NINTH GENERATION

434. Adam Henry Bedinger ⁽⁵⁴⁾ was born in 1808 in Pennsylvania. He served in the military on 15 Feb 1862 in Company I, 12th Michigan Infantry. Mr. Bedinger was filled with a patriotic desire to assist his country, and enlisted in Company I, Twelfth Michigan Infantry, and was attached to the Army of the Tennessee. He participated in the battle of Pittsburg Landing and Shiloh, and was crippled in the last-named engagement.

He served as a private at age 54, and no braver soldier fought for the Stars and Stripes. Mustered Feb. 15, 1862. Deserted (or mustered out) at Bolivar, Tenn., Sept. 25, 1862. He died on 6 Sep 1881 in Oronoko, Berrien County, Michigan, USA. He Resided in Michigan before 1851. He Resided in Berrien County after 1851. He was buried in Rose Hill Cem., Berrien Springs Berrien Co., MI. He was married to Rachel Christopher on 20 Apr 1829.

435. Rachel Christopher was born on 14 Jun 1809 in Pennsylvania. She died on 10 Nov 1889 in Oronoko, Berrien County, Michigan, USA. Children were:

217 i. Mary Jane Bedinger.
ii. Sarah Bedinger⁽⁵⁵⁾ was born on 11 Jun 1833 in Ohio. She died on 2 Jul 1876 in De Sota, Jefferson Co., MO. She was buried in De Sota City Cem., De Sota, Jefferson Co., MO. Found with Cornelius (and her brother Martin) in the 1870 US Census for Valle Township in Jefferson County, Missouri.
iii. Rachel A. Bedinger was born in 1835 in Pennsylvania. She died in 1910 in Oronoko, Berrien Co., Mi.. She died.
iv. Catherine Bedinger was born in 1838 in Ohio, USA.
v. James Christopher Bedinger was born on 20 Apr 1840 in Ohio, USA. He died on 28 Jun 1915 in Elbridge, Oceana, Michigan, United States.
vi. Isabelle Bedinger was born in 1842 in Ohio, USA.
vii. Susan Bedinger was born in 1845 in Ohio, USA. She died on 23 Jun 1929 in Berrien Springs, Berrien Co., MI.
viii. Martin S. Bedinger⁽⁵⁶⁾ was born on 4 Jan 1848 in Darke Co., Ohio.⁽⁵⁷⁾ He died on 8 Sep 1918 in St Joseph, Berrien, Michigan, United States. He was a Carpenter. Both our subject and wife are members of the Lutheran Church. He is a member of Western Star Lodge No. 39, A.F. & A.M., and of Oronoko Lodge No. 69, A.O.U.W. In 1891 Mr. Bedinger was elected Township Supervisor, re-elected in 1892 and served two years. In politics he is a Democrat.
ix. Elizabeth Bedinger was born in 1852. She died on 25 Dec 1928. She was buried in Rose Hill Cem., Berrien Springs Berrien Co., MI.
x. Eliza Bedinger was born in 1854 in Michigan, United States.
xi. Adam H. Bedinger was born in 1856 in Oronoko, Berrien Co., Mi.. He died on 23 Nov 1879 in Berrien Co., MI.