Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1915 — ANOTHER OLD SETTLER GONE. [ARTICLE]

ANOTHER OLD SETTLER GONE.

Fitz W. Bedford Died Wednesday Morning at Age of 86 Years. F. W. Bedford, who had been in a critical condition for some days with pneumonia, died at his home just east of town on the Pleasant Ridge road at about 7:30 o'clock Wednesday morning, aged 86 years, 8 months and 16 days. Mr. Bedford was a native of Columbus, Ohio, and when a young man came to Lafayette, locating in Jasper county in 1857, where he had since resided. He was married in 1857 to Mrs. Elizabeth Warner, mother of Norman and Marsh Warner, of Rensselaer, who died in 1888. He leaves two brothers, W. S. Bedford of Osage City, Kan., and Daniel Bedford of Bridgeport, 111., also two sisters, Mrs. Mary J. Cole of the soldiers home at Lafayette, and Mrs. Julia Warner of Remington. Mr. Bedford was a man of more than ordinary intelligence and ability and for many years was a prominent figure in Rensselaer and Jasper county, but of recent years the infirmities of age has kept him quite close to ihis home. On November 5 he had the misfortune to fall and break his hip, at his home, and he had never recovered from the injury. Last week pneumonia set in and since then no hope has been entertained for his recovery. His brother, Winfield Bedford, had been with him the greater part of the time since his injury, except for a few weeks visit with his son in Chicago, and returned here again Monday and w r as with him when the end came. Deceased had been an Odd Fellow for over fifty years, and this order participated in the funeral exercises. The funeral was held from the house yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Christian church, conducted by Rev. Titus, and burial made in Weston cemetery.