Clement Biddle was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania back in 1740 to John and Sarah. He married Mary in 1764. Their first child died at childbirth, there is no other information on what happened to Mary. He married Rebekah and they had for children, three of them made it to adulthood.He served in the American Revolutionary War fighting in battles you may have hear of, let’s see how about 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. After the war he was made quarter-master general of the Pennsylvanian troops.Now the all-important question, can you tell me one of the things he is written in the history books for? Again you’re in luck, he was the first U.S. Mar...
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