Clement Biddle

Clement Biddle
Clement Biddle
Born	May 10, 1740; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died	July 14, 1814 (aged 74); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Army
Years of service	–1780
Rank	Colonel
Battles/wars	American Revolutionary War Battle of Princeton; Battle of Brandywine; Battle of Germantown; Battle of Monmouth;
Other work	United States Marshals Service

Colonel Clement Biddle (May 10, 1740 – July 14, 1814) was an American Revolutionary War soldier.

Life

Biddle was born May 10, 1740, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to John Biddle (1707–1789) and Sarah Owen (1711–1773).^[1] He was the younger brother of Owen Biddle, Sr. (1737–1799). His great-grandson was Algernon Sydney Biddle.

Biddle was a part of the Society of Friends and helped organize the "Quaker Blues," a company of volunteers.^[1]

Biddle's first marriage was to Mary Richardson on June 6, 1764.^[2] They had one child, Francis, who died at childbirth.^[2] His second marriage was to Rebekah Cornell, the daughter of Rhode Island Chief Justice Gideon Cornell.^[2] They had four children: Frances (died at infancy), Thomas (born June 4, 1776), George Washington (February 21, 1779 – 1812), and Mary (born January 12, 1781).^[2]

He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1766.^[3]

During the American Revolutionary War, Biddle fought in the Battle of Princeton, the Battle of Brandywine, the Battle of Germantown and the Battle of Monmouth. He was the Commissary General at Valley Forge under George Washington, and his headquarters was at Moore Hall.^[4] Biddle resigned from the Army in 1780.^[1] In 1781, Biddle was made quarter-master general of the Pennsylvanian troops.

After the Revolutionary War, he was the first U.S. Marshal (1789–1793) for Pennsylvania.^[5]

In the 1790 census, Biddle's jobs were "Notary, Scrivener, and Broker," which made him a rich man.^[5]

Death

He died in Philadelphia on July 14, 1814,^[1] and is buried at Christ Church in Philadelphia.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Brown, John Howard; Johnson, Rossiter (1904). The twentieth century biographical dictionary of notable Americans. The Biographical Society. ISBN 1-172-21564-2.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Glenn, Thomas Allen (1896). Merion in the Welsh tract: With sketches of the townships of Haverford and Radnor. Historical and genealogical collections concerning the Welsh barony in the province of Pennsylvania, settled by the Cymric Quakers in 1682. Genealogical Publishing Company. p. 143. ISBN 0-8063-0429-4.
^ Bell, Whitfield J., and Charles Greifenstein, Jr. Patriot-Improvers: Biographical Sketches of Members of the American Philosophical Society. 3 vols. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1997, I: 292, 321, 321-26, 345.
^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". ARCH: Pennsylvania's Historic Architecture & Archaeology. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2012-10-28. Retrieved 2012-11-02. Note: This includes Eleanor Winsor; Harvey Freedenberg (August 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Moore Hall" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-11-03.
^ ^a ^b "The First Marshal of Pennsylvania: Clement Biddle". United States Marshals Service. Retrieved May 31, 2008.
^ "Biddle, Clement (Colonel )". RootsWeb. Retrieved 8 December 2013.