Background
Bardwell, Rodney Jewett was born on August 17, 1870 in Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Hiram Webster and Gertrude Elizabeth (Jewett) Bardwell.
Bardwell, Rodney Jewett was born on August 17, 1870 in Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Hiram Webster and Gertrude Elizabeth (Jewett) Bardwell.
Student Maryland. Military and Naval Academy, Oxford, Maryland., 1885-1886. Graduate Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire (U.S.), 1890.
Admitted to Pennsylvania bar, 1894, began practice in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, 1894. Moved to Denver, Colorado, 1895. President Denver Gas & Electric Light Company.
General counsel and director Public Service Company of Colorado President board Colorado School of Mines.
State senator, Colorado, 1907-1911.
Served 5 years in Colorado National Guard. Member American and Denver bar associations, Sons of the American Revolution Mason (32°). Clubs: Denver, Denver Country, Denver Athletic, Mile High Duck (Denver).
Married Iva Shepard, February 20, 1900. Children: Eva Gertrude (Mistress Jackson Brown, Junior.