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- Prior to immigrating to California as part of one of the first wagon trains West, John Bidwell lived in Ohio. The town of Bidwell in Gallia County, Ohio is named for him.
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In California, he became a Mexican citizen and a prominent landowner, receiving multiple rancho grants from the governors of Alta California. Following the U.S. Conquest of California, Bidwell went on to serve in the California Senate and then in the U.S. House of Representatives.
John Bidwell (born Aug. 5, 1819, Chautauqua County, N.Y., U.S.—died April 4, 1900, near Sacramento, Calif.) was a California civic and political leader who ran unsuccessfully for U.S. president in 1892 as the candidate of the Prohibition Party.
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Apr 8, 2010 · John Bidwell was born on the east coast to a poor farming family in 1819. In spite of these modest roots, he would eventually become a key figure in California history, one famous for being a true pioneer, a statesman, politician, prohibitionist, and philanthropist.
An American pioneer and agriculturist, John Bidwell (1819-1900) was instrumental in the settlement of California and remained active in its politics for half a century. John Bidwell was born in Chautauqua County, N.Y., on Aug. 5, 1819.
Bidwell was born in 1819 in Chautauqua County, New York. His Bidwell ancestors immigrated to North America in the colonial era. [2] His family moved to Erie, Pennsylvania, in 1829, and then to Ashtabula County, Ohio, in 1831. [3] At age 17, he attended and shortly thereafter became principal of Kingsville Academy.
He lived in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Missouri before moving to California. Bidwell was part of the first wagon train from Independence, Missouri, to California. He arrived near what is now Sacramento in 1841. He worked for John Sutter, an early California pioneer, at Sutter’s Fort.
It will be remembered that in the Sierra Nevada one of our men named Jimmy John became separated from the main party. It seems that he came on into California, and, diverging into the north, found his way down to Sutter’s settlement perhaps a little before we reached Dr. Marsh’s.
