Ninth Generation

4177. James A. Bedwell⁷³⁶ was born on 21 Jun 1872 in Arkansas.^502,736 He died on 21 Jan 1945 in Tulare County, California.²¹¹⁹

• 1900 Census for Indian Territory, Creek Nation, shows James Bedwell, born June 1873 in Texas, a farm laborer, and family: Surminer, born July 1875 in Texas; son Bertie, born May 1895 in Indian Territory; and son Lester, born Mar 1897 in Indian Territory.

• 1907 Oklahoma Territorial Census for Seminole County shows James Bedwell, 35; wife Miner, 32; son Burt, 12; son Lester, 10; and daughter Bonnie, 3.

• 1910 Census for Brown Township, Seminole County, Oklahoma shows James Bedwell, 37, born in Arkansas, a farmer who rents his land, as head of household with: Surminer, 34, borni n Texas, his wife of 19 years who has had four children, all still living; son Burt, 14; son Lester, 13; daughter Bonnie, 5; and son Louis, 2. The children were all born in Oklahoma.

• 1930 Census for Visalia Township, Tulare County, California shows James A. Bedwell, 57, a farm laborer, and his wife Surminer, 54. They are shown as father-in-law and mother-in-law of Fowler Gentry, but are listed in a separate residence.

James A. Bedwell and Surminer Dunlap were married about 1891.²¹²⁰ Surminer Dunlap²¹²⁰ (daughter of Archibald Dunlap and Olive [--?--]) was born on 1 Jul 1875 in Texas.^502,2120 She died on 20 May 1956 in Kern County, California.²¹²¹ She was buried in Mountain View Memorial Park, Barstow, San Bernardino, California.²¹²² James A. Bedwell and Surminer Dunlap had the following children:

+6187	i.	Bert Anderson Bedwell.
+6188	ii.	Byron Lester Bedwell.
+6189	iii.	Bonnie M. Bedwell.
+6190	iv.	Wallace Louis Bedwell.