Seventh Generation

515. George Washington Bedwell¹⁹⁴ was born on 10 Jun 1860 in Tennessee.^194,621,629 He died on 3 May 1929 in Greenbriar, Robertson County, Tennessee.^194,629

• 1900 Census for Robertson County, Tennessee shows George Bedwell, born June 1860, a farm laborer who rents and can read but cannot write, as head of household with: Martha, born May 1860 who has had seven children with seven still living; son Joe L., born Feb 1882; son William, born May 1885; daughter Fannie, born July 1888; son George W., born July 1890; son Preston, born Feb 1893; daughter Victoria, born July 1896; and daughter Tammie, born June 1898.

• 1910 Census for Robertson County, Tennessee shows George Bedwell, age 47, a farmer who owns his land, as head of household including: Martha, age 49, his wife of 25 years who has had nine children with nine still living; son Joseph, age 28; son (illegible), age 16; daughter (illegible), age 13; daughter (illegible), age 11; daughter (illegible), age 7; and son (illegible), age 6. There is a Daniel Bedwell, age 19, living next door as a boarder in the household of Tabitha Wortham, a 63-year-old widow.

• 1920 Census for District 12, Robertson County, Tennessee shows George W. Bedwell, age 59, a farmer who owns his own land, as head of household containing: wife Martha J., age 59; son Preston, age 23; daughter Victoria, age 21; daughter Eliza J., age 17; and son Walter M., age 15.

George Washington Bedwell and Martha Jane Compberry were married about 1881.⁶²¹ Martha Jane Compberry⁶³⁰ (daughter of Joshua Compberry and Fannie Dickerson) was born on 8 May 1860 in Tennessee.⁶³⁰ She died of hyperstatic pneumonia on 1 Jun 1943 in Robertson County, Tennessee.⁶³⁰

Medical: fractured hip George Washington Bedwell and Martha Jane Compberry had the following children:

+1695	i.	Joseph Franklin Bedwell.
+1696	ii.	William M. (Will) Bedwell.
1697	iii.	Fannie Bedwell621 was born in Jul 1888 in Tennessee.621
+1698	iv.	George Washington Bedwell Jr.
1699	v.	Preston Bedwell621 was born on 7 Feb 1893 in Springfield, Robertson County, Tennessee.621,631 He served in the military in the in World War I.631 • World War I draft registration card shows Preston Bedwell, born 7 Feb 1896, a self-employed farmer in Springfield, Robertson County, Tennessee. He is single, of medium height and slender build, with blue eyes and light brown hair. • 1930 Census for Robertson County, Tennessee shows Preston Bidwell, 29, a farmer who rents for $6/mo., as head of household with: Frances, 21, his wife of six years; son John D., 4; and daughter Martha J., 1. All were born in Tennessee.
+1700	vi.	Victoria Bedwell.
1701	vii.	Eliza J. Bedwell632 was born about 1902 in Tennessee.632
+1702	viii.	Walter M. Bedwell.