Adolphus Richard, son of Richard and Ann Rundell Biddick, was born Nov. 10, 1863, on the Biddick farm one mile southeast of Livingston.
He was one of a family of three score years and ten. He spent a happy
boyhood, with eight brothers and sisters and many cousins who lived on
adjoining farms. His early education was received in the Little Red
schoolhouse one mile south of Livingston. Here he took an active part in
baseball, a sport which held his interest all his life. From the Little Red
schoolhouse he attended the Platteville Normal.
On Feb. 26, 1890, he was married to Amelia Kamm of Arthur, Wis. The young couple began farming on the Sylvester farm north of
Livingston. In 1901, they bought and moved to a farm of their own, the present
home of the son Elmer.
In November of 1919, his wife passed away and in February following, Mr.
Biddick moved to the house in Livingston where he lived until the call home,
May 4, 1951.
Early in Mr. Biddick's married life, he became a member of the Free Methodist
church at Livingston. His life was lived according to true Christian
principles. His patience, generosity, his adherence to whatever he believed to
be right regardless of the personal cost, and his faith that all would work out
for the best are memories that those of us who are left may treasure, and
standards for us to attain.
Mr. Biddick was an enthusiastic member of the Rundell-Biddick Picnic
Association, and missed only one of their reunions.
Left to mourn a loving and thoughtful father are four sons and a daughter, John, of Montfort; Elmer of Livingston; Roscoe and Burdette of Madison, and Ruth, Mrs. Ralph Norton of Kendall. There are fourteen grandchildren and two
great- grandchildren.
All of us treasure his memory.
(Fennimore Times, Fennimore, Wisconsin: 1889-, Date of Issue: 17 May 1951,
Southwest Wisconsin Room, Elton S. Karrmann Library, University of
Wisconsin-Platteville, Platteville, WI 53818-3009. Source Media Type: Film.)
