Eighth Generation

2085. Henry Chester Bedwell⁷²⁸ was born on 25 Apr 1876 in Oakland Township, Louisa County, Iowa.^570,728,733 He died on 23 Feb 1948 in Roseburg, Douglas County, Oregon.⁸¹⁵ He was a painter.

• 1900 Census for Eden Township, Decatur County, Iowa shows Henry C. Bedwell, born Apr 1876, born in Iowa of parents born in Indiana. He is living in the household of Edmond and Flora Hall while being employed by them as a farm laborer.

• 1910 Census for Wayne County, Iowa, taken April 26 1910, shows H.C. Bedwell, age 35, a painter, as head of household along with: Myra, age 27, his wife of nine years who had had five children with four still living; daughter Edith, age 7; daughter Eleanor, age 5; daughter Ana, age 3; and daughter Nina, age 4/12. All were born in Iowa except Edith, who was born in Minnesota. They are renters, living next door to half-brother Riley Bedwell.

• From the "Home News" page of the Humeston New Era (Humeston, Iowa) newspaper on Oct 27, 1909: "H. C. Bedwell recently finished painting Bruce Joy's new residence on his farm northwest of town. He also recently painted J. P. Gibson's farm residence, A. D. McCulloch's house and barn on his farm near New York, and J. M. Jamison's residence in the southeast part of town. Mr. Bedwell is a splendid painter, and does his work in a first-class manner."

• World War I Draft Registration Card shows Henry Chester Bedwell, born Apr 25 1875, a resident of 4124 E. 5th St., Long Beach, CA, who works as a self-employed auto painter. His nearest relative is his wife, Myra Bedwell. He is shown as able-bodied, tall, medium build, with blue eyes and brown hair.

Henry Chester Bedwell and Myra Bibbey were married about 1900.¹⁴³⁶ Myra Bibbey¹⁴³⁶ (daughter of [--?--] Bibbey and Lura [--?--]) was born about 1883 in Iowa.¹⁴³⁶

• From the "Home News" page of the Humeston New Era (Humeston, Iowa) newspaper on May 5, 1910: "Mrs. H. C. Bedwell and four children went to Decatur City Wednesday to visit her mother, Mrs. Lura Bibbey." And, in the same issue: "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."

Henry Chester Bedwell and Myra Bibbey had the following children:

4166	i.	Charles Cecil Bedwell was born on 19 Aug 1901 in Burrell, Decatur County, Iowa. He died on 6 Jan 1902 in Decatur City, Decatur County, Iowa. Decatur County Journal February 27, l902 CHARLEY CECIL BEDWELL, only child of HENRY and MYRA BEDWELL was born August l9, l902, and died January 6, l902, aged four months and eighteen days, at the home of his grandparents, MR. and MRS. A. BIBBY, two miles south of Decatur City, Iowa, where the funeral was conducted by Rev. Harvey of the M.E. Church. Little CECIL was taken with the whooping cough and lung fever and suffered seven weeks. The last of his sickness was very painful and he suffered untold misery but he bore it with perfect patience and without complaining. All was done that loving hearts and willing hands could do, but all in vain. He was too pure for this sinful world, so God took his little spirit to dwell with Him in glory. The broken hearted relatives and kind friends laid the lovely little body in the Decatur Cemetery to await further promises of the Savior. His short life was spent at the home of his grandparents where all loved him abundantly for his quiet and lovely disposition. "Now we see through a glass darkly." We cannot see why our darling was taken from us but it was "God's will" and while our hearts are broken and our tears fall like rain, we know our loss is our darling baby's gain. But while we mourn for him on earth we know he is safe in the arms of Jesus who doeth all things well.
+4167	ii.	Edith Irene Bedwell.
+4168	iii.	Eleanor May Bedwell.
+4169	iv.	Ona Mildred Bedwell.
+4170	v.	Nina Evelyn Bedwell.