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3020. Joseph
Ross Bedwell145
was born on 4 Feb 1888 in Martinsville, Clark County, Illinois.145 He died in 1930.145
He was also known as Ross Bedwell. He was buried in Stephens Cemetery,
Lewis, Vigo County, Indiana.145
• World War I Draft Registration card shows Joseph Ross Bedwell, born Feb
4 1888, a resident of Lewis, Vigo County, Indiana, who was born in Martinsville,
Illinois. He is employed as a "Powder Worker" by the United States
Powder Company of Coalmont, Indiana, and lists his dependents as "Wife &
Crippled Child". He is 5'6" tall with a medium build, blues eyes,
and light hair. The card is dated June 5, 1917.
• 1920 Census for Pierson Township, Vigo County, Indiana, taken Feb 2 1920,
shows Ross J. Bedwell, 32, a coal miner born in Illinois, as head of household
with: wife Zeta, 27; daughter Stella P., 8; son Warren, age 22/12; and son Carol,
age 3/12.
• 1930 Census for Pierson Township, Vigo County, Indiana, shows Ross J.
Bedwell, 41, a truck driver, as head of household including: wife Zeta E., 37;
daughter Stella P., 18; son Warren F., 12; son Carroll V., 10; son Donald L.,
8; and son Walter W., 5. They rent a home for $6/mo. Joseph Ross Bedwell and
Zeta Evelyn Scamihorn were married on 11 Aug 1910 in Vigo County, Indiana.145 Zeta
Evelyn Scamihorn145
(daughter of Samuel Peter Scamihorn and Eliza Jane Powell) was born on 11 May
1892 in Lewis, Vigo County, Indiana.145
She died in 1932.145 She
was buried in Stephens Cemetery, Lewis, Vigo County, Indiana.145 Joseph Ross Bedwell and Zeta Evelyn Scamihorn had
the following children:
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