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A. W. BEDELL, retired, West Elizabeth, son of Andrew and Rebecca (Ferree) Bedell, was born in Jefferson township in 1821. His grandfather, Abner, came here from New Jersey, was a soldier in the Revolution, and assisted Lafayette from the field when wounded. He located at Horse-Shoe bottom, above Monongahela City, in Washington county. Upon this place Andrew, father of A. W., was born, about 1794. In 1809 Abner purchased a farm (of which John Wright was patentee) in Jefferson township, where they resided until 1824, when they removed to Elizabeth township, where they lived and died, Abner in 1874, his wife in 1878. In 1820 Andrew married Rebecca, daughter of Joel and Christian (Kerkendall) Ferree, of Jefferson township, and their children were Mary (the late Mrs. Lewis Hoffman, of Jefferson township), Joel (now in Charleston, W. Va.), Calvin (in Jefferson township), Amanda (now Mrs. James McKowen, of Elizabeth), William (who resides at the old homestead), Sarah (now Mrs. Frederick Rhodes, of South Side), Andrew and Rebecca (both deceased) and A. W. Bedell (of West Elizabeth). In the spring of 1828 the father bought and removed to a farm in Jefferson township (of which Z. Wright was patentee).

May 14, 1846, the subject of this memoir married Rebecca, daughter of Jacob and Jane Aber, of Jefferson township, and settled on the farm adjoining his old home, where he remained until the spring of 1868, when he purchased a farm still owned by him, and upon which they resided until four years ago. He then removed to his present place of residence in West Elizabeth. Their children were Eliza J. (deceased wife of Joseph Lytle, of Washington county), Amanda (wife of William Lytle, of Washington county), Sarah (now Mrs. John A. Newton, of West Elizabeth), Agnes (now Mrs. Florence Shepler, of Beaver county), Mary (now Mrs. George Cochran, of Jefferson township) and Emma (now Mrs. Dora Moffatt, of Waynesburg, Greene county). Mr. Bedell has never sought political distinction, but has been identified with his township officially, and is known as a sturdy democrat.