Eighth Generation

1578. William Lee Bedwell⁵⁸⁶ was born on 14 Jun 1869 in Cherokee County, Alabama.^583,586 He appeared in the census in 1900 in Cherokee County, Alabama. He appeared in the census in 1910 in Coloma, Cherokee County, Alabama. He appeared in the census in 1930 in Coloma, Cherokee County, Alabama. He died on 2 Oct 1946 in Cherokee County, Alabama.⁵⁸⁶ He was a farmer.

• From The Ancestry of Nichols, Bedwell, Bundrum & Reaves Families webpage (http://www.nicholsgenealogy.net/bedwell/bedwell/bedwell-william-l.htm):
"According to some of William was deathly afraid of snakes, lizards and other small reptiles. This made for a good time when a few of his children would play practical jokes. ... He always wore a handle bar mustache and overalls, he also wore a black hat with the wide brim all the way around. ... Their home had a dog trot through the middle and was so well built that even after he died that there was not a rotten board on it. His brother Joseph hade the house torn down and the lumber was used to make a library for Joe's children. ... Uncle June has memories of William having a large container of solid gold coins and every now and then he would dig the container up and they would sit on the floor and count the coins, making large stacks of them. After William died that was rumored to be brought back when Leroy C Bedwell returned from the Civil War."

• Mountain Springs Cemetery in Cherokee County 8 miles north of Piedmont on Highway 9, 1 mile west on County Road 178 to County Road 59. Tombstone transcriptions by Mr. and Mrs. Y.G. (Von) Ledbetter and Homer Voiles , who added many clarifying comments as a result of their research. There are 327 graves that were identified. There are 167 marked graves with no identification.

Bedwell Gertrude (Kimblery) 4/5/1871 01/05/1939
Bedwell Louisa 1/9/1832 08/27/1911
Bedwell Janie (Kenner) 10/5/1862 unknown
Bedwell R.L. 11/18/1855 07/01/1925
Bedwell Emerson H.(son of Mr. Mrs A.O.) 0/0/1926 0/0/1936
Bedwell Infant (son of Claude & Bertha Wood Bedwell) 0/0/1921 0/0/1921
Bedwell Syble Elouise (dau.of Claude & Bertha W.Bedwell) 03/13/1926 04/29/1929
Bedwell Leroy C.(Pvt.Co.I 19 Al.Inf. Conf. States) 10/1/1826 7/29/1879
Bedwell Virginia 0/0/1864 0/0/1938
Bedwell Sarah 0/0/1867 0/0/1935
Bedwell Robert Jones 3/3/1895 01/20/1947
Bedwell Arthur 11/19/1902 01/17/1975
Bedwell Viola (Brown) 01/29/1906 02/25/1997
Bedwell William Lee 6/14/1869
Bedwell Joe Noel (son of J.W.& Willie Bedwell) 0/0/1911 0/0/1956
Bedwell Cleo (18 Months old) unknown
Bedwell Candsadie unknown
Bedwell Mary (Brown) (Stewart) 02/15/1904 05/30/1990

William Lee Bedwell and Gertrude Cynthia Martin were married on 26 Dec 1895 in Cherokee County, Alabama.⁵⁸⁶ Gertrude Cynthia Martin⁵⁸⁶ was born about 1878 in Georgia. She appeared in the census in 1910 in Coloma, Cherokee County, Alabama. She died on 5 Jan 1940 in Cherokee County, Alabama.¹⁹⁰ William Lee Bedwell and Gertrude Cynthia Martin had the following children:

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William Chester Bedwell.
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Myrtle Elizabeth Bedwell.
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James Claude Bedwell.
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Dock Condy Bedwell¹⁹⁰ was born on 27 Sep 1903 in Cherokee County, Alabama.¹⁹⁰ He appeared in the census in 1930 in Fort McClellan, Calhoun County, Alabama. In 1930 he was a soldier in the U.S. Army.

This gentleman must fit in somewhere in this family, but I'm not yet sure where:

Vernon E. Bedwell (obit from http://ycsonline.com/a121703/obit.htm)
Vernon E. Bedwell, 70, of Matt's Way, Hazel Green, AL, died Sunday, December 14, 2003, at his residence.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, December 17, at 2:00 p.m. at Ardmore Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Terry Campbell officiating. Burial will be in the Gatlin Cemetery in Ardmore with Ardmore Memorial Funeral Home in charge.

Vernon Earl Bedwell was born November 8, 1933, in Calhoun County, AL. He was the son of the late Dock C. Bedwell and Maybell Cannon Bedwell. He worked in the Chicago area as a machinist. He was an Army Veteran and attended Pine View Baptist Church in Huntsville.

Survivors include two sons, Kenneth Bedwell of Wonder Lake IL, and Jeff Bedwell of Chicago, IL; two daughters, Linda Campbell of Ardmore, AL, and Wanda Bedwell of Hoffman Estates, IL; one sister, Willie Faye Sable of Newton, AL; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Pallbearers will be Jimmy Campbell, David Campbell, Kenneth Bedwell, Jeff Bedwell, Scott Campbell and Mike Zerrick.

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Nobie Ovel Bedwell.
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Henry Paul Bedwell¹⁹⁰ was born on 5 Jan 1909 in Cherokee County, Alabama.¹⁹⁰ He died on 9 Jul 1932 in Cherokee County, Alabama.¹⁹⁰ He was buried in Mountain Springs Cemetery, Cherokee County, Alabama.¹⁹⁰

• Nichols/Bedwell genealogy page (http://www.nicholsgenealogy.net/bedwell/bedwell/bedwell-william-l.htm) says:

Henry Paul had plans on being a minister when he died because his appendix burst when he was 21 on July 9, 1932. He is believed to be in an umarked Grave in Mountain Springs Cemetery.

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Ruby Fay Bedwell.
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Cleo Bedwell was born on 18 Oct 1919 in Cherokee County, Alabama.¹⁹⁰ She died as the result of choking on a peanut on 18 Apr 1922 in Cherokee County, Alabama.¹⁹⁰ She was buried in Mountain Springs Cemetery, Cherokee County, Alabama.¹⁹⁰