Bidwell, Annie E. Kennedy

Annie Ellicott Kennedy Bidwell, born in Meadville, PA, June 30, 1839, was the daughter of Joseph Camp Griffith Kennedy of Washington, D.C. She married John Bidwell on April 16, 1868 and came to Rancho Chico, Butte County. She was a philanthropist and civic leader, especially interested in the Indians, church affairs, temperance movements, and women suffrage. She died in Chico on March 9, 1918.

From the description of Annie Ellicott Kennedy Bidwell Collection, 1842-1918. (California State Library). WorldCat record id: 58745812

Wife of the Calif. pioneer, statesman, and owner of Rancho de Arroyo Chico, John Bidwell. Born in Pennsylvania in 1839 and raised and educated in Washington, D.C., Annie Bidwell was also an ordained Presbyterian minister.

From the description of Our California Indians : corrected carbon copy of typescript, [ca. 1890s?]. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122509315

Biography

Annie Ellicott Kennedy Bidwell, born in Meadville, PA, June 30, 1839, was the daughter of Joseph Camp Griffith Kennedy of Washington, D.C. She married John Bidwell on April 16, 1868 and came to Rancho Chico, Butte County. She was a philanthropist and civic leader, especially interested in the local Indians, church affairs, temperance movements, and women's suffrage. She died in Chico on March 9, 1918.

From the guide to the Annie Ellicott Kennedy Bidwell Papers, 1842-1918, (California State Library)