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1127. Henry Bedwell145,444 was born on 27 Oct 1861 in Sullivan County, Indiana.145 He died on 13 May 1944 in Lewis, Vigo County, Indiana.145 He was buried in Stephens Cemetery, Lewis, Vigo County, Indiana.145

• Henry had three (3) livery stables in three towns (Hutchville, Farmersburg, and Lewis) Indiana.

• 1900 Census for Hutsonville, Crawford County, Illinois, shows Henry Bedwell, born Oct 1861, Indiana, a livery stable proprietor, as head of household with: Nancy E., born 1852, his wife of 20 years who has had five children with five still living; son Bailey, born June 1884; son Ross, born Feb 1889; son Carl, born Apr 1892; and daughter Gladys, born Dec 1895. Henry and Gladys were born in Indiana, the rest in Illinois.

• 1910 Census for Pierson Township, Vigo County, Indiana, shows Henry Bedwell, 49, a liveryman, as head of household with: Nancy, 58, his wife of 30 years who has had five children, all still living; son Joseph R., 22, who works at a livery stable; and daughter Gladys, 14.

• 1920 Census for Pierson Township, Vigo County, Indiana, shows Henry Bedwell, 58, a farmer, and his wife, Nancy, 66. Daughter Gladys and her family live next door.

• 1930 Census for Pierson Township, Vigo County, Indiana, shows Henry Bedwell, 68, a farmer who owns his home valued at $800, and his wife, Nancy E., 78.


Henry Bedwell and Nancy Ellen Ashby were married on 15 Aug 1880 in McLean County, Illinois.145,1080 Nancy Ellen Ashby145 (daughter of Bailey Ashby and Elizabeth Cooley) was born on 28 May 1853 in Clark County, Illinois.145 She died on 28 Apr 1935 in Lewis, Vigo County, Indiana.145,1081 She was buried in Stephens Cemetery, Lewis, Vigo County, Indiana.145 Henry Bedwell and Nancy Ellen Ashby had the following children:

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Jesse Bedwell.

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ii.

Bailey Bedwell.

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iii.

Joseph Ross Bedwell.

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iv.

Carl E. Bedwell.

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Gladys Bedwell.