Re: William and Elizabeth Biddle, Centre County, Pa
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William and Elizabeth Biddle, Centre County, Pa
2/22/02
I descend from Abraham McDower Biddle and wife Jane Barger of Centre Co PA through their dau Ella N. Biddle.The father of Abraham McDower Biddle was also named Abraham Biddle, b 1780 in Elk Neck Hundred, Cecil Co MD.his wife was Mary Lowry.
I don't know who came to Centre Co PA first, but I do know that Abraham McDower had a pile of siblings.One of them had a son (so he was Abraham's nephew) named Hyland Biddle-killed Civil War, who is buried beside my gr-gr-grmother Ella N. Biddle Eves in Gray's Cemetery in Stormstown PA .In fact, Abraham McDower Biddle had a brother named Hyland who also lived in Centre Co who was the postmaster of Buffalo Run Post Office at one time. The Civil War Hyland could have been the son of this Postmaster Hyland.I believe Postmaster Hyland Biddle was married several times (3), one of those times being to a Boal.I am in the middle of sorting this whole family out.I've got more, I just don't have it all sorted into who goes with whom yet.However, if I were you, I'd be looking into those names--Abraham McDower Biddle and Hyland Biddle.They are distinctive enough to help you thread through the others as you search, so it should help keep you in with the Centre County Biddles.
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Re: William and Elizabeth Biddle, Centre County, Pa
frances 7/22/05