Eighth Generation

1594. Henry L. Bedwell⁵⁸⁹ was born on 23 Jun 1878 in Cherokee County, Alabama.^570,589

• World War I draft registration card shows Henry Bedwell, born 23 June 1878, a resident of Cedar Bluff, Cherokee County, Alabama. He is a blacksmith. Nearest relative is Clara Bedwell of Cedar Bluff. He is stout and of medium height, with grey eyes and black hair.

• Alabama Death Index on ancestry.com shows a Henry Lester Bedwell dying in Jan 1934, and a Henry L. Bedwell as dead on 16 Dec 1941, both in Cherokee County, Alabama.

From Cedar Bluff Cemetery, Cherokee, Alabama, records found at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/cherokee/cemeteries/cedarbluff.txt
BEDWELL, Clara 16 Oct 1874 15 Jan 1945
BEDWELL, Frances I. 25 Jul 1924 Only Date Married 27 Jun 1946, Wife of Harold R.
BEDWELL, Harold R. 30 Dec 1920 31 Dec 1974
BEDWELL, Henry L. 23 Jun 1877 16 Dec 1941 Mason
BEDWELL, Ida M. 15 Sept 1901 15 Mar 1992 Wife of Joe Wheeler BEDWELL, James H. 27 Jun 1941 6 Mar 1973
BEDWELL, Joe Wheeler 3 Dec 1898 4 Jun 1975
BEDWELL, Lester 16 Apr 1903 22 Jan 1933

Henry L. Bedwell and Clara L. [--?--] were married about 1897 in Cherokee County, Alabama. Clara L. [--?--]⁵⁹⁰ was born on 16 Oct 1874 in Mississippi.^590,1230 She died on 15 Jan 1945 in Cherokee County, Alabama.¹²³⁰ Henry L. Bedwell and Clara L. [--?--] had the following children:

+3687	i.	Joseph Wheeler Bedwell.
3688	ii.	Henry Lester Bedwell1230 was born on 16 Apr 1903 in Cherokee County, Alabama.1230 He died on 22 Jan 1933 in Cherokee County, Alabama.1231,1232 He was buried in Cedar Bluff Cemetery, Cherokee County, Alabama.1230 Note: Alabama Death Index shows he died in Jan 1934, but Cedar Bluff Cemetery website lists his date of death as 22 Jan 1933. Unknown which is correct.