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Below is a family biography included in the Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania published in 1905 by The Genealogical Publishing Company. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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WLLIAM MACFUNN BIDDLE, youngest son of Edward M. and Juliana (Watts) Biddle, was born in Carlisle, Sept, 24, 1855, and died there Dec. 8, 1903. He was educated in the common schools of his native town and in Dickinson College, having been graduated from that ancient seat of learning in 1873, before he was eighteen years of age. For about ten years he was the assistant to his father in the office of secretary and treasurer of the Cumberland Valley Railroad Company, and upon the death of the latter, in 1889, was chosen as his successor and held the double position as long as he lived, the terms of father and son covering a continuous period of more than sixty-four years. He was a man of fine intellectual ability and a cultured musician.
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This family biography is one of numerous biographies included in the Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania published in 1905 by The Genealogical Publishing Company.
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