Charles Montgomery BIDWELL
SOURCES: 1. This Family Group Sheet was compiled by Marion Grace Newell Nicholls of Gilbert, Arizona. 2. Bidwell Family LDS (FHL#1035617 item 5) p. 55,103,104 3. American Ancestry Vol 9 pp 15 NOTES: 1. Charles M. Bidwell was County Commissioner in Williamson County, IL from 1873 to 1878. 2. Charles also operated a drug and mercantile company from 1878 to 1882 in Williamson County, IL.
He married Mary Louisa Rutland 9 Dec 1851 . Mary Louisa Rutland was born at Wilson, Tennessee 25 Jul 1833 .
They were the parents of 7
children:
Joan Sophia Bidwell
born 4 Nov 1852.
Hershell Blake Bidwell
born 27 Oct 1855.
Christian Rutland Bidwell
born 27 Sep 1858.
Thomasena or Iner Bidwell
born 17 Jun 1861.
Matilda Hudson Bidwell
born 6 Jul 1864.
Susan Ida Bidwell
born 14 May 1868.
Charles Rutherford Bidwell
born 24 May 1871.
Charles Montgomery Bidwell died 15 Jan 1894 at Johnson City, Williamson, Illinois .
Mary Louisa Rutland died 6 Jan 1892 at West Frankfort, Franklin, Illinois .