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567. John D.
Bedwell was born in Feb 1842 in Choctaw County, Alabama.229,670 He served
in the military in the Civil War.671
• 1860 Census for Clarke County (Grove Hill post office), Alabama shows
John Bedwell, 16, a farm laborer born in Choctaw County, Alabama, living in the
household of Lewis May, a farmer who owns a large plantation and many slaves.
• 1870 Census for Webbs Mill Beat, Clarke County, Alabama, taken 7 Aug 1870,
shows John Bedwell, 28, living with: Eliza Bedwell, 54, a housekeeper, head of
household; William, 32, a farmer; Elizabeth, 24; Lucy, 13; Sarah, 3; Alice E.,
2; and John T., 1. William and John were born in Mississippi, the rest in Alabama.
• 1880 Census for Clarke County, Alabama, shows John D. Bedwell, 38, a farmer
born in Mississippi of parents born in Alabama and Tennessee, as head of household
containing: Sarah E., 36; Ida, 13; Alice E., 11; John T. (?), 10; Henry E., 9;
George E., 7; William Lee, 5; James W., 2; and Robert A., born Feb 1880.
• 1900 Census for Coffeeville, Clarke County, Alabama, shows Jno. D. Bedwell,
born Feb 1842 in Alabama, a farmer who owns his own land, as head of household:
Sarah E., born Dec 1846, his wife of 35 years who has had 13 children with 12
still living; daughter Enda, born Dec 1867; son Bob A., born Feb 1880; son Earl
D., born Oct 1881; son Joseph D., born Jan 1884; daughter Annie, born Dec 1886;
daughter Mary M., born Dec 1889; and William Kelly, a boarder who works as a
school teacher, born Nov 1871. John D. Bedwell and Elizabeth Sarah Harris were
married on 2 Sep 1865 in Clarke County, Alabama.591 Elizabeth Sarah Harris591 (daughter of Thomas Harris and
Malinda Stephens) was born in Dec 1846 in Alabama.227,670 John
D. Bedwell and Elizabeth Sarah Harris had the following children:
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