Bedell, D. E,

BEDELL

Posted By: Mary H. Cochrane, Volunteer
Date: 6/27/2019 at 19:15:52

Biographical and Historical Record of Ringgold and Decatur Counties, Iowa, (Lewis Publishing Company (1887)), p. 654:

"D. E. BEDELL, a prosperous farmer and stock-raiser, living on section 12, of Bloomington Township, and an old pioneer of Iowa, is a native of Warren County, Ohio, born November 15, 1827, a son of John and Nancy (Enyart) Bedell, who were natives of Ohio, the father born in Cincinnati, and the mother in Warren County. They were the parents of twelve children. D. E. Bedell was five years old when his parents removed to Union County, Indiana, from where they removed to Fayette County, Indiana. They came with their family to Iowa, in 1846, locating in Wapello County, they being among the pioneers of that county. D. E. Spent his youth on a farm, being reared to farm labor, receiving such education as the common schools of that early day afforded. He was married March 13, 1849, to Miss Martha Fuqua, a native of Kentucky. They have a family of eight children -- John, Carolina, Caleb, Susan, W. H., Sarah Elizabeth, Jesse and Belle. Mr. Bedell was a soldier in the war of the Rebellion, enlisting August 16, 1862, in Company E, Twenty-second Iowa Infantry. He was honorably discharged at Rolla, Missouri, in January, 1863, when he returned to his home in Wapello County. In the spring of 1880 he came to Decatur County, Iowa, and settled on his farm in Bloomington Township, where he has since been engaged in raising and feeding stock. His farm contains 400 acres of well-improved land under a high state of cultivation, a good story-and-a-half residence surrounded by shade and ornamental trees, orchard and out-buildings for his stock, his farm being considered one of the best adapted to stock-raising in the county. Mr. Bedell is a member of the Vigilance Committee. He is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and is class lead of the same. In politics he votes the Republican ticket. He is one of the respected citizens of Bloomington Township, having by his honorable and upright dealings secured the confidence of all who know him."

(Submitted to the Decatur County GenWeb site by Christy Jay, email: Jaygenie@aol.com)