman Cemetery,
Sutherland. Member G. A. R.

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BIOGRAPHICAL DATA AND ARMY RECORD OF OLD SOLDIERS
Who Have Lived in O'Brien Co. Iowa
COMPILED BY
Geo. W. Schee and O. H. Montzheimer
Published Privately PRIMGHAR, IOWA
1909

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