Eighth Generation

2128. Cleophus Ashby (C.A.) Bedwell^747,1474 was born on 22 Nov 1881 in Lincoln County, Tennessee.⁷⁴⁷ He died on 12 Jan 1958 in Granby, Newton County, Missouri.^747,1475 He was buried in Granby Memorial Cemetery, Newton County, Missouri.¹⁴⁷⁵

• 1900 Census for Lincoln County, Tennessee, shows Cleophas Bedwell, born Nov 1881, a single farmer who owns land, living in the household of half-brother N.O. Keith, a single farmer. Also in the household are their mother, Elzina Ashby, 55; their stepfather, Wilsy Ashby, 64; a half-sister, Hattie Ashby, 17; and a black servant named Sam K. Cannon, who is a 26-year-old widower. The Warden family, which apparently includes Cleophas' future wife, live next door.

• 1910 Census for Lincoln County, Tennessee, shows Cleopas Bedwell, 28, a farmer, as head of household consisting of: wife Viola, 26, who has had one child with one still living; and son Ray, 4. They have been married for four years.

• World War I Draft Registration card shows Cleophus Ashby Bedwell, born Nov 22, 1881, a resident of Garfield, Oklahoma. He is an oil field worker who lists Mr. W. R. Wray of Celest, Lawrence, Missouri, as his closest relative. He is tall and slender with blue eyes and black hair.

• 1920 Census shows C.A. Bedwell, 36, a widower, living with half-sister Mary and her husband W.A. Wray in Granby, Newton County, Missouri. They are farmers.

• 1930 Census for Dayton, Newton County, Missouri, shows Cleophas A. Bedwell, 44, a farmer, living with: wife Mary, 37, born in Tennessee; and daughter Glendon (Glenda?), 6, born in Oklahoma.

•From researcher Noveda Metzger (nam@@lcc.net), author of _Some Descendants of Halifax Ashby, Sr._: "C. A. married second, probably in Arkansas, but his wife's name i s unknown. She died in childbirth, with twins. It is thought his wife and two children are buried in Mena AR." Does this refer to a spouse that is between the two that are known?

• From Joplin Globe (Joplin, Missouri) 14 Jan 1958:

C.A. Bedwell Dies

Granby, Mo., Jan. 13 -- Cleophas Ashby Bedwell, 76 years old, died at 2 o'clock Sunday morning in Granby Community hospital where he had been a patient since Friday when he fell in his home and suffered a broken hip. Mr. Bedwell was a lifelong resident of Granby.

Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Mary Bedwell; two daughters, Mrs. Glendon Carpenter of Phoenix, Ariz., and Mrs. Sarah Ellis of San Diego, Calif., and two sons, Ray Bedwell of Neosho route 1 and Joe Bedwell of Granby.

Funeral services were to be conducted his afternoon, with the Rev. Sam Starkey officiating and burial in Granby Memorial cemetery under direction of Culver-Shewmake funeral home.

Cleophus Ashby (C.A.) Bedwell and Annie Viola Warden were married on 22 Dec 1903 in Lincoln County, Tennessee.^747,1451 Annie Viola Warden⁷⁴⁷ (daughter of Nathaniel M. Warden and Amanda Cordelia Isom) was born on 19 Nov 1883 in Lincoln County, Tennessee.⁷⁴⁷ She died on 15 Sep 1913.⁷⁴⁷ She was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tennessee.¹⁴⁷⁶ Cleophus Ashby (C.A.) Bedwell and Annie Viola Warden had the following children:

+4345	i.	Wray Bedwell.
+4346	ii.	Sarah Warden Bedwell.

Cleophus Ashby (C.A.) Bedwell and Mary Emeline Hobson were married on 23 Apr 1921 in Newton County, Missouri. Mary Emeline Hobson was born on 24 Nov 1894 in Tennessee.¹⁴⁷⁷ She died on 15 Jan 1979 in Newton County, Missouri. Cleophus Ashby (C.A.) Bedwell and Mary Emeline Hobson had the following children:

4347	i.	Glendon (Glenda) Bedwell1477 was born about 1924 in Oklahoma.1477
4348	ii.	Joe Bedwell.