Tenth Generation

4623. Samuel Martin Bedwell²²⁰⁵ was born on 27 Jan 1896 in Zalma, Bollinger County, Missouri. He died on 13 Jun 1983 in Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Missouri.⁴⁵²

• World War I draft registration card shows Samuel Martin Bedwell, born 27 Jan 1896 in Galena, Missouri, a resident of Sturdivant, Missouri. He is employed as a laborer by "Corbin & Lasich". He is single, of medium height and build, with light blue eyes and dark brown hair.

• 1920 Census for St. Louis, Missouri shows Samuel M. Bedwell, 23, no occupation, as a patient in the "United States Public Health Service Hospital".

• 1930 Census for Wilson Township, Clay County, Arkansas shows Samuel Bedwell, 34, married since he was 24, living as a boarder in the household of James R. and Silly Pigg. Andrew is working as a fireman at a saw mill. There are five other boarders living in the same household, including his brother Andrew, all of whom appear to work at the same place. Unknown where his wife is living.

Samuel Martin Bedwell and Bessie Sparkman were married on 16 Oct 1920 in Marble Hill, Bollinger County, Missouri. Bessie Sparkman²²⁰⁶ was born on 23 Apr 1894 in Marble Hill, Bollinger County, Missouri. She died on 23 Jan 1942 in St. Louis, Missouri.