Eighth Generation

1666. William Arlie Bedwell¹²⁵⁶ was born on 3 Mar 1906 in Bakewell, Hamilton County, Tennessee.^452,1256 He died on 17 Nov 1976 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee.^452,614

• 1930 Census for Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, taken Apr 1930, shows William N. (?) Bedwell, age 25, a furnace installer at a sheet metal plant, living with his family as boarders in the home of Adeline Dedmon, an 84-year-old widow. The others in the family are: Dorothy Bedwell, 21, his wife of five years; Catherine A. Bedwell, 4 and 3/12; William F., 2 and 1/12; and Margaret A. Harmon, 11 (who must be the daughter of William's deceased eldest sister, Rebecca Bedwell Harmon).

William Arlie Bedwell and Dorothy Burkhart were married.⁶¹⁴ Dorothy Burkhart⁶¹⁴ was born on 23 Dec 1908 in Tennessee.^452,614 She died on 7 Aug 1991.⁴⁵² William Arlie Bedwell and Dorothy Burkhart had the following children:

3756	i.	Catherine A. Bedwell1252 was born in Jan 1926 in Tennessee.1252
3757	ii.	William F. (Son) Bedwell1252 was born in Mar 1928 in Hamilton County, Tennessee.1252 He died on 14 Dec 2006 in Hamilton County, Tennessee. He was buried in Chattanooga National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee. • U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 (ancestry.com) shows: E W Bedwell Birth Year: 1928 Race: White, citizen Nativity State or Country: Tennessee State: Tennessee County or City: Hamilton Enlistment Date: 1 Feb 1946 Enlistment State: Georgia Enlistment City: Fort Oglethorpe Branch: No branch assignment Branch Code: No branch assignment Grade: Private Grade Code: Private Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the Panama Canal Department Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men) Source: Enlisted Man, Regular Army, after 3 months of Discharge Education: Grammar school Civil Occupation: Optician Marital Status: Single, without dependents Height: 00 Weight: 009 • From "epaper online", Hamilton County obituaries (http://epaper.tfponline.com/WebChannel/ShowStory.asp?Path=ChatTFPress/2006/12/18&ID=Ar01200): RINGGOLD — William "Son" Bedwell, 78, died Thursday, Dec. 14, 2006. Services will be at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel with Pastor Jason Kykast officiating. Interment will follow in Chattanooga National Cemetery. Condolences may be sent at www.heritagefh.com. The family will receive friends from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. today at Heritage Funeral Home & Crematory, Battlefield Parkway.