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131. Photo Lorenzo Dow Bedwell165 was born in 1815 in Grayson County, Virginia.177 He appeared in the census in 1850 in Household #521, Grayson County, Virginia. He served in the military in the Civil War in 1864 in Co. B, 4th VA Reserve, Inf., CSA. He appeared in the census in 1870 in Household #518, Grayson County, Virginia. He died of liver disease on 16 Jun 1889 in Grayson County, Virginia.177 He was buried in 1889 in Wiley Farm, State Rd 654, Cemetary #3.178 He was also known as Dow Bedwell. He was a farmer.

• 1860 Census for Independence P.O., Grayson County, Virginia shows Dow Bedwell, 41, a farmer with $1100 land and $1700 assets, as head of household with: Jane, 43; Nancy, 11; and Johnson Brown, 8 (relationship unknown).

• 1863 Grayson County, Virginia, Land Tax list shows Dow Bedwell owning two separate tracks of land next door to each other, one of 142 acres (valued at $700), and the other of 200 acres (valued at $100).

• Civil War record: "BEDWELL, DOW, 41, Farmer, 1860 GCC HH#648, Grayson Militia, Co. B, 4th VA Reserve Inf., Enl. on 4/16/64 at Independence. Pres. on 8/31/64. Age 51, 1870 Grayson Census, occupation Farmer, Res. of Elk Creek District."

• 1870 Census shows L.D. Bedwell, 51, a farmer, living with: Jane Bedwell, 52; and Lucy (hard to make out name; could be Luc-something else) Bedwell, a 16 year old black female who has no occupation listed.

• Grayson County Death Register shows L.D. Bedwell dead of liver disease on 16 June 1889, age 74. Wife is listed as Jane Bedwell.



Lorenzo Dow Bedwell and Jane Elliott were married on 12 May 1842 in Grayson County, Virginia.179 Jane Elliott165 was born in 1817.180 She died in 1895. Lorenzo Dow Bedwell and Jane Elliott had the following children:

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Stephen Bedwell165 was born on 30 Jan 1842. He died of flux on 24 Oct 1853 in North Carolina.75

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Photo David Ring Bedwell165 was born on 11 Oct 1844. He died of flux on 12 Nov 1853 in Grayson County, Virginia.75

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Nancy Ellen Bedwell.