Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Fiddyment, Daniel 1838 - 
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Author: Portraits & Bio Sketches, 1890

DANIEL FIDDYMENT. 

It is a pleasure to gaze upon the varied landscape that comprises the 
beautiful farm of this gentleman, and to note the care with which every detail 
of its management is overseen, the natural features of hill and valley being 
unmarred by neglected buildings, tumble-down fences or unsightly fields. The 
estate comprises one hundred and ninety-two acres of land that is well adapted 
for stock-raising, and in that branch of agriculture Mr. Fiddyment is quite 
extensively engaged. The parents of our subject, William and Hannah (Knivett) 
Fiddyment, were natives of "Merrie England,"and there their son was also born, 
his natal day being October 6, 1838. The parental family consisted of three 
sons and one daughter, and they were reared upon a farm, the father being a 
tiller of the soil. In 1859 they determined to cross the briny deep and seek a 
better opening for their energies in the United States. Bidding adieu to the 
land of their birth, they reached New York after an ocean voyage of seven 
weeks, and came to Lockport, Ill., by water, traversing the Hudson River, Erie 
Canal, Great Lakes, and Illinois and Michigan Canal. For some time the elder 
Mr. Fiddyment was engaged in the business of distilling, but he finally 
settled on the homestead now occupied by his widow and her son Daniel. He of 
whom we write began his personal career as a farmer, and has ever continued in 
the vocation to which his early surroundings and tastes led him. That it is 
one to which he is adapted by nature, no one will doubt who visits his 
pleasant and remunerative farm. The reputation that he bears among the tillers 
of the soil of this vicinity is that of an able agriculturist and an honest 
man, and this is agreed to by all who know him. An important step in the life 
of Mr. Fiddyment was his marriage, in 1861, to Miss Margaret Wadsworth, a 
native of Vermont. This lady possesses the strict integrity and regard for 
duty that characterize the New England women, and with it the housewifely 
skill and kindliness to those in need of attention that are also prominent 
traits in their character. The union has been blessed by the birth of five 
children, but three have been removed by the Angel of Death. The survivors—
Olive and Daniel—yet linger at the famity fireside. Perhaps the most 
remarkable feature in a life marked by uprightness and strict attention to his 
personal affairs, is the fact that Mr. Fiddyment has never been engaged in a 
lawsuit, either as principal or witness. His wife belongs to the Methodist 
Episcopal Church, at Lockport, and is numbered among the reliable members. A 
fine view of the home of our subject and its surroundings, will be found on 
the opposite page.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Will County, Illinois, Containing Full Page 
Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens 
of the County; Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1890 
 


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