When Charles Wesley Bedell was born on July 18, 1855, in Waushara, Wisconsin, his father, Mark Bedell, was 27 and his mother, Almira C Armstrong, was 32. He married Martha "Mattie" Phelps on November 25, 1876, in Stearns, Minnesota. They had three children during their marriage. He died on October 24, 1920, in Menahga, Minnesota, at the age of 65, and was buried in Nevis, Minnesota.
Sources
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45750358/charles-wesley-bedell: accessed 30 July 2022), memorial page for Charles Wesley Bedell (19 Jul 1855–24 Oct 1920), Find A Grave: Memorial #45750358, citing Lakeview Cemetery, Nevis, Hubbard County, Minnesota, USA; Maintained by Michael Crawford (contributor 47195169).
"Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:WB5V-QM6Z : 7 July 2020), Entry for Charles Wesley Bedell, 24 Oct 1920; citing Death, Minnesota State Department of Health, St. Paul.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDH6-MSG : 17 October 2014), Charles Bedell in household of Mark Bedell, Minnesota, United States; citing p. 18, family 131, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 830,431.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Charles by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Charles: