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Notes for Francis Biddix

Burial: Grassy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Mitchell Co, North Carolina [see Cemeteries & Tombstones]

Toe River Valley Heritage, Vol. 2, page 182, No. 228:
John and Hannah (Blunt) Bittick/Biddix:
D. Francis (b 1818 on Grassy Creek in present Mitchell Co, d in Feb of 1882), married c1840 Mary ('Polly') McKinney (d Sep 27, 1907). He bought land in the Grassy Creek section in 1860 from Jesse Blalock. He had lived on various sites before in Yancy and McDowell Counties. They are both buried in the Grassy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery where they were members.
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1850 Yancey Co, NC p422a
#?/575 Francis Biddix 32 m laborer NC can't read/write
Charles 7 m NC
Molten 5 m NC
Alexander 4 m NC
Merrit F. 1 m NC
Mary 30 f NC can't read/write
Malinda 9 f NC

1860 Turly Cove Twp, McDowell Co, NC p335
#230/230 Francis Biddix 45 m farmer Real Estate value $100 NC
Polly 39 f NC
Malinda 18 f NC attending school
Charley 17 m NC attending school
Molten 15 m NC attending school
Alex 13 m NC attending school
Merrit 12 m NC attending school
Sarah 11 f NC attending school
Flora 8 f NC attending school
Alitha 8 f NC attending school
Sewel 4 m NC
Henry 3 m NC
Amanda 2 f NC

1870 Grassy Creek Twp, Mitchell Co, NC p343
#35/35 Francis Biddix 60 m farmer NC
Polly 57 f keeping house NC
Molton 21 m farm labor NC
Sarah 19 f at home NC
Jane 17 f at home NC
Alitha 17 f at home NC
Sewell 14 m at home NC
Amanda 13 f at home NC
Henry 12 m at home NC
Alonzo 10 m at home NC

1880 Grassy Creek Twp, Mitchell Co, North Carolina
Mary Biddix head w f 65 widow keeping house NC NC NC NC
Amanda dau w f 21 single hire in NC NC NC
Henry son w m 19 single farm hand NC NC NC
Alonzo son w m 17 single farm hand NC NC NC
Hopas Calhoun son w m 5 single NC NC NC [grandson, s/Marinda 'Rinda' Biddix, d bef 1880 & Jonathan Hoppis 1880 census in North Cove, McDowell Co, NC with the 3 older children: Laura f 17; Zenas m 12; Noah m 10]

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[see Cemeteries & Tombstones]
Francis' head stone gives a death date of Feb. 1882 but he is not listed on 1880 census with his wife, Mary, who is listed as a 'Widow'.

Buried in Grassy Creek Cemetery, Mitchell Co, North Carolina.
Section 'D', Row 3, Plot J:
Francis Biddix
b: -- d: Feb. 1882
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