Seventh Generation

326. Lycurgus (Kirk) Bedwell¹⁴⁴ was born on 12 Apr 1828 in Sullivan County, Indiana. He died on 21 Jun 1887. He was buried in Moody Cemetery, Sullivan County, Indiana. He was a blacksmith.

• 1850 for Madison County, Iowa shows James B. Bedwell, age 26, and Lycurgus Bedwell, age 24, both listed as laborers born in Indiana, living in the household of George W. Guy, a farmer. James B. Bedwell is shown as owning $200 of real estate.

• 1860 Census for Jefferson Township, Sullivan County, Indiana shows Lycurgus Bedwell, age 35, a farmer with $500 real estate and $250 assets, and Elizabeth, age 21.

• 1870 Census for Cass Township, Sullivan County, Indiana shows Lycurgus Bedwell, age 41, a farmer with $400 real estate and $300 assets, as head of household with: Elizabeth, age 31; Uriah B., age 9; and Amanda, age 2. Lycurgus is listed as able to write but unable to read; Elizabeth can't do either.

• 1880 Census for Cass Township, Sullivan County, Indiana shows Kirk Bedwell, age 52, a farmer born in Kentucky, as head of household with: wife Lizzie, age 41; son Bishop, age 18; and daughter Mandy, age 12.

Lycurgus (Kirk) Bedwell and Elizabeth Bedwell were married on 10 Mar 1860 in Sullivan County, Indiana.⁴⁴⁶ Elizabeth Bedwell⁴¹¹ (daughter of Robert R. Bedwell and Rebecca Pitts) was born in Nov 1837 in Sullivan County, Indiana.⁴⁴⁷ She was buried in W.O.W. Cemetery, Rosenberg, Texas. Lycurgus (Kirk) Bedwell and Elizabeth Bedwell had the following children:

1154	i.	Uriah Bishop Bedwell402 was born on 11 Aug 1861 in Indiana. He died on 29 Jan 1937 in Texas. • 1900 Census for Precinct 2, Fort Bend County, Texas shows Bishop Bedwell, a farmer born Aug 1861 in Indiana, as head of household with: mother Elizabeth, born Nov 1837 in Indiana, a widow who has had two children, both still living; and sister Amanda, born Mar 1868 in Indiana. Bishop and Amanda are both single with no children. They are renters. • From "Texas Land Title Abstracts" on ancestry.com: Grantee: Bishop Bedwell; Certificate: 90; Patentee: Bishop Bedwell; Patent Date: 06 Dec 1920; Acres: 80; District: Fort Bend; County: Fort Bend; File: 81995; Survey/Blk/Tsp: SE 1/2 of N 1/4 20 H & TC-; Patent #: 390; Patent Volume: 9A; Class: School. • 1930 Census for Rosenburg, Fort Bend County, Texas shows Bishop Bedwell, age 68, no occupation, living with sister Amanda Bedwell, age 60, a dry goods agent. Both are single, born in Indiana. They own a house worth $500.
1155	ii.	Amanda Bedwell402 was born on 22 Mar 1869 in Indiana. She died on 17 Apr 1943 in Texas. She was also known as Maude Bedwell.