Seventh Generation

395. Levi Bedwell¹⁶⁴ was born on 1 Apr 1833 in Virginia.^104,181,531 He died on 15 Mar 1908 in Grayson County, Virginia.^531,532 He was buried in Bedwell-Wiley Cemetery, Elk Creek, Grayson County, Virginia.^531,533 He served in the military in the in CSA. Co. K 51st VA Regiment; Floyd's Brigade..⁵³⁴

• "BEDWELL, LEVI, 26, 1860 GCC HH#853, Co. K, 51st VA, Enl. on 6/24/61 at Independence. Detailed as a shoemaker at Dublin on 12/12/62. Taken POW at Winchester on 9/19/64, sent to Point Lookout. Exchanged at Aiken's Landing on 3/15/65. 37, Shoemaker, 400, 130, 1870 GCC. Granted pension on 6/2/1900 by the Grayson Co. Pension Board."

•Children are listed in the 1880 Census by their middle names: Jenny, Reece, Lindy, Samuel, Rosa B. Harvey is an exception, being listed by his first name.

• (From Grayson County Postmasters, New River Net):
Kite Branch:
Levi Bedwell 7/20/1905
Discontinued 5/15/1907, mail to Comer's Rock

• 1900 Census for Elk Creek, Grayson County, Virginia, shows Levie Bedwell, born Apr 1834, a farmer who rents his land, as head of household: Clara, born Dec 1842, his wife of 30 years who has had eight children with eight still living; son Samuel, born Apr 1876; son Harvie A., born May 1878; daughter Rosa B., born Mar 1880; daughter May, born Sept 1882; and daughter Lelia A., born May 1884. All were born in Virginia except for Clara, who was born in N.C.

Levi Bedwell and Clarissa Catherine Porter were married on 10 Oct 1869. Clarissa Catherine Porter (daughter of J. Calloway) was born on 10 Dec 1842 in Yadkin County, North Carolina. She died on 23 Dec 1928 in Grayson County, Virginia.⁵³² She was buried in Bedwell-Wiley Cemetery, Elk Creek, Grayson County, Virginia.⁵³²

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~humefamily/12799.htm

This website lists her maiden name as Clarissa Catherine Calloway. Levi Bedwell and Clarissa Catherine Porter had the following children:

+1425	i.	Lillian Virginia (Jinnie) Bedwell.
+1426	ii.	Rachel Malinda (Linnie, Lindy) Bedwell.
+1427	iii.	William Reece Bedwell.
+1428	iv.	John Samuel (Sam) Bedwell.
+1429	v.	Harvey Augustus Bedwell.
+1430	vi.	Annie Rosabelle (Rosa) Bedwell.
1431	vii.	Ella Mae Bedwell530,535 was born on 5 Sep 1882 in Grayson County, Virginia.535 She appeared in the census in 1930 in Elk Creek Township, Grayson County, Virginia. In 1930 she was a seamstress working from her home. She died on 21 Apr 1976 in Alleghany, Madison County, North Carolina.536 • She is a single seamstress living with brother Harvey Bedwell at the time of the 1930 Census for Grayson County, Virginia. • North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. North Carolina Death Records, 1976-1977. Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 1998.: ELLA MAE BEDWELL, Birth Date: 05 September 1882, Death Date Date: 21 April 1976, Gender: Female, Age: 93 Years, Place of Death: Alleghany, North Carolina, Residence: Beaufort, Virginia, Marital Status: Never Married, Attendant: Physician, Mode of Burial: Burial out of state, Hospital: General Hospital 20-34 Beds, Race: White.
+1432	viii.	Lena Almetta (Metta) Bedwell.