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Eighth Generation
813. Nancy Bedwell
was born on 12 Jun 1838 in White County, Tennessee. She died in 1883
in Potter, Atchison County, Kansas. She was buried in Fairview Cemetery,
Potter County, Kansas.
1880 Census for Mt. Pleasant, Atchison County, Kansas, shows James M. Foster,
48, a farmer, as head of household containing: wife Nancy J., 34; son John W.,
16; son Joseph, 13; son Newmaris, 10; and daughter Minnie, 7.
An item from the local news column in the _The Globe_, an Atchison, Kansas
newspaper, published on July 22, 1881: "Stephen Bedwell, living in the
vicinity of Mount Pleasant, came in to-day to file an information of insanity
against his daughter, Mrs. Nancy Foster, having been advised by her physicians
that there is a possibility of recovery if she is taken from her husband, but
that there is no prospect of an improvement so long as she remains at home."
Nancy Bedwell and James Foster were married on 7 Jan 1855 in Platte County,
Missouri.860 James
Foster860 was born on
1 Aug 1833 in Kentucky. He died before 1891 in Potter, Atchison County,
Kansas. Nancy Bedwell and James Foster had the following children:
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