Seventh Generation

250. Leftrich Bedwell was born about 1820 in White County, Tennessee.³³³ He died on 15 Aug 1885 in Warren County, Iowa. He was buried in Webb Cemetery, Warren County, Iowa.

• 1850 Census for District 18, Warren County, Iowa shows Leftrich Bedwell, 30, a farmer who owns $600 in real estate, as head of household with: Rebecca, 30; Amanda J., 10; Elzira, 8; Mary, 5; and Harriet, 2. Leftrich and Rebecca were born in Tennessee, Amanda and Elzira in Missouri, and Mary and Harriet in Iowa.

• 1852 Iowa State Census shows Eleftrich Bedwell, a resident of Union Township, Warren County, Iowa.

• 1860 Census for Greenfield Township, Warren County, Iowa shows Leftrich Bedwell, 39, a farmer who owns $3000 in real estate and $800 in personal assets, as head of household containing: Rebecca, 41; Eliza, 16; Mary, 14; William, 8; Martin, 4; George, 2; and Ratcliff Thompson, 16.

• 1870 Census for Greenfield Township, Warren County, Iowa shows Leftrich Bedwell, 50, a farmer who owns $6600 in real estate and has $2500 in personal assets, as head of household including: Rebecca, 51; William, 18; Martin, 14; George, 12; and Thomas, 9. Leftrich and Rebecca were born in Tennessee, and the children were all born in Iowa.

Name: LEFTWICK BEDWELL
Spouse: ELIZABETH BURKHEAD
Marriage Date: 17 Oct 1872
County: Warren
State: IA

• 1880 Census for Greenfield Township, Warren County, Iowa shows Leftrich Bedwell, 59, a farmer, as head of household with: Elizabeth, 55, born in Ohio; and Thomas, 18.

Leftrich Bedwell and Rebecca Elizabeth Howard were married on 17 Sep 1841 in White County, Tennessee. Rebecca Elizabeth Howard^334,335 was born on 15 Sep 1818 in Tennessee.³³⁴ She died on 19 Oct 1871 in Warren County, Iowa. She was buried in Webb Cemetery, Warren County, Iowa. Leftrich Bedwell and Rebecca Elizabeth Howard had the following children:

+820	i.	Amanda J. Bedwell.
+821	ii.	Elzira Bedwell.
+822	iii.	Mary Bedwell.
823	iv.	Harriet Bedwell333 was born about 1848 in Iowa.333 She died before 1860.
+824	v.	William J. Bedwell.
+825	vi.	Martin Van Buren Bedwell.
+826	vii.	George Washington Bedwell.
+827	viii.	Thomas Jefferson Bedwell.

Leftrich Bedwell and Elizabeth Burkhead were married on 17 Oct 1872 in Warren County, Iowa.³³⁶ Elizabeth Burkhead³³⁶ was born about 1825 in Ohio.³³⁷