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1116. Thomas
J. Bedwell144 was
born about 1844 in Indiana.
He is probably the Thomas Bedwell that appears in the 1880 Census for
Bowdre Township, Douglas County, Illinois. He is 36, a farmer born in Indiana
of parents born in Indiana, and the head of a household that includes: wife Margaret
A., 31; daughter Sulesta E., 12; son James M., 7; and son Alford, 2. Alford
was born in Illinois, the others in Indiana.
He is also shown in the 1900 Census living in Shiloh Township, Edgar County,
Illinois. That Thomas Bedwell was born in Mar 1844 in Indiana of parents born
in Kentucky. He is a farmer who owns his land, and lives with his family: Margaret,
born Aug 1847 in Indiana, his wife of 33 years who has had two children, both
still living; and son Alfred M., born Sept 1878 in Illinois, a farm laborer. Thomas
J. Bedwell and Margaret A. [--?--] were married about 1868 in Indiana.1056 Margaret
A. [--?--]1057 was
born about 1848 in Indiana.1057
Thomas J. Bedwell and Margaret A. [--?--] had the following children:
2989 | i. | Sulesta E. Bedwell1057 was born about 1867 in Indiana.1057 | 2990 | ii. | James
M. Bedwell1057 was
born about 1872 in Indiana.1057 | 2991 | iii. | Alford Morris
Bedwell1057 was born
about 1877 in Illinois.1057
World War I Draft Registration card, dated Sep 1918, shows Alford Morris
Bedwell, born 8 Apr 1878, a resident of Paris, Edgar County, Illinois. He is
a self-employed farmer who is described as of medium height and build with grey
eyes and dark hair. Nearest relative is Mary Susie Bedwell, also of Paris. |
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