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Eighth Generation
1408. Felix Parks
Bedwell539 was born
in Jan 1844 in Grayson County, Virginia.104
He appeared in the census in 1850 in Household #356, Grayson County, Virginia.
He served in the military in the in 1860 in Co. K, 51st VA, CSA.
He appeared in the census in 1870 in Household #568, Grayson County, Virginia.
In 1870 he was a farmer. He appeared in the census in 1880 in Grayson
County, Virginia. In 1880 he was a shoemaker. He appeared
in the census in 1900 in Grayson County, Virginia. In 1900 he was
a farmer. He died on 15 Apr 1907 in Grayson County, Virginia.
He was buried in Pleasantville Cemetery, Carsonville, Virginia.
From Grayson Countians in the Civil War, by Jeff Weaver, on the web at
http://www.ls.net/~newriver/grcwa-f.htm: "BEDWELL, FELIX P., 14, 1860 GCC
HH#853, Co. K, 51st VA, Enl. on 2/28/63 in Grayson Co. Taken POW at Waynesboro,
VA on 3/2/65, sent to Fort Delaware via Harper's Ferry on 3/12/65. Released on
oath on 6/19/65, Res. of Grayson Co., sully comp., black hair, brown eyes, 5'7".
Age 25, Farm Laborer, 400, 1870 GCC. Applied for pension on 6/2/1900, disapproved,
evidence unsatisfactory, reconsidered 6/29/1901, approved."
There is a question about Felix Parks Bedwell's parentage. One IGI Record (Film#2034446)
shows a Felix Bedwell born in 1845 in Grayson, VA to John Bedwell and Martha
Poole. Another IGI Record (Batch# 8225708, Sheet#51) shows a Felix Parks Bedwell
born 27 Dec 1842 in Grayson, VA with no father listed and mother shown as Taletha
Bedwell. These are probably the same man, the Felix P. Bedwell who enlisted
in CSA Army in 1863 above. Taletha Bedwell was the eldest child of John Bedwell
and Martha Pool(e), born in 1826. Nothing is yet known about her life. Was she
the out-of-wedlock mother of Felix Parks Bedwell, who was then claimed or adopted
by grandparents John Bedwell and Martha Pool? Further research is necessary
here.
_from "Grayson County VA
Court Order Book 1811-1819
Abstracted by Tracy Farmer McMillon.
http://www.ls.net/~newriver:
Book 13
pg 266, Sept 22 1856
On the petition of Talitha Bedwell it is ordered that she be permitted to bind
her son Felix Bedwell, (who is now the age of 14) to Morville Thomas until he
attains the age of 21 Yrs.
Shown as Phelix Bedwell in 1880 Census.
Could Felix Parks Bedwell's father be John Parks, shown in the 1850 Grayson County
census as a single, 27-year-old clerk with assets of $2000?
• 1890 Grayson County Land Tax List shows: Bedwell, Felix; 15 acres; Elk
Creek; value 1.50/acre; total value 22.50.
• 1900 Census for Elk Creek District, Grayson County, Virginia, shows Felix
Bedwell, born Jan 1844, a farmer who owns his own land, as head of household:
Martha A., born Dec 1840 in N.C., his wife of 30 years, who has had five children
with four still living; daughter Leona E., born Feb 1871; and daughter Druca
S., born Dec 1876. Felix Parks Bedwell and Martha Ann McCoy were married on
17 May 1870 in Grayson County, Virginia. Martha
Ann McCoy (daughter of Joseph McCoy and Mourning Pool) was born on 27 Dec
1840 in North Carolina. She appeared in the census in 1920 in Elk
Creek Township, Grayson County, Virginia. She lived in son Joseph
R. Bedwell's household in 1920. She died after 1920.849 Felix Parks Bedwell and Martha Ann McCoy had the following
children:
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