Obrien County IA Archives Biographies.....Bidwell, Francis L. 1843 - 
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Author: Geo. W. Schee and O. H. Montzheimer (1909)

Bidwell, Francis L. Resides at Sutherland, Iowa; born April 27, 1843, Chautauqua
County, New York; father, Daniel (born March 23, 1797, Cattaraugus County, New
York), mother, Maria Howland (born September 20, 1804, Chautauqua County, New
York). First married to Margaret Pritchart October 6, 1867; to Martha L. Banks
January 24, 1897; children: Ora, Francis F., Olive M., Oscar S., Delbert,
Everett and Lester. Enlisted August 12, 1862, at Lancaster, Wis., Company C,
Twenty-fifth Wisconsin Infantry, Second Brigade, First Division, Seventeenth
Corps; service, suppressing Indian outbreak in Minnesota, Siege of Vicksburg,
Spanish Moss Bend, skirmishing, Resaca to Atlanta, Kenesaw to Pine Mountain,
Jonesboro No. 15; engagements S. Edisto River, Cape Fear River, Bentonville;
marched over seven thousand miles through fifteen states; discharged June 7,
1865, Washington, D. C. Settled in the county January, 1881, Liberty Township.
Member Odd Fellow and Masonic Lodges; G. A. R. Post.

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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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