Bedford Cemetery
Taylor County, Iowa

Inscription: Edward Stephens Died Apr 28, 1901 Aged 54 y 9 m 21 d
Elizabeth M. Stephens Died June 8, 1901 Aged 55 y 4 m 5 d
Edward Stephens was born July 7, 1846 in Ohio and died April 28, 1901 east of Bedford, Taylor Co., Iowa. Birth date calculated using Tombstone calculator. He married Elizabeth Melvina Redburn Dec. 26, 1869 at Chillicothe, Livingston, Co., Missouri. She was born Jan. 1846 in Franklin Co., Illinois, daughter of John Redburn and Rachel Jane Sullivan, and died June 8, 1901 east of Bedford, Taylor Co., Iowa. They share the stone with 2 of their children, William and Ida. Obituaries available Taylor County, Iowa gen web site.
Submitted by volunteer Julia Johnson
Photographed Oct. 2010