PETER BIDDICK (deceased); was born in Cornwall, Eng., in Parish of St. Issey; was a carpenter by trade, and worked in London twelve years at his trade; left England in 1852 and came to America; landed in New York City, and worked at his trade for six months there, and then came to Platteville, Wis., and worked as a carpenter for two years; rented the farm where Mahlon Fawcett now lives, and lost his first wife, Hannah Watson, there, whom he married in England in the year 1846, and who had five children, of which four are living - Maria, George R., Gideon J. and John T., and one deceased, William, who died May 25, 1875; buried at Platteville; Hannah, his wife, died April 20, 1856; after her death he left the farm and moved to Iowa Co. for one year, then bought a farm from the Government, and, on March 2, 1857, married his second wife, Catherine Rundell, who was born May 3, 1819, and by whom there are two children - Fred and Irene. Was a member of the Primitive Methodist Church at Platteville, and was also a member of Manchester Unity in England; he died March 17, 1878, and was buried in Platteville Cemetery; left to his estate 319 acres of land; the family live on the farm on Sec. 1, which John T. and Gideon rent from the estate. Gideon is a member of the Masonic Order at Wingville, Lodge No. 134.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.