Bidwell, Charles Calvin – Obituary
Union, Union County, Oregon In Union, Oregon, Nov. 25, 1915, Charles Calvin Bidwell, aged 89 years, 9 months and 5 days. The deceased was born at Verona, New York, Feb 20., 1827. In early manhood he went to Illinois and from there to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, at which place he was married Sept, 5, 1858, to Mary A. Gilbert. To them were born five children, three boys and two girls. The oldest, Geneveive, died at four years of age. Later he moved to Minnesota and took up a homestead. When the civil war broke out he enlisted at Fort … Read more