Anthony Bickel. (War of 1812) James Anderson’s Company, Grayson County, Virginia Militia. Anthony Bickel was the son of Jacob Bickel and Catharine (Brown) Bickel. He was the Grandson of the immigrant, Frederick Bickel. He was born in Botetourt County, Virginia in 1790 and he died in Gallia County, Ohio in 1860. He is buried in Hulbert’s Cemetery in Green Township, Gallia County, Ohio. He was a private in James Anderson's Company which had just arrived in the area of Virginia's eastern shore when their service was cut short by the sudden unexpected end of the war. He walked home from Norfolk, Virginia to Wythe County, a distance of 321 miles. When the law granting bounty land for 1812 veterans was passed in 1855 he was granted 160 acres of land in Hamilton County, Ohio (near Cincinnati). He sold the warrant for this land the same year. He married Dianah Chappell in 1814 and they raised nine children.
Anthony Bickel. (War of 1812) James Anderson’s Company, Grayson County, Virginia Militia. Anthony Bickel was the son of Jacob Bickel and Catharine (Brown) Bickel. He was the Grandson of the immigrant, Frederick Bickel. He was born in Botetourt County, Virginia in 1790 and he died in Gallia County, Ohio in 1860. He is buried in Hulbert’s Cemetery in Green Township, Gallia County, Ohio. He was a private in James Anderson's Company which had just arrived in the area of Virginia's eastern shore when their service was cut short by the sudden unexpected end of the war. He walked home from Norfolk, Virginia to Wythe County, a distance of 321 miles. When the law granting bounty land for 1812 veterans was passed in 1855 he was granted 160 acres of land in Hamilton County, Ohio (near Cincinnati). He sold the warrant for this land the same year. He married Dianah Chappell in 1814 and they raised nine children.
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