George William Bedford: McKeown Genealogy

1919 - 2001 (82 years)

Generation: 1

1. George William Bedford was born on 13 Mar 1919 in Santa Barbara County, California (son of Merton Irving Bedford and Lora Copeland); died on 2 Jul 2001.

Generation: 2

Merton Irving Bedford was born on 31 Jan 1888 in Kansas (son of George S. Bedford and Magaret Andrews); died on 19 Oct 1963 in Bellflower, Los Angeles County, California.

Other Events:

Census: 1920, Hope, Santa Barbara County, California
Census: 1940, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California

Notes:

Merton I. Bedford
Merton I. Bedford, 75, a native of Santa Barbara, died Oct. 19 in Bellflower where he had lived for many years. He died after being hospitalized for a heart attack.
Surviving are his wife, Rose, of Bellflower; a son, George Bedford of Whittier; and two daughters, Mrs. Frances Jezak, of Bellflower, and Mrs. Berdell Bancroft, of Temple City.
Services were held last week in Bellflower, a suburb of Los Angeles.
Santa Barbara News-Press, Santa Barbara, California. Sunday, 27 October 1963.

Merton married Lora Copeland on 24 Jul 1912 in Greeley, Weld County, Colorado. Lora was born about 1887 in Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

3.
Lora Copeland was born about 1887 in Kansas.
Children:

1. George William Bedford was born on 13 Mar 1919 in Santa Barbara County, California; died on 2 Jul 2001.

Generation: 3

George S. Bedford was born in Mar 1862 in Ohio; died on 27 Dec 1920 in Greeley, Weld County, Colorado; was buried in Linn Grove Cemetery, Greeley, Weld County, Colorado.

Other Events:

Census: 1900, Big Creek, Ellis County, Kansas
Census: 1910, Greeley, Weld County, Colorado
Census: 1920, Pleasant Valley, Weld County, Colorado

Notes:

George S. Bedford, prominent stockman and farmer of the Greeley district, died in Denver Friday afternoon. He had lived near Greeley for almost twenty years and was a leader in church work, having been a charter member of the Reformed Presbyterian church.
Windsor Beacon, Windsor, Colorado. Thursday, 30 December 1920.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65215212/george-s-bedford

Block 7, lot 109, space 3

George married Magaret Andrews on 14 Jan 1886 in Page County, Iowa. Magaret (daughter of Samuel Andrews and Mary Jane McKeown) was born in Jan 1862 in Iowa; died on 31 Dec 1930 in Greeley, Weld County, Colorado; was buried in Linn Grove Cemetery, Greeley, Weld County, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Magaret Andrews was born in Jan 1862 in Iowa (daughter of Samuel Andrews and Mary Jane McKeown); died on 31 Dec 1930 in Greeley, Weld County, Colorado; was buried in Linn Grove Cemetery, Greeley, Weld County, Colorado.

Other Events:

Census: 1930, Greeley, Weld County, Colorado

Notes:

Mrs. Margaret Bedford Dies Here Wednesday
Mrs. Margaret A. Bedford, 68 years old, died at her home, 1226 Fourth street, at 9:35 Wednesday morning. Mrs. Bedford had been ill for some time, but her death was unexpected.
She is survived by four children, Everett and Bessie Bedford of Greeley; Mrs. Lee Gish, Little River, Ran.; and Merton Bedford, Santa Barbara, Calif. She was the wife of the late George S. Bedford.
Greeley Daily Tribune, Greeley, Colorado. Wednesday, 31 December 1930.

