Lafayette was the son of Elias and Maria (Clark) Bedal. He moved from Canada to Minnesota and married Clementia Fuller in Olmsted County, Minnesota in September 1869. Together they had 9 children: Eva, Leonard, Milo, George, Franklin, Frank, John, Grace and J.A. They moved to Walnut Grove, Minnesota where he became the town's first postmaster (1873 to 1879). He also taught school for a short time and owned a store. Sometime during the first week of August 1882, he was killed in a sawmill accident, leaving his wife to raise their young children. He is buried somewhere in Aitkin, Aitkin County, Minnesota.
Lafayette was the son of Elias and Maria (Clark) Bedal. He moved from Canada to Minnesota and married Clementia Fuller in Olmsted County, Minnesota in September 1869. Together they had 9 children: Eva, Leonard, Milo, George, Franklin, Frank, John, Grace and J.A. They moved to Walnut Grove, Minnesota where he became the town's first postmaster (1873 to 1879). He also taught school for a short time and owned a store. Sometime during the first week of August 1882, he was killed in a sawmill accident, leaving his wife to raise their young children. He is buried somewhere in Aitkin, Aitkin County, Minnesota.
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