Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
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MAJ. H. P. KIDDER

Maj. H. P. KIDDER, a resident of Morgan Township, came to Harrison County, in 1875. He is a native of New York State, born October 13, 1844, and is a son of John and Mary A. (PAYNE) KIDDER, natives of the County of Kent, England, who came to America in 1842, and located in Pittsfield, Otsego County, N. Y., where the father engaged in farming. Our subject's early life was spent in the Empire State, where he obtained a common school education. The parents are both deceased. They reared a family of nine children, Salinie Elizabeth, born March 1, 1828, and died November 2, 1856; John S., born February 20, 1830, now a resident of New York City; George T., born June 2, 1831, killed in the battle of the Wilderness, during the Civil War, May 6, 1864; Francis A., born December 23, 1832, died February 9, 1877, now in Ono, Shasta County, Cal.; Mary A., born October 24, 1836, now married and living in Otsego County, N. Y.; Phillip Edward, born June 16, 1839, a resident of Little Sioux; Charlotte S. (STENSON), born October 24, 1841, now residing in Gilbertsville, N. Y. Our subject was born October 13, 1844.

When Mr. KIDDER was old enough to venture out into the world himself, he began the milling business, and was fireman in a saw mil for one year, and subsequently learned the carpenter's trade. He enlisted, during the Civil War, in New York City, as a member of Company E, Sixty-ninth Infantry, and was assigned to the Army of the Potomac. He participated in the following battles: Petersburg, Hatchie's Run, Jones Farm; Richmond, Appomattox; and was discharged June 5, 1865, and returned to Morris, N. Y., where he resumed carpenter work, which he still follows. In 1875, he came to Harrison County, Iowa, and located on the farm which is a part of section 25, Morgan Township. He owns one hundred and one acres, all well fenced and improved. He carries on general farming and stock raising.

He was married November 23, 1868, to Miss Emma Jannette MICKEL, the daughter of Ira and Mianda (JOHNSON) MICKEL, natives of New York State, but who now live in Mondamin, Iowa. Our subject and his wife are the parents of two children, Gertrude, born February 10, 1871, and Anna, born February 7, 1876.

Mr. KIDDER, in his political choice, affiliates with the Republican party, and has been assessor of his township for seven years. He is a member of Post No. 103, G. A. R., at Mondamin.

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