Seventh Generation

728. Isaac Carroll (Bud) Bedwell⁵⁶ was born in Dec 1858 in Henderson County, Tennessee.^56,819 He died in 1908 in Henderson County, Tennessee.^820,821 He was buried in Lexington Cemetery, Henderson County, Tennessee.⁸²¹

• Source Information: Jackson, Ronald V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp. Tennessee Census, 1810-91. [database on-line] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 1999-. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.

Name: I. C. BEDWELL
State: TN
County: Henderson County
Township: Dist. 11 -male Voters-
Year: 1891
Page: NPL
Database: TN 1891 Voters List

• Shown as Carroll Bedwell, age 2, living with mother Catherine Bedwell and siblings in Henderson County, Tennessee in 1860. Father Carr Bedwell is apparently deceased.

• 1880 Census for District 56, Henderson County, Tennessee, taken in June 1880, shows Isaac Bedwell, age 22, a farmer who cannot read or write, as head of household: wife Allice, age 20; and son Thomas, age 2.

• 1900 Census for District 10, Henderson County, Tennessee, shows Isac C. Bedwell, born Dec 1858, a farmer who rents his land, as head of household containing: Alice C., born Aug 1861, his wife of 23 years, who has had seven children with seven still living; son Thos. P., a day laborer born Aug 1878; son Jm. H., a day laborer born Jan 1881; daughter Mahaly C., born Apr 1884; son Groves C., a day laborer born Aug 1889; son Oscar, born Dec 1892; daughter Flora S., born June 1895; and son Ernest H., born Feb 1898. All members of the family are listed as unable to read or write.

• 1910 Census for District 5, Henderson County, Tennessee, shows Alice Bedwell, age 48, a widow who has had seven children with seven still living, residing with her family in the Henderson County Alms House: Hailey, female, age 25; Flora, age 15; Earnest, age 10; and Sallie Mae, age 4. All are listed as born in Tennessee from parents born in Tennessee except Sallie Mae, who was born in Tennessee but whose father is listed as born in "unknown"; this indicates that Isaac Bedwell might not have been her father. Earnest is listed as able to read and write, the others as not able to. Flora and Earnest are working as laborers on the "poor farm."

1920 Census for District 5, Henderson County, Tennessee, shows an Alice Bidwell, age 6, living with a family named Roberts. Her relation to the Roberts is listed as "kept as family." Unknown who her parents are (could she be the child of one of Isaac and Alice's daughters?).

• Not sure where these people tie in, but they are may be descendants of Isaac Bedwell: Central Grove Cemetary. This cemetery is located at Central Grove Missionary Baptist Church about three miles north of Chesterfield. Recorded February 11, 1991 and updated April 19, 2001. An earlier recording of this cemetery was made by Joyce and Jeff Reeves circa 1974. Their record appears in Henderson County, Tennessee Cemetery Inscriptions (R. H. Harris, Memphis, 1976), Vol. II, pp. 276-280. This earlier work is referred to as "Reeves" in the notes below.

Bedwell, Artelia (Mickie), 1933-1977 [adjacent to marker for Edward Bedwell]
Bedwell, Edward, 7/2/1922-12/21/1977
Bedwell, Fred, d. 10/1/1973, "Aged 62 Years 4 Months 19 Days," temporary marker, Reeds Chapel, 3 yards south of marker for Randy L. White
Bedwell, James E., 1/4/1942-____ [not found in 1991; from Reeves]
Bedwell, Louise, 1918-1978\Bedwell, William, 1943-____
Bedwell, Mary [see Garner, Mary Bedwell]
Garner, Mary Bedwell, d. 11/3/1965 [not found in 1991; from Reeves]
Garner, Walter Thomas, d. 9/15/1973 [not found in 1991; from Reeves]
Bedwell, Noble H., 9/28/1929-12/22/1973 (homemade)
Bedwell, Pearl D., 1/16/1892-____ [not found in 1991; from Reeves]
Bedwell, Velma Mae, 10/14/1922-9/12/1997, "Granny" footstone\Bedwill, Bill, 2/4/1915-2/12/1969, military marker as footstone, "William G. Bedwell" "Tennessee Pvt Co M 117 Infantry World War II"

Alice C. Morris⁸²² was born on 8 Aug 1861 in Tennessee.⁸¹⁹ She died on 20 Nov 1929 in Henderson County, Tennessee.⁸²¹ She was buried in Lexington Cemetery, Henderson County, Tennessee.⁸²¹

• From Lexington Cemetery, Henderson County, Tennessee, records (found at http://www.henderson-lea.hc.k12tn.net/donahue/henderson/lex-all.htm):

Bedwell, Alice, 8/8/1861-11/20/1929 (Old City)
Bedwell, Bud, d. 1908 [not found in 1996; from Hinson et al.; not in WPA] (Old City)

Isaac Carroll (Bud) Bedwell and Alice C. Morris had the following children:

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Thomas P. (Tom) Bedwell.
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John Harrison Bedwell.
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Mahaly C. (Hallie) Bedwell⁸¹⁹ was born in Apr 1884 in Tennessee.⁸¹⁹

• 1930 Census for Henderson County, Tennessee shows Hallie C. Bedwell, 42, an inmate in the Henderson County Alms House. She is shown as single with no occupation.
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Grover Cleveland Bedwell⁸¹⁹ was born in Aug 1889 in Tennessee.⁸¹⁹ He died of pulmonary tuberculosis on 21 Apr 1939 in Lexington, Henderson County, Tennessee.⁸²² He was buried in Lexington Cemetery, Henderson County, Tennessee.⁸²¹

• World War I Draft Registration card shows Grover Cleaveland Bedwell, born 2 July 1891 in Reagan, Tennessee, a resident of Lexington, Tennessee. He is a farm hand employed by J.C. Petterson near Lexington. He is single, of medium height and build, with brown eyes and dark brown hair. He signed the card with an X.

• 1920 Census for District 5, Henderson County, Tennessee, shows Cleav Bedwell, age 26, single, living with the family of Henry Wheatley. He is apparently working as a farm laborer for the Wheatleys.

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Oscar Enlo (Pony) Bedwell.
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Flora S. Bedwell⁸¹⁹ was born in Jun 1895 in Tennessee.⁸¹⁹
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Ernest Frank Bedwell.
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Sallie Mae Bedwell⁸²⁰ was born about 1905 in Tennessee.⁸²⁰