Seventh Generation

555. James Donald Bedwell⁸⁴ was born on 3 Mar 1840 in Mississippi.²²⁵ He died on 3 Jul 1908 in Dry Grove, Hinds County, Mississippi.²²⁵ He was buried in Dry Grove, Hinds County, Mississippi. He served in the military in the Civil War in CSA, Company H, Percy's Mississippi Infantry, Army of 10, 000.

1880 Census show J.D. Bedwell, age 40, working in Drew County, Arkansas, on the Jeter farm.

1900 Census for Beat 4, Hinds County, Mississippi, shows J. Don Bedwell, born Feb 1840, a widower, as head of household for the "Prisoners State Penitentiary." His occupation is listed as "Night Watch Prison." There are 34 prisoners listed below his name, all of them listed as Black.

Tennessee Cockerham⁸⁴ (daughter of William Washington Cockerham and Avaline M. [--?--]) was born on 30 Oct 1860.²²⁵ She died on 27 May 1892 in Dry Grove, Hinds County, Mississippi.²²⁵ James Donald Bedwell and Tennessee Cockerham had the following children:

+1782	i.	Minnie Bedwell.
1783	ii.	Stella Bedwell.