Bios: J. WALTER BIDDLE, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens
  
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      J. WALTER BIDDLE,
  
  [p. 617] residing on his well improved farm of 100 acres, situated in
  Mahoning Township, is a successful farmer and respected citizen. He was
  born in Mahoning Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, August 19,
  1863, and is a son of Arney and Mary (Johnson) Biddle.
  
  The late Arney Biddle was a well known citizen of this section of
  Lawrence County, and through life he was more or less identified with
  public life, serving as postmaster at Edenburg and in other offices in
  Mahoning Township. He died in April, 1891, at New Castle. He was an
  advocate of temperance, and while a member of the Republican party,
  acknowledged many of the claims of the Prohibition party. He was a
  member of the Edenburg Methodist Episcopal Church, as was also his wife.
  
  J. Walter Biddle was reared on the farm he now owns and occupies and
  farming has been his main occupation since he ceased attending school.
  On February 26, 1885, he was married to Elizabeth Cover, who was born in
  Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and they have three children: J. Howard,
  Jessie M. and Raymond. The parents of Mrs. Biddle were John and Cordelia
  (Smith) Cover, and their surviving children are: Marietta G., wife of
  Joseph Andrew, residing at San Antonio, Tex.; John B., residing near San
  Antonio; William; Emma J., wife of Orrin Corn, residing near San
  Antonio; and Mrs. Biddle. In her childhood, the parents of Mrs. Biddle
  moved from Franklin to Crawford County, Pennsylvania, where the mother
  died. The father died in Texas. Mr. Biddle is one of the three survivors
  of his parents' family, his two sisters being: Duretta, who is the wife
  of Z. Callahan, of Damascus, Ohio; and Nancy W., who is the wife of J.
  A. Shiner, of New Castle. Mr. Biddle is a Republican in his political
  views, but is not an active politician.
  
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  20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and
  Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing
  Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
  
  
  Updated: 16 Nov 2001