Notes for ROBY LAFAYETTE BEDSAUL:

Son of Christopher Columbus and Mary Ellen (Hanks) Bedsaul.
First Name: Also found as Roba.
Born: June 22, 1893 in Galax, Carroll County, Virginia.
Alternate Place of Birth: Pipers Gap, Carroll County, Virginia.
Died: August 17, 1986 in Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota.
Buried: Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Tilford, Meade County, South Dakota.
Census:
July 2, 1900 - Harlow, Supervisor's District 1, Enumeration District 32, Meade County, South Dakota.
May 4, 1910 - School District 68, Supervisor's District 2, Enumeration District 69, Meade County, South Dakota.
March, 1920 - Township 3, Supervisor's District 3, Enumeration District 144, Meade County, South Dakota.
April 22, 1930 - Township 4, Supervisor's District 1, Enumeration District 47-52, Meade County, South Dakota.
NOTE: Listed as married in 1930 census but no wife listed.
Occupation:
April 22, 1930 - Laborer, Farm.
Military Service: August 26, 1918-January 30, 1919.
Married: (1) Effa Gertrude Amburn July 5, 1917 in Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota.
(2) Florence ESTHER (nee Keffeler) Schuster August 13, 1947 in Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota. (She married (1) ? Schuster.)

His sisters Margaret and then Callie married Effa's brother, Oscar and his sister Bertha married Effa's brother, Arthur.


1900 Census


1910 Census


1920 Census


1930 Census


Marriage Record w/Effa Amburn


Marriage Record w/Florence Schuster


World War I Draft Registration Card


Railroad Emploment Record


Gravestone

(Source: findagrave.com/BlackHillsFam)