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1123. Edward Bedwell143,145 was born in Mar 1852 in Sullivan County, Indiana.145



• From Indiana Marriages database on ancestry.com:
Spouse 1: Edward Bedwell Spouse 2: Lucretia Pirtle
Marriage Date: 21 Mar 1872 Name: J. S. Howard

• 1880 Census for Martin Township, McLean County, Illinois, shows Edward Bedwell, age 28, a farmer who cannot read or write, as head of household with: wife Lucretia, 38; son William C., 7; daughter Nancy J., 5; son Charles M., 3; and brother Jesse, 21, a farmer. All were born in Indiana.

• 1900 Census for Palestine, Lamotte Township, Crawford County, Illinois, shows Ed Bedwell, born Mar 1852 in Indiana, a horse buyer who rents a home, and Lucretia, born Mar 1842 in Indiana, his wife of 28 years who has had four children with three still living. Ed is unable to read or write.

• 1910 Census for Palestine, Lamotte Township, Crawford County, Illinois, shows Edward Bedwell, 57, no occupation listed, and Lucretia, 65, his wife of 38 years who has had four children with three still living. Both were born in Indiana.

• 1920 Census for Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, shows Edward Bedwell, 66, a widower, who works as a laborer at a livery barn.

Lucretia Pirtle145 (daughter of Lisle Pirtle and Nancy Ferree) was born in Mar 1842 in Indiana.145,445,1060 1880 United States Census shows Lucretia Bedwell 38 and husband, Edward 28 years old.

Edward Bedwell and Lucretia Pirtle had the following children:

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William Calvin Bedwell.

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ii.

Nancy J. Bedwell145,1061 was born about 1875.145,1061

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iii.

Charles Milton Bedwell.