Eighth Generation

2270. James Oscar Bedwell⁸²⁸ was born in Apr 1896 in Oklahoma.⁸²⁸

He claimed 1900 as his birth year on both his draft registration card and social security record, but the 1900 census shows that he was actually born in 1896.
He died on 13 Feb 1970 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.^452,1325

• World War I Draft Registration card shows James Oscar Bedwell, born Apr 16, 1900, a resident of Hunt County, Texas. He is a farmer who lists T. G. Bedwell of Celest, Hunt County, Texas, as his closest relative. James Oscar Bedwell is tall with a medium build and no physical problems.

• 1930 Census for Dallas, Texas, taken 8 Apr 1930, shows James O. Bedwell, 30, born in Oklahoma of parents born in Kansas and Mississippi, a farmer who rents for $20/mo., as head of household with: Mabel W., 29, his wife of ten years; son James O., Jr., 9; son Maurice, 7; daughter Wanda F., 5; and son Thomas L, 2 & 4/12.

James Oscar Bedwell and Walton Mabel Simmons were married about 1920 in Texas.¹⁴⁹¹ Walton Mabel Simmons^1491,1532 was born on 25 Sep 1900 in Texas.^452,1491 She died in Nov 1967 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.⁴⁵² James Oscar Bedwell and Walton Mabel Simmons had the following children:

+4533	i.	James Oscar Bedwell Jr.
4534	ii.	Maurice Walton Bedwell1491 was born about 1922 in Texas.1491 He died about 1997. • Could this listing in the Florida Death Index on ancestry.com be the same Maurice Bedwell? Name: Henry Maurice Bedwell Death Date: 5 Apr 1978 County of Death: Palm Beach State of Death: Florida Age at Death: 56 Race: White Gender: Unknown Birth Date: 27 Jan 1922.
+4535	iii.	Wanda Fae Bedwell.
4536	iv.	Thomas Lee Bedwell1491,1532 was born on 23 Sep 1927 in Bell County, Texas.1491,1532