George Henry Biddy

1865 - 1925  (~ 60 years)

• Name	George Henry Biddy
  Birth	Feb 1865	DeWitt Co, TX
  Gender	Male
  Census	20 Jul 1870	Mason Co, TX ; Henry, age 6, born TX, living with father and stepmother
  Census	1 Jun 1880	Mason Co, TX ; age 15, born TX, works on farm, living with father & stepmother
  Census	1 Jun 1900	Lampasas, Lampasas, TX ; age 35, born Feb 1865 in TX, marr 12 yrs, day laborer (?), parents born TX/AL
  Census	25 Apr 1910	Burnet Co, TX ; age 46, born TX, marr 21 yrs, farmer, parents born TX/TX
  Census	4 Mar 1920	Lampasas, Lampasas, TX ; age 59, born TX, farmer, parents born TX/TX
  Death	30 Jun 1925	Lampasas, Lampasas, TX
  Burial		Oak Hill Cemetery, Lampasas, TX
  Person ID	I25	Joanne's Tree
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	James Monroe Biddy,   b. 28 Feb 1837, Austin, Travis, TX d. 29 Sep 1905, Lampasas, Lampasas, TX (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann “Polly” Williams,   b. 1 Nov 1842, Texas d. 13 Jul 1860, DeWitt Co, TX (Age 17 years)
  Marriage	26 Jan 1859	DeWitt Co, TX
  Family ID	F15	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Elizabeth Hester,   b. 25 Mar 1872, Navarro Co, TX d. 19 Dec 1948, Lampasas Co, TX (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	10 May 1888	Lampasas Co, TX
  Children	+ 1. Isaac James Monroe Biddy,   b. 24 Apr 1891, Lampasas, Lampasas, TX d. 15 Oct 1970, Longview, Gregg, TX (Age 79 years) 2. Jasper Benjamin Biddy,   b. 3 Mar 1893, Lampasas, Lampasas, TX d. 17 Dec 1960, Dublin, Erath, TX (Age 67 years) + 3. George H Biddy,   b. 26 Oct 1895, Texas d. 26 Mar 1977, Corsocana, Navarro, TX (Age 81 years)   4. Albert Washington Biddy,   b. 30 Aug 1897, Lampasas, Lampasas, TX d. 28 May 1964, Lampasas, Lampasas, TX (Age 66 years)   5. Joe Amos Biddy,   b. 13 Mar 1899, Lampasas Co, TX d. 13 Mar 1967, Lampasas, Lampasas, TX (Age 68 years) 6. Eleck Andrew Biddy,   b. 21 Nov 1900, Texas d. 13 May 1962 (Age 61 years)   7. John Biddy,   b. 22 Nov 1902, Lampasas, Lampasas, TX d. 22 Nov 1902, Lampasas, Lampasas, TX (Age 0 years) + 8. William “Willie” Biddy,   b. 15 Oct 1903, Lampasas Co, TX d. 25 Jul 1976, Lampasas Co, TX (Age 72 years)   9. Daniel Biddy,   b. 25 Mar 1905, Lampasas, Lampasas, TX d. 9 Oct 1970, Lampasas, Lampasas, TX (Age 65 years) 10. Mary E Biddy,   b. 1907, Texas 11. Susie C Biddy,   b. 1910, Texas
  Family ID	F10	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2017

  
  

• Headstones

  George Henry Biddy Gravestone GEORGE HENRY / BIDDY / JULY 9, 1860 / JUNE 30, 1925 Plot: Potters, Site 5, Plot ?

  
  

• Notes

  Findagrave Biography posted by Stacie Feibrich, 2 Jun 2006 George Henry Biddy's mother died four days after his birth. He was reared by his grandmother Martha and his stepmother Harriet (Miller) Biddy whom his father James Monroe Biddy married Feb. 15, 1867. His father moved to New Mexico in 1883 but George decided to stay in Texas and moved to Lampass Co. in the mid-1880's. He worked on local ranches, broke horses and eventually worked for a one-armed Civil War veteran, Eleck Fowler. Mr Fowler was a wagoner who hauled freight, mainly in Lampass and Burnett Counties. He was also the uncle of Mary Elizabeth Hester, the girl George met and married. George grew up in the saddle and was well known as a horse breaker. However; One day the old frontier saying, "There's never a horse that can't be rode, and there's never a man that can't be throwed" caught up with him. He was thrown from a horse and seriously injured. The Fowler's took him in and nursed him back to health.One of his care providers was Mary Hester. The two fell in love and were married in Lampass Co , May 10, 1888. from "Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982" (ancestry.com) Geo H Biddy, a day laborer, married, born 9 Jul 1861 in Deweitt Co, TX died 30 Jun 1925 in Lampasas Co TX of angina pectoris. Burial 30 Jun in Lampasas TX. Informant Jasper Biddy.