Ninth Generation

3260. Delmus Bedwell^492,1888 was born on 23 Oct 1879 in Kirksey, Calloway County, Kentucky.⁴⁹² He died on 3 Dec 1968.⁴⁹² He was buried in Chapel Hill, Paris, Henry County, Tennessee.⁴⁹²

• 1910 Census for Calloway County, Kentucky shows Delmus Bedwell, 30, a farmer who owns his land, as head of household with: Gertie, 27, his wife of eight years who has had three children, all still living; daughter Nera, 6; son Meritt, 3; and son Kenneth, 1.

• World War I draft registration card shows Delmus Bedwell, born 23 Oct 1879, a resident of RFD 7, Murray, Callowway County, Kentucky. He is a farmer whose nearest relative is "Mrs. Minnie, Gertie, Bedwell". He is of medium height and build with blue eyes and light hair.

• 1920 Census for Civil District 7, Henry County, Tennessee, taken in January 1920, shows Delmus Bedwell, 40, a farmer who owns land with a mortgage, as head of household containing: wife Minnie, 38; daughter Nera, 16; son Merritt, 13; son Doyle, 7; and son Flenoy, 1 & 9/12. Minnie was born in Tennessee, the rest in Kentucky.

• 1930 Census for 7th Civil District, Henry County, Tennessee shows Delmus Bedwell, 50, a farmer who owns his land, and family: wife Minnie G., 48; son Connow D., 17; son Phlenoy H., 11; and son Haywood W., 9. Haywood and Minnie were born in Tennessee, the others in Kentucky.

Delmus Bedwell and Gertie Hicks were married on 23 Oct 1901.⁴⁹² Gertie Hicks was born in 1882 in Sedalia, Kentucky.⁴⁹² She died on 5 Dec 1960.⁴⁹² She was buried in Chapel Hill, Paris, Henry County, Tennessee.⁴⁹² Delmus Bedwell and Gertie Hicks had the following children:

+5524	i.	Nera Bedwell.
5525	ii.	Merit Bedwell492 was born on 10 Nov 1906 in Kentucky.492 He died in 1920.492
+5526	iii.	Kenneth Reeves Bedwell.
5527	iv.	Connon Doyle Bedwell492 was born on 2 Nov 1912 in Calloway County, Kentucky.492,1891 He died on 10 Nov 1981 in Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee.452,492 He was also known as Doyle Bedwell.452 He was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee.492
5528	v.	Raymond Graham Bedwell492,1125 was born on 14 Oct 1914 in New Providence, Kentucky.1125 He died of intestinal obstruction on 9 Aug 1916 in Calloway County, Kentucky.1125 He was buried in Forest Grove Cemetery, Murray, Kentucky.1125
5529	vi.	Phlenoy Howard Bedwell492 was born on 24 Nov 1918 in Kentucky.492,1892 He died on 30 Oct 1978 in Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky.492,1885,1893 He had Social Security Number 166-12-9478, which was issued in Pennsylvania before 1951..452
5530	vii.	Heyward W. Bedwell492 was born on 18 Dec 1921 in Paris, Henry County, Tennessee.492