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777. James Franklin Bedwell840 was born about 1847 in Illinois.323 He died before 1890 in Missouri.841

• 1870 Census for New Lisbon, Stoddard County, Missouri shows Franklin Bedwell, 23, a farmer with $300 in land and $150 in assets, living with wife Martha, 19. Franklin is listed as born in Missouri, Martha as born in Tennessee.

• 1880 Census for the Village of Noble, Richland County, Illinois shows Franklin Bedwell, 33, a farmer born in Illinois, as head of household consisting of: wife Martha J., 28, born in Tennessee; daughter Missouri, 8; daughter Lucetta, 6; daughter Sarah, 3; and son Elroy, born Jan 1880. The children, including Elroy, were all born in Missouri.

Martha Jane (Jennie) Brooks842 was born in Oct 1852 in Tennessee.843,844 James Franklin Bedwell and Martha Jane (Jennie) Brooks had the following children:

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Missouri Bedwell.

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ii.

Luisettie C. Bedwell845 was born on 25 Mar 1875. She was also known as Zeddy Bedwell.

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iii.

Betty E. Bedwell.

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iv.

Rev. John Elroy (Roy) Bedwell.

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v.

Winfred Bedwell.