Edward
Ingram Bedell, February 25, 1860-1944, was
born in Georgia. His father, Edward
Pennalton Bedell was killed in the Civil
War and his mother remarried after the war
to a Laws. His grandfather came from
France with the spelling of his surname
"BeDelle." E.I. and Nancy Louise
Bailey, June 7, 1871-1966, (born in
Popular Springs, Georgia) were married in
Georgia June 1, 1885, and came to Bell
County, Texas. They moved to Coryell
County, later Glasscock County, then in
1912, they traded places with Tim Freeman,
at Talpa, and moved to the Talpa
Community. During the 1918 drought
they went to Miama, Arizona for 2 years,
where Bedell worked in the copper
mines. Bedell was a farmer and
rancher. His sister was married to
Heck Thomas, the famous U. S. Marshall.
E. I. and Nancy
had ten children:
(1) Mary Pauline,
March 27, 1887 - 1950 in Houston, married
Jess Walter of the Stacy community.
(2) Linda Lou,
February 25, 1889, married Sam Childress
and she still owns two sections of the
land her father homesteaded on in
Glasscock County. She makes her home
with her sister, Sarah (Bedell) Bomar.
(3) Cora Ettalee,
November 8, 1890-August 27, 1956 in
California, married John Ticer of
Glasscock County.
(4) Mallie Brock,
March 9, 1892-1959, married Ruby Glenn
Bouldin from Talpa community.
(5) Clay Curry,
June 24, 1894, now lives in Big Spring,
married Stella Richardson (deceased) of
Glen Cove.
(6) Edd Ingram,
April 26, 1896, now deceased, married
Ollie Norris of Talpa community (see J. A.
Norris).
(7) Clara Moore,
May 29, 1898, married Alvin Norris, now
deceased, brother to Ollie Norris (see I.
A. Norris). Clara resides in San
Angelo.
(8) Sarah Jane,
December 7, 1900, married John C. Bomar
(now deceased) and lives Talpa rural (see
Bomar Family).
(9) Lovic Liman,
November 19, 1902, died in Miama, Arizona,
October 16, 1918, with the flu.
(10) Walter
Everett, April 30, 1908, married Lela
(Barrington) Anderson of Coleman. He
resides in Coleman (see Felix Smith Sr.)