Franklin County, KY - Bios: Bedford, William C. Posted by Sandi Gorin on Fri, 22 Sep 2000 ************************************************************************* USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and 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. http://www.usgwarchives.net ************************************************************************* William C. BEDFORD 4865, Franklin Co. Surname: Bedford, Chadwell, Allen NOTE: I have no connection and no further information. Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 5th ed., 1887, Franklin Co. WILLIAM C. BEDFORD was born in Bourbon County, Ky., March 19, 1845, and is the third son, living, of Hillery M. and Ann D. (Chadwell) Bedford, natives also of Bourbon County. Mrs. Ann D. Bedford is a daughter of Duff Chadwell, a native of Virginia, a soldier of the war of 1812, and a resident of Jessamine County, Ky. Hillery M. Bedford was born in1803, was a great-grandson of the old Duke of Bedford, England; moved from Bourbon County to Franklin County in 1847; was always a farmer, served in the Legislature in 1863-64, and died in 1884, a member of the Baptist Church. William C. Bedford was reared to farming, and has always followed that vocation. In October, 1881, he married Miss Ida Allen, a daughter of J. Wash. Allen, of Franklin County, and to this union one child, Hillery Allen, was born in November 1882.