Ninth Generation

3413. Matison Rush Bedwell^564,675 was born on 27 Feb 1888 in Grayson County, Virginia.⁵⁶⁴ He died on 6 Oct 1946 in Sullivan County, Indiana.⁶⁷⁵ He was buried in Dugger Cemetery, Sullivan County, Indiana.^675,1930

• 1910 Census for Jefferson Township, Sullivan County, Indiana shows Matt Bedwell, 22, born in a Virginia, a hired hand living with a farm family.

• World War I Draft Registration card shows Matson Rush Bedwell, born 27 Feb 1888 in Independence, Virginia. He is a miner whose address is RR2, Linton, Indiana. He is tall with a medium build, grey eyes, light hair, and is listed as "hard of hearing in both ears."

• 1920 Census for Jefferson Township, Sullivan County, Indiana, taken 10 Jan 1920, shows Madison R. Bedwell, 32, a coal miner born in Virginia of parents born in Virginia and North Carolina, as head of household with: wife Ona M., 25, a farmer born in Indiana of parents born in Virginia and Indiana; daughter Joy B., 4; and daughter Mary M., 1 & 10/12. They are land owners.

• 1930 Census for Jefferson Township, Sullivan County, Indiana shows M. R. Bedwell, 42, a coal miner born in Virginia, as head of household containing: Ona M., 36, his wife of 19 years; daughter Joy, 15; daughter Maxine, 12; and son Dale, 8.

Matison Rush Bedwell and Ona May Shepherd were married on 3 Feb 1912 in Sullivan County, Indiana.⁶⁷⁵ Ona May Shepherd^675,945 was born on 8 May 1894 in Indiana.^452,945 She died in Feb 1977 in Sullivan, Sullivan County, Indiana.¹⁹³¹ She was buried in Dugger Cemetery, Sullivan County, Indiana.⁶⁵ Matison Rush Bedwell and Ona May Shepherd had the following children:

5695	i.	Helen Marie Bedwell675 was born in 1912 in Sullivan County, Indiana.675 She died in 1914 in Sullivan County, Indiana.675
5696	ii.	Joy B. Bedwell945 was born about 1915 in Sullivan County, Indiana.945
5697	iii.	Mary Maxine Bedwell945 was born about Oct 1918 in Sullivan County, Indiana.945
5698	iv.	Dale E. Bedwell946 was born on 12 Dec 1921 in Sullivan County, Indiana.65,946 He died on 19 Nov 1956.1932 He was buried in Dugger Cemetery, Sullivan County, Indiana.65
5699	v.	Wendell Bedwell1163 was born in 1927 in Sullivan County, Indiana.1163 He died in 1927 in Sullivan County, Indiana.1163