Philip Biddinger Genealogy

Philip Biddinger's parents were emigrating from Berkley County, West Virginia, to the state of Kentucky and had reached the foot of the Allegheny Mountains on the eighth day of November 1799, Philip Biddinger was born. After a short stay at the mountains, his father settled in Bourbon county, Kentucky, where his childhood was spent. In 1804, his father moved back to West Virginia where he lived about one year. They then crossed the Ohio river at Steubenville and settled in the north part of Harrison county, Ohio. At the age of twenty he married Miss Sarah Hartman, of Cadiz, Ohio. He remained in Harrison county about two years when his eldest son, William, was born. Then immigrated to what was then called Old Richland County, just south of the village of Orange, Ohio. He lived for several years and where seven children were born - David, Sophia, Nelson, Mary, Christian, George and John. In April 1847 he came to Troy, Ohio where he has lived ever since. Philip Biddinger was very active for a man of his age, and has always worked at his trade of shoemaking. Philip Biddinger was a faithful supporter of the Democratic party. He has been married twice; his first wife, Sarah Hartman, died in March 1876. He married again in 1879 to Mrs. Catherine Sprinkle of Nova, Ohio. He is the grandfather of thirty-eight children and the great-grand-father of seventy seven children. This book is about Philip Biddinger, his family, and his many of his descendants.
About the Author: Mrs. LaVerne (Biddinger) Snyder became interested in genealogy and family history after visiting her daughter in Germany in 1961. She has been attending the annual Christian Fast Reunion and enjoying the hobby of genealogy since about 1970. Mrs. Snyder has a double line of descent to Johann Nicklaus Fast. One is through her father, the other through her mother. Neither of her parents knew about their common ancestry until long after they had been married.		To Order: $25.00 postage paid Mrs. LaVerne Snyder 51871 Strewart Road New London, Ohio 44851