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Colonel Clement Biddle (May 10, 1740 – July 14, 1814) was an American Revolutionary War soldier. Biddle fought in the Battle of Princeton, the Battle of Brandywine, the Battle of Germantown and the Battle of Monmouth. He was the Commissary General at Valley Forge under George Washington.
In 1781, Biddle was made quarter-master general of the Pennsylvanian troops. After the Revolutionary War, he became the first U.S. Marshal for Pennsylvania. Later, Biddle became a notary, scrivener, and broker.
Biddle was a part of the Society of Friends and helped organize the "Quaker Blues," a company of volunteers.
Biddle's first marriage was to Mary Richardson on June 6, 1764. They had one child, Francis, who died at childbirth.
His second marriage, which occurred August 18, 1774 was to Rebekah Cornell, the daughter of Rhode Island Chief Justice Gideon Cornell. They had thirteen children (five died in childhood):
He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1766.Bell, Whitfield J., and Charles Greifenstein, Jr. Patriot-Improvers: Biographical Sketches of Members of the American Philosophical Society. 3 vols. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1997, I: 292, 321, 321-26, 345.
During the American Revolutionary War, Biddle fought in the Battle of Princeton, the Battle of Brandywine, the Battle of Germantown and the Battle of Monmouth. He was the Commissary General at Valley Forge under George Washington, and his headquarters was at Moore Hall. Note: This includes Biddle resigned from the Army in 1780. In 1781, Biddle was made quarter-master general of the Pennsylvanian troops.
After the Revolutionary War, he was the first U.S. Marshal (1789–1793) for Pennsylvania.
In the 1790 census, Biddle's jobs were "Notary, Scrivener, and Broker," which made him a rich man.
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