1885 Pawnee County NE Geo. E. 20 is with Benji 54 and
Martha G 50. Henry 13, Nelley 10 and Walter 16
One tree said he homesteaded 1887 in Yuma Colorado for
one year then returned to Nebraska
BEDEA, GEORGE EMERY:
Farmer, b Livingston Co, Ill Jan 19, 1865: s of Benjamin
Bedea-Martha G Crossman; ed Pawnee Co; Table Rock; Omaha Bus
Coll 1886; m May N Becker Feb 21, 1894 Table Rock (dec
1938); s George Howard; reared on farm in Ill, came to
Pawnee Co in Feb 1882; 1887-88 homesteaded, Yuma Co, Colo;
1888- farmed near Table Rock except one year (1889-90) spent
in Louisiana; has occupied present home & farm since 1894;
20 years VP State Bank of Table Rock; past mbr AOUW; Meth
Ch, trustee 30 years; wife active in church work; Rep; res
RFD, Table Rock.
1900 Pawnee County NE George, born January 1865 in
Illinois, has bee married six years to May N. born
January 1865 in California. He's a farmer, and
they have the same location in 1910.
1904 G.E. Bedea three miles east of Table Rock
Nebraska “had two valuable horses killed by
lightning.”
November 1906 George was delinquent on his taxes
$2.10
1930 Pawnee, George and Mae are both 65, but they have Geo H. Beda 14 –
adopted son
May N Jan 11, 1865 – Oct 12, 1938 In Pawnee City
Cemetery.
George Emery Jan 19, 1865 – Jan 13, 1955 is also there.
Benjamin Bedea June 10 1830 – July 27, 1906 is also
there. One poster said Benjamin's wife Martha
CROSSMAN Bedea died in Alberta Canada in 1906 - son
Walter had moved there.