Ninth Generation

3011. Elsie Bedwell¹⁴⁵ was born on 26 Aug 1895 in Banner Township, Fulton County, Illinois.^{145,1822,1823} She died pulmonary tuberculosis on 6 Aug 1921 in Canton, Fulton County, Illinois.^{145,1822,1823} She was buried on 8 Aug 1921 in Pollitt Cemetery, Fulton County, IL.^145,1824

• Canton Daily Register, Saturday, August 6, 1921, front page reports Mrs. Elsie Pollitt died early today; funeral is Sunday. Article is written as obituary.

Elsie Bedwell and James Thomas Pollitt were married on 8 Dec 1910.¹⁴⁵ James Thomas Pollitt¹⁴⁵ (son of James A. Pollitt and Martha N. Kendall) was born on 2 Jul 1885 in Banner Township, Fulton County, Illinois.^145,1825 He died on 3 Mar 1950 in Peoria, Illinois.^145,1825 He was buried on 6 Mar 1950 in Swan Lake Cemetery, Peoria, Illinois.^145,1825 He was also known as Thomas Pollitt. Elsie Bedwell and James Thomas Pollitt had the following children:

5224	i.	Opal Lucille Pollitt.
5225	ii.	Mildred Pauline Pollitt.
5226	iii.	Ruby Helen Pollitt145 was born on 29 Jul 1915 in Liverpool township, Fulton County, Illinois.145,1826 She died on 30 Dec 1916 in Liverpool township, Fulton County, Illinois.145,1826 She was buried on 31 Dec 1916 in Pollitt Cemetery, Fulton County, IL.145,1826 • Canton Daily Ledger article December 30, 1916 reports "Ruby Pollitt, 17 months old daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Pollitt who was accidentally and severely burned Wednesday evening at her home near Maples Mill, died at 1:50 o'clock this morning. ... The child was burned Wednesday evening, when her clothing became ignited from a blazing stick which her little sister had taken from a stove in the brief absence of her mother, and was waving it about. The stick ignited the baby's clothing."