Lapeer County MI Archives Biographies.....Bidleman, John H. 1828 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

JOHN H. BIDLEMAN. The proprietor of the farm located on section 12, Lapeer
Township, Lapeer County, is a son of Joseph Bidleman, a native of Harrisburg,
Pa., who was there engaged in farming. His mother was May (Hendee) Bidleman, a
native of Chemung County, N. Y., and married at Elmira, where the couple made
their home on the same farm on which she was born. Our subject's father was
killed while digging a well, September 21, 1832. The mother remained a widow and
died May 20, 1858. They were the parents of five children, three of whom are now
living, rearing their children in the faith of the Baptist Church.

  The original of our sketch is the second in order of birth of his parents'
family, his natal day being October 9, 1828, and the place of his birth being in
Chemung County, N. Y., near Elmira. He had good educational advantages,
attending school at Elmira, although he was reared on a farm. He began for
himself at fifteen years of age, being employed as a farm laborer and working on
a boat on the Erie Canal in which he had ten years of experience. During the
last six years of this time he was captain of a boat plying between Albany and
Buffalo and at the end of that time he went back to the old farm which he
conducted until his mother's death, when it was sold.

  Our subject purchased a farm in Bradford County, Pa., and there remained for
some years, coming to Michigan in 1867, where he settled on section 12, Lapeer
Township. It bore some slight improvement, although covered with stumps and
stones. The eighty acres of which he is now owner is nicely cleared and here he
carries on mixed farming. His marriage took place February 14, 1858, when he was
united to Betsey Ann Kennedy, a daughter of Elias and Eliza (Dill) Kennedy. The
lady was a native of New York though of German extraction. Her husband was a
native of Tompkins County of the same State and a farmer. Mrs. Bidleman was born
October 4, 1838, in Steuben County, N. Y. Our subject and his wife are the
parents of three children whose names are Alfred S., Charles M. and John H., Jr.
The eldest was born September 17, 1869, the next September 5, 1870, and the
youngest was born, May 20, 1872. They have all enjoyed good educational
advantages. Mrs. Bidleman is a member of the Christian Church. Her husband is in
his social relations allied with the Masonic fraternity at Attica. He has been a
member of the School Board for years. A Democrat in politics, in local affairs
the man takes precedent of the party.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States

Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892


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