John F. Biddle of
Company A was born March 25, 1841, at Newport, Ohio. He died of a heart
attack on August 27, 1923, at Suger Grove, Ohio. He had 14 children. Seven
of his eight boys became doctors of medicine. In the early 1900's he served
two terms on the Board of Commissioners of Athens County, Ohio. This intormation
is from an obituary printed in the Athens Messenger.