Eighth Generation

1662. Virgil J. Bedwell¹²⁴⁷ was born on 21 Aug 1897 in Coulterville, Hamilton County, Tennessee.^{570,1247,1253} He died "of pistol shot thru chest from back -- sudden death" on 30 Aug 1935 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee.¹²⁵³ He was a laborer.¹²⁵³

• World War I draft registration card shows Virgil Bedwell, born 21 Aug 1896 in Coulterville, Tennessee. He is employed by the Durham Coal Co. in Graysville, Tennessee. Nearest relative is Sarah Bedwell of Graysville. Virgil Bedwell has grey eyes and dark hair. His father was born in Athens, Tennessee.

• 1920 Census for District 4, Cumberland County, Tennessee, taken in Jan 1920, shows Lawrence Dyer, age 52, a widower, the foreman in a rock quarry, as head of household with: daughter Nancy (?), 14; daughter Inez, 17; son-in-law Virgil Bedwell, 23, a laborer in a rock quarry; and grandson Loyd, age ?/12.

• 1930 Census for Crab Orchard Town, Cumberland County, Tennessee, shows Lawrence G. Dyer, age 63, a widower who works as a factory laborer, as head of household with: son-in-law Virgil J. Bedwell, 33, also a factory laborer.

• Death certificate confirms that Jesse Bedwell and Sarah Doss were his parents. It shows his name as Virgil J. Bedwell; however, E. Louise Goins, a cousin who has researched this family extensively, lists his real name as James Virgil Bedwell.

Virgil J. Bedwell and Sarah Inez Dyer were married about 1916 in Tennessee.^614,1253 Sarah Inez Dyer^1253,1254 (daughter of Lawrence G. Dyer) was born on 9 Apr 1904 in Tennessee.

Is this listing from the California Death Index a child of Virgil & Inez Dyer Bedwell?
Name: BEDWELL, N D Social Security #: 409427013 Sex: MALE Birth Date: 19 Mar 1931 Birthplace: TENNESSEE Death Date: 10 Aug 1983 Death Place: SACRAMENTO Mother's Maiden Name: DYER Father's Surname:

Virgil J. Bedwell and Sarah Inez Dyer had the following children:

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Jesse Earl Bedwell¹²⁵⁴ was born on 5 Apr 1918 in North Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee.¹²⁵⁴ He died on 20 Apr 1918 in North Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee.¹²⁵⁴
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Loyd Bedwell was born in 1919 in Cumberland County, Tennessee.¹²⁵⁵