Deaths and Funerals
Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret A. Bedford will be held at the Reformed Presbyterian church at 10 o’clock [missing text in copy] will be in [missing text in copy]
Greeley Daily Tribune, Greeley, Colorado. Thursday, 1 January 1931.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65215211/margaret-a-bedford

Block 7, lot 109, space 2

Children:

2. Merton Irving Bedford was born on 31 Jan 1888 in Kansas; died on 19 Oct 1963 in Bellflower, Los Angeles County, California.
John Everett "Everett" Bedford was born on 16 Oct 1890 in Quinter, Gove County, Kansas; died on 25 Feb 1933 in Greeley, Weld County, Colorado; was buried in Linn Grove Cemetery, Greeley, Weld County, Colorado.
Mary Elizabeth "Bessie" Bedford was born on 19 May 1893 in Quinter, Gove County, Kansas; died on 8 Jun 1966 in Augusta, Butler County, Kansas; was buried in Linn Grove Cemetery, Greeley, Weld County, Colorado.
Rosa Eleanor Bedford was born on 1 Nov 1899 in Hays, Ellis County, Kansas; died on 14 Aug 1990 in Baldwin, Douglas County, Kansas; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Augusta, Butler County, Kansas.

Generation: 4

10.

Samuel Andrews was born on 23 Oct 1827 in Chester County, Pennsylvania; died on 23 Apr 1898 in Blanchard, Page County, Iowa; was buried in Blanchard Cemetery, Blanchard, Page County, Iowa.

Other Events:

Census: 1856, Yellow Springs, Des Moines County, Iowa
Census: 1880, Colfax, Page County, Iowa
Census: 1885, Colfax, Page County, Iowa

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64359030/samuel-andrews

Samuel married Mary Jane McKeown on 24 Nov 1853 in Londonderry, Guernsey County, Ohio. Mary (daughter of Alexander McKeown and Rosanna Glasgow) was born on 9 Mar 1828 in Ohio; died on 18 Jan 1922 in Quinter, Gove County, Kansas; was buried in Blanchard Cemetery, Blanchard, Page County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

11.

Mary Jane McKeown was born on 9 Mar 1828 in Ohio (daughter of Alexander McKeown and Rosanna Glasgow); died on 18 Jan 1922 in Quinter, Gove County, Kansas; was buried in Blanchard Cemetery, Blanchard, Page County, Iowa.

Other Events:

Census: 1910, Colfax, Page County, Iowa
Census: 1920, Pleasant Valley, Weld County, Colorado
Census: 1920, Greeley, Weld County, Colorado

Notes:

Mary J. is included in the list of siblings in her brother Alexander's biography in Biographical History of Page County, Iowa [Lewis & Dunbar Publishers, 1890). "Mary J., wife of Samuel Andress" [Andrews]

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114421113/mary-jane-andrews

Children:

Nancy Eleanor Andrews was born on 24 Sep 1854 in Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa; died on 16 Oct 1919 in Billings, Noble County, Oklahoma; was buried in Billings Union Cemetery, Billings, Noble County, Oklahoma.
Rose Ann Andrews was born on 10 Jan 1856 in Iowa; died on 18 Nov 1898 in Quinter, Gove County, Kansas; was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, College Springs, Page County, Iowa.
Alexander McKeown Andrews was born on 29 Dec 1857 in Iowa; died on 23 Dec 1958; was buried in Reformed Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Winchester, Jefferson County, Kansas.
Mary Andrews was born on 19 Feb 1860 in Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa; died on 1 Jul 1960 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; was buried on 5 Jul 1960 in Covenanter Cemetery, Clarinda, Page County, Iowa.
5. Magaret Andrews was born in Jan 1862 in Iowa; died on 31 Dec 1930 in Greeley, Weld County, Colorado; was buried in Linn Grove Cemetery, Greeley, Weld County, Colorado.
Rachel Andrews was born in 1868 in Iowa; died in 1943; was buried in Quinter Cemetery, Quinter, Gove County, Kansas.
Rebecca Andrews was born on 7 Nov 1868 in Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa; died on 13 Jul 1950 in Greeley, Weld County, Colorado; was buried in Linn Grove Cemetery, Greeley, Weld County, Colorado.
Charlotte Andrews was born in Mar 1875 in Iowa.

McKeown and Shields Families

George William Bedford