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445. Albert C. Bedwell182 was born in Nov 1852 in Virginia.182,568 He lived in Muddy Creek Rd., Sullivan County, Tennessee in 1930. He died in 1939 in Sullivan County, Tennessee. He was also known as Ab Bedwell. He was buried in Muddy Creek Cemetery, Sullivan County, Tennessee. He was a carpenter and a farmer.184

• 1880 Census shows A.C. Bedwell living with his parents, James and Elizabeth, in Sullivan County, Tennessee. He is listed as an unmarried carpenter.

• 1900 Census shows A.C. Bedwell, born Nov 1852, a carpenter, living with: wife Adeline S., born Aug 1861, who has had two children with two still living; daughter Maud, born Mar 1888; and son Claud, born Oct 1891. They have been married for 14 years.

• 1910 Census for Blountville, Sullivan County, Tennessee, shows Albert Bedwell, 57, a farmer who owns his land, and: wife Sarah H., 49; son Claud, 18; son-in-law Walter Ervin (surname hard to read; could possibly be something else), 30, a farmer; and daughter Maud Ervin, 22 (married for two years, no children).

• Listed as Ab C. Bedwell on 1930 census.

• Muddy Creek Cemetery - The Church and Cemetery are located on the Northwest side of Boone Lake, near the mouth of Muddy Creek, in Sullivan Co., TN. There are many graves with plain stone markers and many unmarked graves. The census of graves was made by Charles M. Bennett July 1958. Annotated by S. Kathryn Bowling McKown
http://www.tngenweb.org/sullivan/cemetery/index.html?http://www.tngenweb.o rg/sullivan/cemetery/muddy_creek.htm&1
BEDWELL, A. C. 1852 - 1939 (W= S. A. Hicks m.-12-24-1885
BEDWELL, S. A. 1860 - No date cut. (H= A. C. Bedwell)

Albert C. Bedwell and Sarah A. [--?--] were married about 1886.568,569 Sarah A. [--?--] was born in Aug 1861 in Tennessee.568 She died after 1930 in Sullivan County, Tennessee. She was buried in Muddy Creek Cemetery, Sullivan County, Tennessee. Albert C. Bedwell and Sarah A. [--?--] had the following children:

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Maud Bedwell.

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Allen Claud Bedwell568 was born on 24 Oct 1891 in Blountville, Sullivan County, Tennessee.568,570 In 1920 he was a machinist in a garage.571 In 1930 he was an automobile salesman.569



• World War I draft registration card shows Allen Claud Bedwell, born 24 Oct 1891, a single resident of Blountville, Tennessee. He is employed by Sullivan County, Tennessee as a "Foreman on Pike Repairs". He is of medium height with a stout build, blue eyes, and light hair.

• First name hard to read on 1920 census form. A single man living with father Albert and mother Sarah.

• This is probably him:
Name: ALLEN BEDWELL
SSN: 408-62-7505
Last Residence: 37617 Blountville, Sullivan, TN
Born: 24 Oct 1891
Died: Apr 1966
State (Year) SSN issued: TN (1955 )

• This could be his daughter (from the Ashland City Times, 2/14/04):
Jane Carolyn Bedwell, 66, died at the Hendersonville Medical Center Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2004. Funeral services were held Friday, Feb. 6 at 3:30 p.m. at Austin & Bell Funeral Home in Springfield with Dr. David Leavell officiating. Interment followed in Memorial Gardens. She was born in Greenbrier Jan. 6, 1938, to the late Claude and Bertha Williams Bedwell. She was retired from Vanderbilt Medical Center where she held a master’s degree in social work. Survivors include a niece, Claudia Bedwell of Washington, D.C.; two nephews, Bruce Bedwell, Michael (Donna) Bedwell of Virginia and sister-in-law, Mary Ann Herndon Bedwell of Washington, D.C. Pallbearers for the service were Bob Baggett, Bob Brothers, Bobby Byrd, Clyde Bedwell, Kitty Bedwell and Larry Hackney. Austin & Bell Funeral Homes was in charge of arrangements.