Edward Kidder

  • Born October 19, 1805.
  • Parents were Captain ISAIAH KIDDER and HEPZIBAH JONES.
  • Married ANN M. POTTER on August 11, 1836. Ann died on February 24, 1872.
  • Died February 25, 1885.





CHILDREN

  1. EDWARD HARTWELL KIDDER, born August 11, 1840; died in 1921. Graduated from Harvard in 1863. Married MARY LINCOLN HATHAWAY.
  2. SUSAN SMITH KIDDER, born November 19, 1843; died in 1900. Married JAMES IVERS LEWIS on December 17, 1868.
  3. GILBERT POTTER KIDDER, born May 15, 1845. He never married.
  4. FREDERICK KIDDER, born November 12, 1847; died in 1890. Graduated from Harvard in 1870. He never married.
  5. ANNA POTTER KIDDER, born September 1, 1851. She never married.
  6. MATTHEW GREER KIDDER, born December 5, 1853.

From The Hartwells of America...
by Lyman Willard Densmore, Hartwell & Lorenzen, Saginaw MI, 1956

Page 53

EDWARD KIDDER. He went to Boston before he was 20, then to Wilmington, N.C. with his brother, Frederick. He was a staunch Union man during the war, remained in business, lost heavily, but maintained his ground, respected by the rebels for his firmness.