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3399. Joseph
Rush Bedwell181,543 was born on 27 Sep 1874 in Virginia.181,543,570 He appeared in the census in 1920 in Elk Creek Township,
Grayson County, Virginia. In 1920 he was a farmer.
• 1900 Census for Old Town District, Grayson County, Virginia, shows Joseph
R. Bedwell, born Sept 1874, a farm laborer, as head of household containing:
Pearlie I., born Jan 1879, his wife of three years who has had two children with
one still living; and son Robert, born Jan 1900. He is listed as a homeowner.
• 1910 Census for Elk Creek, Grayson County, Virginia, taken in April 1910,
shows Joe R. Bedwell, 34, a farmer who owns his own farm, as head of household
consisting of: Perllie, 31, his wife of 13 years who has had six children with
four still living; son Rex, 8; daughter Vergie, 5; son Wone (?), 4; daughter
Bertha, 9/12; and mother Marthia A., 61, a widow who has had five children with
four still living. All were born in Virginia.
• World War I draft registration card shows Joseph Rush Bedwell, born 27
Sept 1874, a self-employed farmer in Spring Valley, Grayson County, Virginia.
Nearest relative is wife Pearl Bedwell. He is of medium height and weight with
blue eyes and balding, gray hair.
• 1920 Census for Elk Creek, Grayson County, Virginia, shows Joseph R. Bedwell,
45, a farmer who owns his own land, as head of household: wife Pearlie E., 41;
son Dewey R., 18; daughter Vergie M., 15; son Felix W., 12; daughter Bertha L.,
10; daughter Mattie H., 5; daughter Myrtle E., 4; daughter Lary W., 1+; and mother
Martha A., 77, a widow.
• 1930 Census for Elk Creek, Grayson County, Virginia, shows Joseph R. Bedwell,
55, a farmer who owns his land, as head of household with: wife Pearlie, 52;
son Wayne, 21; daughter Hazel, 15; daughter Emma, 13; daughter Fairy, 11; daughter
Bertha Trans (?), 20, married since 16; granddaughter Bettie Trans (?), 2+; and
granddaughter Carroll Trans (?), almost 1.
• posted on ancestry.com by his grandson, jamesalmondgeorge: "Great
Grandpa and Grandma Bedwell were visiting Grandpa Roy and Betha Lee Irons in
Mt. Gilead, Ohio. They drove all the way from Southern Virginia to Ohio. I was
about four years old. Grandpa Bedwell was sitting in a rocking chair when I approached
him. I knew that he was special. He had a handle bar mustache and wore a shirt
and pants with suspenders. He unwrapped what appeared to be a candy bar and offered
me a piece. I took it and began to chew. It was not chocolate, as it was tobacco.
That was his joke and my first and only chaw." Date and time are listed
as 1952, Mt. Gilead, Ohio. Joseph Rush Bedwell and Pearlie Iller Hale were
married about 1897.597,849 Pearlie Iller Hale543,597
was born in Jan 1879 in Virginia.543
Joseph Rush Bedwell and Pearlie Iller Hale had the following children:
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