Joseph Lehi Biddlecome

Joseph Lehi Biddlecome was born on Dec 22, 1834 in Bowling Green, Missouri to Cornelius and Mary McBride Biddlecome. Joseph is a Founder of Richmond.

History

Before Joseph was born, the Biddlecome family was converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The family moved to Missouri, where Joseph was born, and then to Nauvoo, Illinois by 1837. Joseph's father died in 1844 in Nauvoo, and later, his mother died in Winters Quarters, Nebraska Territory in 1852. He and his younger brother, George R. Biddlecome, were cared for on the planes toward Utah by relatives.1 They joined the John B. Walker Company on June 26, 1852 and arrived in the Salt Lake Valley on Oct 7.

Joseph married Margaret Ann Cooper in 1856. In 1859, the Biddlecome family settled Richmond and lived there for an unnumbered amount of years. They moved from Richmond to Grantsville, Utah.2

Epilogue