Son of Edmund Jones Kidd (1793-1861) and Christiana (De Camp) Kidd (1803-1883). G.P. Kidd, MD, married Mary Frances Dicken (1854-1927) in 1874. Gideon was the father of six children, of whom five survived into adulthood. His children are: Eva Marie Kidd (1876-1945), Earl E. Kidd (1878-1885), Clara M. Kidd (1880-1978), Herman Dicken Kidd (1882-1968), Mabel Kidd (1886-1972), Dr. James Gordon Kidd, Sr. (1889-1973). Gideon's wife and all their children, except Herman, are burried in the Roann Community Cemetery (formerly, the Roann IOOF Cemetery).

Gideon was a physician, and served the Roann Community for most of his life. A son and a grandson became physicians also. The following was taken from a booklet entitled "Roann's Jubilee in 1953" and parallels much of what was published earlier in Clark W. Weesner's "History of Wabash County."

"Born in Richland Township, Miami County, Indiana, October 1, 1847, Dr. Gideon P. Kidd was one of a large family of children born to Edmund J. and Christiana (DeCamp) Kidd. Both his parents were pioneers of northern Indiana. His father, who was born near Bowling Green, Virginia, in 1793, was taken to Lexington, Kentucky, when twelve years old. Later he served with the Second Kentucky Regiment of Infantry in the War of 1812. He was with the troops under General Harrison in the campaign against the Indians and the British in the Wabash Valley including Fort Wayne. After a time at Connersville, where married Christina DeCamp, he moved to Miami County a little south of Paw Paw in 1837, where he lived until his death in 1861."

"Dr. G. P. Kidd received his early education in a district school in Miami County and attended high school in Peru and Wabash, with some training at the old academy in Wabash. The years of his early manhood were divided between teaching and farming. In 1871 Dr. Kidd began the study of medicine under the direction of Dr. A. J. Smith in Wabash, and the following October he entered Chicago Medical College where he received his M. D. degree in 1874. In the same year he married Mabel F. Dicken, a daughter of Dr. J. L. Dicken of Wabash."

"After practicing briefly in Rich Valley, Dr. Kidd established his home in Roann, April 15, 1875, and served the community faithfully as a typical "Country Doctor" until his death in 1923. Dr. Kidd was happy to replace his horses by the first automobile in Roann which was a satisfaction to his strong mechanical interest."

Gideon's parents are buried in the Paw Paw (Methodist) Cemetery, Richland Township, Miami County, Indiana. Gideon's maternal grandparents, Silas DeCamp (1765-1839) and Rheuhameya Loruhama Cory (1768-1835) are buried in ths Rowe Cemetery, Concord Twp., Elkhart County, Indiana. The resting place of Gideons paternal grandparents, Edmund Kidd and Sarah Jones is currently unknown.

Gideon was and has been alternately referred to as G.P. Kidd, Gideon P. Kidd, Gideon Paramore Kidd, and Gideon Paramour Kidd.