Ninth Generation

2707. Charles Haddon Bedwell³⁹⁶ was born on 16 Mar 1884 in Sullivan County, Indiana.⁵⁰² He died on 19 Mar 1948 in Stanislaus County, California.^502,954

• Indiana attorney, Appellate Court Judge, Member of State Legislature.



• Charles H. Bedwell, a lawyer, was born in Sullivan County, Indiana, on March 16, 1884 and received his LL.B. from Indiana University after which he taught school for five years. He was the Deputy Prosecutor of Sullivan County for one term, elected to the Legislature in 1912 and reelected in 1914 and became the Speaker of the House during the 1915 session. Mr. Bedwell is a resident of Sullivan, Indiana.

• From the "political graveyard" website: Charles Haddon Bedwell (b. 1884) -- also known as Charles H. Bedwell -- of Sullivan, Sullivan County, Ind. Born in Dugger, Sullivan County, Ind., March 18, 1884. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Indiana state senate, 1934-41; candidate for U.S. Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1940; Judge, Indiana Appellate Court, 1941-43. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Elks. Burial location unknown.

• Might be the Charlie A. Bedwell, age 26, single, found in the 1910 census as living in Marry Bice's boarding house in Sullivan, Sullivan County, Indiana.

• World War I Draft Registration card shows Charles Haddon Bedwell, a self-employed attorney born March 16, 1884, a man of medium height and build with dark hair and brown eyes. He lives on W. Wash., Sullivan, Sullivan County, Indiana.

• 1920 Census for Sullivan, Sullivan County, Indiana, taken in Jan 1920, shows Charles Bedwell, age 35, a lawyer, as head of household with: wife Lulu, age 35; daughter Leah, age 6; and daughter Jean, age 4. They own a house worth $6000.

• 1930 Census for Sullivan, Sullivan County, Indiana shows Charles H. Bedwell, age 46, an attorney, as head of household containing: Lula, age 45, his wife of 17 years; daughter Leah, age 16; son Gene, age 14; and daughter Isabel, age 7.

Charles Haddon Bedwell and Lula Cain were married about 1912 in Indiana.⁵⁶⁹ Lula Cain was born about 1884.⁹⁵⁴ She died in Apr 1963.⁹⁵⁴ Charles Haddon Bedwell and Lula Cain had the following children:

+4885	i.	Leah Elizabeth Bedwell.
4886	ii.	Gene Bedwell945 was born about 1915 in Sullivan County, Indiana.
4887	iii.	Isabel Bedwell946 was born about 1922 in Sullivan County, Indiana.