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1564. John Oliver
(Oliver) Bedwell580
was born between 1868 and 1869 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee.580 He died in 1956 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee.675 He was buried in Humble Cemetery,
Bledsoe County, Tennessee.675
• 1900 Census for Bledsoe County, Tennessee shows Oliver Bedwell, born Oct
1867, a farm laborer who rents, as head of household containing: Lizzie, born
Jun 1870, his wife of five years who has had two children, both still living;
daughter Myrtle, born Jun 1896; and son Samuel, born Sep 1898.
• 1910 Census for Billingsly Precinct, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, taken
in Apr 1910, shows John O. Bedwell, 40, a farmer who rents land on Mansfield
Rd., as head of household with: Lizzie M., 37, his wife of 15 years who has had
five children, with four still living; daughter Myrtle, 13; son Samuel, 11; son
Joseph, 8; and daughter Manda L., 2.
• 1920 Census for Bledsoe County, Tennessee, shows Olliver Bedwell, 52 (?),
a farmer who rents, as head of household including: wife Elizabeth, 48; son Samuel,
21, a farm laborer; son Joseph, 18, a farm laborer; daughter Amanda L., 12; and
son Howard, 9.
• 1930 Census for Bledsoe County, Tennessee, shows Oliver Bedwell, 61, a
farmer who rents, as head of household containing: Mary, 59, his wife of 36 years;
and son Howard, 18. They live next door to son Sam Bedwell and his family. John
Oliver (Oliver) Bedwell and Mary Elizabeth (Lizzie) Whittenburg were married
on 25 Dec 1894.675,1214 Mary Elizabeth (Lizzie) Whittenburg1216 (daughter of Scott Whittenburg
and Amanda Sullivan) was born on 24 Jun 1870 in Tennessee.574 She died fractured hip; old age on 19 Aug 1942 in
Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tennessee.1216
She was buried in Humble Cemetery, Bledsoe County, Tennessee.675
Death certificate says she was born on June 24, 1871, but the 1900 Census said
she was born in June 1870. John Oliver (Oliver) Bedwell and Mary Elizabeth (Lizzie)
Whittenburg had the following children:
3623 | i. | Myrtle Bedwell1214 was born in Jun 1896.574 | +3624 | ii. | Samuel (Sam) Bedwell. | 3625 | iii. | Joseph (Joe) Bedwell1214 was born about 1901.1214 | 3626 | iv. | Amanda L. (Mandy Lou) Bedwell1214 was born about 1907.1214 | 3627 | v. | Howard Bedwell1217 was born on 8 Jun 1912 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee.452 He died in Nov 1984 in Pikeville,
Bledsoe County, Tennessee.452 | 3628 | vi. | Unknown Bedwell
died before Apr 1910. |
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