Ninth Generation

3246. John James Bedwell⁴⁹² was born on 23 Mar 1875.⁴⁹² He died of acute indigestion on 9 Aug 1930 in Calloway County, Kentucky.^{492,1125,1885} He was buried in Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Murray, Kentucky.^492,1125

• 1900 Census for Graves County, Kentucky shows John Bedwell, born Mar 1875, a single farm laborer living in the household of David Waldrop, a tobacco dealer.

• World War I draft registration card shows John James Bedwell, born 23 Mar 1873, a self-employed farmer who resides in R3, Benton, Marshall, Kentucky. Nearest relative is Gertie Bedwell. He is short and slender with light blue eyes and light brown hair. He signed the card in a very shaky hand.

• 1920 Census for Brinkley Precinct, Calloway County, Kentucky shows John J. Bedwell, age 44, a farmer who owns (free and clear; no mortgage) his land, and wife Gertie, age 38. They are the only two members of the household.

• 1930 Census for Brinkley Magisterial District, Calloway County, Kentucky shows John J. Bedwell, age 55, a farmer who owns his land, as head of household Gertie, age 48, his wife of 22 years. No one else in the household. A note in the census margin next to the Bedwells and the six families that follow says "John Bedwell road north of Kirksey, Ky."

John James Bedwell and Gertie Swift were married. Gertie Swift was born in 1881.⁴⁹² She died in 1974.⁴⁹² She was buried in Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Murray, Kentucky.⁴⁹²