Seventh Generation

461. Leroy Calvin Bedwell^188,190 was born on 1 Oct 1826 in Roane County, Tennessee.^190,583 He served in the military in the Civil War as a Private in Co. I, 19th Alabama Infantry, CSA.⁵⁸³ He died on 29 Jul 1879 in Cherokee County, Alabama.^190,583 He was buried in Mountain Springs Cemetery, Cherokee County, Alabama.⁵⁸⁴

• 1860 Census for Cherokee County, Alabama, taken in Aug 1860, shows Calvin L. Bedwell, 39, a farmer with $1500 real estate and $500 assets, as head of household consisting of: wife Mary, 28; Robert, 4; Virginia, 3; and Sarah, 6/12. The adults were born in Tennessee, and the children were born in Alabama. They have $1500 in real estate and $500 in personal assets. They are listed as able to read and write. (They are living next door to the Morrisons, who are probably the family of Mary. The Morrisons have small land holdings but considerable assets, indicating slaves.)

• From Muster Roll of 19th Ala Infantry Regiment, 1861-1865 website (http://www.19thalabama.org/muster1.html): BEDWELL, Leroy C.. Private I Aug 10, 1861, Coloma, Ala; Served to surrender; Died June 23, 1879 in Coloma Ala.

• 1870 Census for Cherokee County, Alabama, shows L.C. Bedwell, 43, a farmer born in Tennessee with $500 real estate and $770 assets, as head of household containing: Mary L., 38, born in N.C.; Robert L., 14; Virginia, 12; and Sarah L., 10. The children were born in Alabama.

• 1880 Census for Cherokee County, Alabama, shows Mary L. Bedwell, 48, a widow, as head of household with: son Robert, 24, a divorced farmer; daughter Virginia E., 20; daughter Sarah L., 18; son William L., 9; and son Joseph W., 5.

• 1900 Census for Cherokee County, Alabama, lists Mary Bedwell, born Jan 1832, a widow, as head of household consisting of: daughter Virginia, single, born Jun 1857; daughter Sarah, single, born Dec 1859; and Anna Dickson, 11, black, a servant.

Leroy Calvin Bedwell and Mary Louise Morrison were married about 1853.¹⁹⁰ Mary Louise Morrison⁵⁸⁵ was born on 9 Jan 1832 in North Carolina.⁵⁸³ She died on 27 Aug 1911 in Cherokee County, Alabama.⁵⁸³ She was also known as Louisa Morrison Bedwell.⁵⁸³ She was buried in Mountain Springs Cemetery, Cherokee County, Alabama.⁵⁸³ Leroy Calvin Bedwell and Mary Louise Morrison had the following children:

+1575	i.	Robert Lee Bedwell.
1576	ii.	Virginia E. Bedwell585,586 was born in Jun 1858 in Cherokee County, Alabama.586 She appeared in the census in 1870 in Cherokee County, Alabama. She appeared in the census in 1930 in Coloma, Cherokee County, Alabama. She died in 1938 in Cherokee County, Alabama.586 • 1930 Census lists Verginia Bedwell, 68, single, head of household, living next door to brothers William and Joe. On the other side of Virginia is an Author O. Bedwell, 27, living with wife Viola, son Emerson, and mother Janie Bedwell, a 67-year-old widow. Is Author (Arthur?) the son of brother Robert?
1577	iii.	Sarah L. Bedwell585,586 was born in Feb 1860 in Cherokee County, Alabama.585 She died in 1935 in Cherokee County, Alabama.586
+1578	iv.	William Lee Bedwell.
+1579	v.	Joseph W. Bedwell.