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298. Photo Elisha S. Bedwell71,110 was born on 7 Jun 1825 in Jefferson Township, Sullivan County, Indiana.398 He died on 22 Jul 1902 in Pleasantville, Sullivan County, Indiana.398,399 He was buried in Mount Moriah Cemetery, Dugger, Sullivan County, Indiana.398,400

• He is shown as Elisha S. Bedwell in the 1860 Census, but his cemetery headstone shows him as Elisha E. Bedwell.

• 1860 Census for Jefferson Township, Sullivan County, Indiana shows Elisha S. Bedwell, 31, a farmer with $700 real estate and $300 assets, as head of household with: Jane, 29; Catherine, 12; Thomas, 10; John N., 8; Albert, 5; and Sylvester, 2. All were born in Indiana. Also on the same census page are Elisha's brothers Squire Bedwell and James M. Bedwell, and his sister, Nancy Moody. (Mysteries: Where is Amelia C., generally listed as this couple's first born child? Is she actually the same person as the Catherine listed in this census? Also, where is James A. Bedwell, who is shown in a later biography as the son of this couple, born in 1855?)

• 1870 Census for Jefferson Township, Sullivan County, Indiana shows Elisha S. Bedwell, 46, a farmer with $3200 real estate and $600 assets, as head of household consisting of: Rebecca J., 41; John W. (or N.?), 16; James, 15; Ofelas, 12, male; Reeder C., 9; Nancy, 5; and Anna, 3.

Elisha S. Bedwell and Rebecca Jane Carrithers were married on 19 Mar 1846 in Sullivan County, Indiana.398 Rebecca Jane Carrithers110 (daughter of William Carrithers and Catherine McClanahan) was born on 2 Dec 1830 in Sullivan County, Indiana.398 She died on 16 Dec 1907 in Sullivan County, Indiana.398,401 She was buried in Mount Moriah Cemetery, Dugger, Sullivan County, Indiana.398 Elisha S. Bedwell and Rebecca Jane Carrithers had the following children:

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Amelia Catherine (Milly) Bedwell.

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Catherine Bedwell143 was born about 1848.

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Squire Thomas Bedwell.

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John W. Bedwell402 was born on 4 Jan 1853 in Sullivan County, Indiana.403 He died on 8 Mar 1878 in Sullivan County, Indiana.404

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James Albert Bedwell.

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Dr. Theophilus Sylvester Bedwell.

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Reeder Charles Bedwell402 was born about 1861 in Sullivan County, Indiana. He died on 22 May 1882 in Sullivan County, Indiana. He was buried in Mount Moriah Cemetery, Dugger, Sullivan County, Indiana.

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Nancy Jane Bedwell.

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Anna Eveline Bedwell.

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Alma Mae Bedwell.