BIDDLECOME, DANIEL, vice president of the Centennial National Bank of Virginia, is a man of wide and varied experience. He was born in Logan County, Ky., December 17, 1824, a son of John and Elizabeth (Cawby) Biddlecome, natives of Vermont and Tennessee, respectively. John Biddlecome had many pioneer experiences. He went to Kentucky mainly by water, down the Monongahela River to Pittsburgh, Pa., in a skiff, and then on down the Ohio River. Upon his arrival in Kentucky he married Elizabeth Cawby, whom he survived five years. By occupation he was a farmer. In 1826 he drove in his one horse wagon to Cass County, Ill., then Morgan County, in order to enter eighty acres of land which was in timber and prairie. In the fall of 1830 he located on this property where he lived until his wife's death. His birth occurred February 29, 1795, and he died in 1870. Their children were: Nancy Ann, who is deceased; Daniel; Amanda, John, Sarah and Benjamin, all of whom are deceased; and Eliza, who is the widow of William Hayes, resides at Imogene, Iowa.

Daniel Biddlecome attended a subscription school during three months in the winter seasons, and thus gained educational training. His marriage, in 1852, took him away from home to a farm south of Virginia, but in 1856 he bought 240 acres in township 18, range 10, Cass County, which was partly improved. As soon as he took possession of it he began building, and erected his present residence and also a building on the state road. After following farming exclusively for some years, he branched out into stockraising, and bred horses, cattle, hogs and sheep. At tone time he owned 480 acres, and still retains 240 acres. In addition to his farming activities which he abandoned in 1884, living since retired, he is a charter member and the vice president of the Centennial National Bank of Virginia, of which he owns fifty shares of stock. For many years he served as a township trustee and a school director, and for forty years has been a ruling elder in the Cumberland Presbyterian church.

On October 7, 1852, Mr. Biddlecome married Amanda Frances Moore, born in Sangamon County, Ill., May 17, 1833, a daughter of Joseph and Lydia (Cooper) Moore. They were married in Henry County, Iowa, near Mt. Pleasant, by Rev. McDowie of the Methodist church. Mr. and Mrs. Biddlecome have had the following children: Charles L., who died in 1905; John Franklin, who lives in the state of Washington; henry Horace, who resides at Virginia, Ill.; and Edward A., who is manager of the home farm. They have ten grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.