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2083. Riley
Jasper Bedwell728,735 was born on 12 Oct 1863 in Louisa County, Iowa.252,502,728,735
He died on 23 Feb 1941 in Ventura County, California.502 He was buried in Ivy Lawn Cemetery, Ventura County,
California.252
Des Moines, Iowa Directory, 1889-91 [database online], shows:
Riley J. Bedwell; Location 2: 332 e 12th; Business Name: Bedwell & Radcliff;
Year: 1891; City: Des Moines; State: IA and R. J. Bedwell; J. C. Radcliff;
Location 1: w 4th s w corner Locust; Business Name: Bedwell & Radcliff; Occupation:
restaurant ;Year: 1891; City: Des Moines; State: IA
• Wisconsin State Census, 1905, taken 1 Jun 1905 in the village of
Burkhardt, township of St. Joseph, St. Croix County, Wisconsin, shows Riley J.
Bedwell, 41, a laborer in a saw mill, as head of household with: wife Alice,
31; son Elmer W., 9; son Ernest R., 7; daughter Pearl J., 4; and son Clifford
C., 1. All were born in Iowa except Clifford, who was born in Wisconsin. They
own a house with a mortgage.
• 1910 Census for Richman Township, Wayne County, Iowa, taken in Apr 1910,
shows Ryley Bedwell, age 46, a mechanic, as head of household that includes:
Alice, age 34, his wife of 14 years who has had four children with four still
living; son Elmer, age 13; son Ernest, age 11; daughter Pearl, age 8; and son
Clifford, age 6. All were born in Iowa except Pearl, who was born in Minnesota,
and Clifford, who was born in Wisconsin. They are renters.
• 1930 Census for Ventura, Ventura County, California, shows Riley J. Bedwell,
64, a grocery merchant, as head of household with: wife Alice, 54; and daughter
Hazel, 18. They own a home valued at $5000.
• From California Death Index 1940-1997, found on ancestry.com: BEDWELL,
RILEY JASPER; Sex: MALE; Birth Date: 12 Oct 1863; Birthplace: IOWA; Death
Date: 23 Feb 1941; Death Place: VENTURA; Mother's Maiden Name: BEDWELL ; Father's
Surname: BEDWELL
Riley Jasper Bedwell and Anna M. Craig were married on 19 Sep 1886 in Polk
County, Iowa.336 They were
divorced. Anna M. Craig336 was born in Apr 1852 in Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio.
She died on 18 Dec 1912 in Indianola, Warren County, Iowa. Riley
Jasper Bedwell and Alice Bibbey were married on 12 Apr 1896 in Decatur City,
Decatur County, Iowa.1436
Alice Bibbey1436
(daughter of [--?--] Bibbey and Lura [--?--]) was born on 16 Jun 1875 in Jones
County, Iowa.502,1436 She died on 11 Jan 1946 in Santa Barbara County,
California.502
• From the "Home News" page of the Humeston New Era (Humeston,
Iowa) newspaper on May 5, 1910: "Mrs. Lura Bibbey of Decatur City came Saturday
for a week's visit with her daughters, Mesdames H. C. and R. J. Bedwell, and
son F. L. Bibbey, who lives south of town."
Riley Jasper Bedwell and Alice Bibbey had the following children:
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