Horace Porter Beadle, b. 24 Mar 1811 in Hocking County, Ohio, d. 13 May 1900 in Logansport, Cass County, Indiana, son of Benjamin Beadle & Abigail Hosmer Converse. He married July Elma Ward (1st wife) on April 18, 1832 in Muskingum County, Ohio. He married Anna Marie Matlock (2nd wife) on June 8, 1846. (He changed the spelling of his surname to Biddle)