BIOGRAPHIES - BEDFORD, Capt. Harry Povall Sr., Bourbon County, Kentucky From: Bob Francis http://www.shawhan.com Date: 07 Feb 2000 The biographies are taken primarily from William Perrin's "The History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky" and E. Polk Johnson's "The History of Kentucky and Kentuckians," Vol. III. Many Bourbon County, Kentucky, researchers have pointed out mistakes and they are notated. Name: Capt. Harry Povall BEDFORD Sr. _________________________________________ Birth: April 10, 1826, Bourbon County, Ky. Death: December 10, 1912, Music, Carter County, Ky. Age: 86 Burial: Paris Cemetery, Paris, Kentucky Father: Benjamin Franklin BEDFORD (1799-1872) Mother: Elizabeth Giles (Eleanor?) BUCKNER (1799-1840) Spouses _________________________________________ 1: Mary Susan EWALT Birth: January 29, 1831, Bourbon County, Ky. Death: October 12, 1900, Carter County, Ky. Age: 69 Burial: Paris Cemetery, Paris, Kentucky Father: Samuel EWALT (1792-1878) Mother: Cynthia PUGH (1795-1833) Marriage: April 6, 1852 Children: Margaret Brent (1852-1854); Elizabeth W. (Lizzie) (1854-1932); Thomas Ewalt (1858-); Harry Ewalt (1859-); Anna Pugh (1860-); Harry Povall (1863-1898); William B. (1868-1936); Benjamin F. (1868-); Mary Hawes (1870-); Eleanor Buckner (1873-1941) HARRY BEDFORD,1 farmer; P. O. Shawhan. Soon after the settlement of Lexington and Boonesborough, a family came to this county from Caroline County, Va., by the name of Bedford, the head of which was Benjamin, his wife’s maiden name being Tabitha Clay; they settled in the then wild country and reared a large family; one of the sons being named Benjamin F., born in December, 1799, who received a very fine education, especially in mathematics and surveying. Benjamin F., like his father, gave his whole attention to the development of his farm; he married Miss Eleanor Buckner, who came with her parents from Virginia; she died abut 1836, leaving a family of ten children; he married the second time and died in his seventy-fifth year. Harry, the subject of this sketch, was born April 10, 1826; in his 20th year he began clerking, but the Mexican war being inaugurated, he enlisted in the service, and served throughout that struggle, when he return to Bourbon County and clerked in a store in Paris five years; he then engaged in the grocery business until 1856, when he was elected Sheriff, and after serving his term in that position, commenced farming, at which he has continued since; when the late war broke out, he espoused the cause of the South, first being in the secret service, and afterward Captain of Co. C., Fifth Cavalry, being in the service three years. He was married in March, 1853, to Miss Mary Ewalt, daughter of Samuel Ewalt, of Bourbon, and has nine children: Elizabeth W., Thomas, Ewalt, Anna Pugh, Harry, Wm. B., Benjamin, Mary H. and Eleanor B.; he is a Mason and a Democrat. Mount Lookout, Captain Harry Bedford House; ca. 1850-60 2 Sources 1. Perrin, pp. 451-452 2. Historic Architecture of Borbon County Kentucky by Walter E.Langstrom and William Gus Johnson, Historic Paris-Bourbon County, Inc., The Kentucky Heritage Council, 1985, p. 55. ------------------------------ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.