John BIDWELL
SOURCES: 1. This Family Group Sheet was compiled by Marion Grace Jewell Nicholls, of Gilbert, AZ 2. FHL Film #1035617 - Item #5 - Bidwell Family - By Joan Bidwell (pages 37,74,149) 3. Book #929.1AM - American Ancestry - vol.#9 (pages 6-7) - found at Orlando, FL Public LIbrary.
SOURCES: 1. This Family Group Sheet was compiled by Marion Grace Jewell Nicholls of Gilbert, Arizona. 2. Bidwell Family LDS (FHL#1035617 item 5) p. 54,102 3. American Ancestry Vol 9 pp. 12 4. IGI NOTES: 1. Chester Bidwell and brother Anson Bidwell moved to Pittsburg, PA in about 1820 to pursue the mercantile business. 2. In 1830, Chester moved to Poland, OH where he ran mail coaches from Pittsburgh to Cleveland, Michigan and Poland. 3. In 1840, Chester moved to Warren, OH and continued merchandising. He retired some years later, residing on his farm nearby Warren, OH.
He married Hepzibah Anderson 30 Dec 1788 . Hepzibah Anderson was born at of Connecticut Abt 1764 .
They were the parents of 5
children:
Chester Bidwell
born 18 Apr 1790.
Abial Bidwell
born 25 Jan 1792.
Anson Bidwell
born 20 Jul 1802.
Hepzibah Bidwell
born Abt 1803.
Jerusha Bidwell
born Abt 1804.
John Bidwell died 7 Jul 1804 at at sea .
Hepzibah Anderson died 6 Jun 1851 at Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut .