Bedell married civil war veteran George Newton Billings when she was 17, and together they moved to Delphos, Kansas where the couple later had one child. Bedell died November 2, 1936 in Delphos, Kansas. A memorial entitled, "Lincoln's Little Correspondent," (which displays a plaque reproducing the letter) was dedicated in the town square on August 8, 1966.

Bedell married civil war veteran George Newton Billings when she was 17, and together they moved to Delphos, Kansas where the couple later had one child. Bedell died November 2, 1936 in Delphos, Kansas. A memorial entitled, "Lincoln's Little Correspondent," (which displays a plaque reproducing the letter) was dedicated in the town square on August 8, 1966.