John Biddle

John Biddle (March 2, 1792 – August 25, 1859) and nephew of Commodore Nicholas Biddle. He attended the common schools before entering and graduating from Princeton College.

Career At the outbreak of the War of 1812, Biddle enlisted in the U.S. Army and was appointed a second lieutenant in the Third Artillery on July 6, 1812, and promoted to first lieutenant March 13, 1813. for election to the United States Senate and later for Governor of Michigan. He was a Trustee of the University of Michigan.

Margaretta Falconer Biddle (1825–1913), who married Andrew Porter (1820–1872), a Civil War general William Shepard Biddle (1830–1901), who married Susan Dayton Ogden (1831–1878), daughter of Elias B. D. Ogden, a New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Major James Biddle (1833–1905) Edward John Biddle (1836–1892)

In 1859, Biddle went to White Sulphur Springs in what is now West Virginia, for the summer, and died there. He is interred in Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan.

Wyandotte In 1818, Biddle acquired of land south of Detroit. He constructed a summer estate on the land, completed in 1835. Biddle named his estate "Wyandotte" after the Native American people who had once lived there. Biddle's home stood where the George P. MacNichol House now sits. Biddle and his family retired to the Wyandotte estate in 1836. However, Biddle was uninterested in farming the estate, and spent much time on his estate near St. Louis, Michigan. In 1853, he sold the Wyandotte estate to Eber Brock Ward of Eureka Iron & Steel Works, who developed the area into the city of Wyandotte, Michigan. Jefferson Avenue, which stretches from New Baltimore to East Rockwood, is named Biddle Avenue through Wyandotte. After selling the Wyandotte estate, Biddle and his wife returned to Philadelphia, and later the couple spent much time in Paris.

Descendants

His grandson (William Shepard Biddle's son), also named John Biddle, became Superintendent of the United States Military Academy.