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4102. Roy D. Bedwell1378 was born on 29 Oct 1889 in Indiana.570,1378 He died in Dec 1984 in Kansas.2091

• 1910 Census for Harrison Township, Blackford County, Indiana, taken in April 1910, shows Roy D. Bedwell, age 21, whose occupation is illegible, as head of household with: Mary, age 17, his wife of one year; son Boyd B., age 7/12; and sister Amanda, age 16.

• World War I draft registration card shows Roy D. Bedwell of 527 Franklin Dr., Montpelier, Indiana. He was born 29 Oct 1889 in Blackford County, Indiana. He is employed as a pipe puller by W.P. Ohern and supports a wife and two children. Physical description is medium height and weight with dark brown hair, brown eyes, and no disabilities.

• 1920 Census for El Dorado Township, Butler County, Kansas shows Roy E. Bedwell, 30, an oil field laborer, as head of household including: wife Mary, 26; son Boyd B., 10; and son Robert W., 7. All were born in Indiana. They are renters with another young family, the Barners, also living in the household.

• 1930 Census for El Dorado Township, Butler County, Kansas shows Roy D. Bedwell, 30, a tool dresser in an oil field, as head of household including: wife Mary, 37; son Boyd B., 20, an employee at a "natural gasoline plant"; and son Robert W., 18, an oil field laborer. They own a home valued at $2500. Also in the household is sister-in-law Nellie M. Barner, 30, a widow, and her two young children.

Roy D. Bedwell and Mary Catherine Speece were married on 9 Jan 1909.812,1402 Mary Catherine Speece1402 was born on 4 Apr 1893 in Indiana.812,1402 She died on 30 Jan 1968.812 Roy D. Bedwell and Mary Catherine Speece had the following children:

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Boyd Benton Bedwell.

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Robert W. Bedwell.