Bidwell, Annie E. Kennedy

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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

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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)

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associatedWith Alexander, Sallie Kennedy. person
associatedWith Alexander, William. person
associatedWith Arbuckle, T. C. person
associatedWith Arnold, Sallie E. person
associatedWith Bartlette, Franklina G. person
associatedWith Bidwell, John, 1819-1900. person
associatedWith Blake, Nelson E. person
associatedWith Dawson, Nicholas, 1819-1903. person
associatedWith Kennedy, Catherine M. corporateBody
associatedWith Kennedy, Cora. corporateBody
associatedWith Kennedy, J. M. corporateBody
associatedWith Kennedy, Joseph C. G. corporateBody
associatedWith Kennedy, Joseph John. corporateBody
associatedWith Kennedy, Sallie. corporateBody
associatedWith Lafonso, Elmer N. corporateBody
associatedWith Lafonso, Maggie S. corporateBody
associatedWith Ramsland, Margaret A. person
associatedWith Richards, John. corporateBody
associatedWith Sherman, Edwin Allen, 1829-1914. person
associatedWith Wilson, Burney. corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Chico Rancheria (Calif.)
California--Butte County
California
Chico-Humboldt Wagon Road (Calif.)
Subject
Chico
Indians of North America
Indians of North America
Maidu Indians
Maidu Indians
Temperance
Temperance
Women missionaries
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Activity

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Birth 1839-06-30

Death 1918-03-09

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