Eighth Generation

1835. John T. Bedwell²²⁷ was born in Mar 1869 in Alabama.^227,670

• 1900 Census for Coffeeville, Clarke County, Alabama, shows John Bedwell Jr., born March 1869, a farmer who owns his land; Bosilla (?) B., born May 1874, his wife of ten years who has had two children with one still living; son Albert, born July 1893; and a servant and a boarder.

• 1910 Census for Jackson Village, Clarke County, Alabama shows John T. Bedwell, age 41, a farmer who owns his land, as head of household with: Barsella, age 36, his wife of 20 years who has had three children with two still living; son Albert, age 16; and daughter Allar (?), age 8. All are shown as born in Alabama (but curiously, the census taker has crossed out "Alabama" as the birthplace of the father of the two children, writing in "Mississippi" in its place... I'm not sure what to make of that).

• 1920 Census for Jackson, Clarke County, Alabama shows John Bedwell, 49, a farmer, as head of household including: wife Barzilla, 47; and daughter Olla (or Alla?), 18, a telephone operator.

John T. Bedwell and Barsella B. Pettus were married on 26 Dec 1889 in Clarke County, Alabama.⁵⁹¹ Barsella B. Pettus⁵⁹¹ was born in Apr 1874.⁶⁷⁰ John T. Bedwell and Barsella B. Pettus had the following children:

3938	i.	Albert Alvis Bedwell670 was born on 4 Jul 1892 in Alabama.452 He died in Sep 1973 in Calvert, Washington County, Alabama.452 • World War I draft registration card, taken 5 Jun 1917, shows Albert Alvis Bedwell, born 4 July 1892, a single, caucasian resident of Jackson, Alabama. He is a "Marine Engineer" employed by C.H. Cadenhead of Jackson. He is shown as of medium height and build with blue eyes and brown hair. • From The Landmark (Statesville, N.C.), December 31, 1928, page 5: Alabama Wife and Mother Seeking to Clear Husband Mobile, Ala., Dec. 31.-- A hearty little woman of Calvert, mother of two girls and wife of a man accused of murder, who for years has battled beside her mate to earn a livelihood, has begun a battle which she believes will end in his exoneration. She is Mrs. Ida Bedwell, wife of Albert Bedwell, accused in a warrant of having murdered C. C. Coffee, aged Mobilian who has been missing from a Clarke County hunting camp since November 12. Mrs. Bedwell openly challenges his accusers to prove their charges. In her single handed investigation of the case she has built a wall of alibis about Bedwell. From Alabama Divorce Index, 1950-59: Spouse 1: Albert Bedwell Gender: Male Spouse 2: Callie Bedwell Gender: Female Divorce Date: Jun 1953 County: Washington
3939	ii.	Allar Bedwell was born about 1901 in Alabama.1333