Seventh Generation

501. William A. Bedwell^122,195,199 was born in Jul 1843 in Tennessee.^122,195,612

• 1870 Census for McMinn County, Tennessee shows William Bedwell, age 21, living in the household of his parents, Jesse and Dorcus Bedwell.

• 1880 Census for McMinn County, Tennessee shows Will Bedwell, age 33, a laborer who owns no real estate, as head of household with: wife Ann, age 28; daughter Jane, age 7; son Henry, age 4; and daughter Manda, age 1. They are shown as able to read and write.

• 1900 Census for Second Civil District, Meigs County, Tennessee shows William Bedwell, born July 1843 in Tennessee, a farmer who rents, as head of household including: Analize, born June 1850 in Georgia, his wife of 28 years who has had seven children, six still living; daughter Ida, born Apr 1882; daughter Sarah A., born Jan 1885; and daughter Lottie E., born Nov 1887. William and Analize are shown as unable to read or write.

• 1910 Census for Civil District 6, McMinn County, Tennessee, taken 27 Apr 1910, shows William Bedwell, 69, a farm laborer who rents, as head of household with: Annie Liza, 50, his wife of 38 years who has had seven children with six living; daughter Ida, 28, single; daughter Sarah, 25, single; daughter Lottie, 22, married (but she is shown as Lottie Bedwell and no husband is present in the household), who has had three children, all still living; son Oscar, 4; son Taylor, 3; and daughter Elsie, 9/12. The three young children are shown as Bedwells and listed as children of William, but they probably actually are the children of Lottie.

William A. Bedwell and Alma Elizabeth (Anna, Nan, Analize) Belt were married about 1872.⁶¹² Alma Elizabeth (Anna, Nan, Analize) Belt¹²³ was born in Jun 1850 in Georgia.^123,612 She died in Jun 1911.⁶⁵ She was buried in Eastanallee Baptist Cemetery, Riceville, McMinn County, Tennessee.⁶⁵ William A. Bedwell and Alma Elizabeth (Anna, Nan, Analize) Belt had the following children:

1646	i.	Martha Jane Bedwell123 was born in 1874 in Tennessee.
+1647	ii.	Henry Bedwell.
1648	iii.	Amanda (Mandy) Bedwell123 was born about 1879 in Tennessee.
1649	iv.	Ida Bedwell612 was born in Apr 1882 in Tennessee.612
1650	v.	Sarah Bedwell612 was born in Jan 1885 in Tennessee.612
1651	vi.	Lottie E. Bedwell612 was born in Nov 1887.