Background
Bedford, Paul was born on June 24, 1875 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of George Reynolds and Emily Lindsley (Fuller) Bedford.
Bedford, Paul was born on June 24, 1875 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of George Reynolds and Emily Lindsley (Fuller) Bedford.
Bachelor of Science, Princeton, 1897. Bachelor of Laws, University of Pennsylvania, 1900.
Admitted to Pennsylvania bar, 1900, and since in practice of law, Wilkes-Barre. Partner Bedford, Waller, Griffith, Darling & Mitchell. Assistant district attorney, Luzerne Company, Pennsylvania, 1913-1915.
President of the board for assessment and revision of taxes of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, 1922-1931.
Vice president and director Miners National Bank. Director Delaware & Hudson Company President Wilkes-Barre branch Pennsylvania Association for Blind, 1918-1928.
President Community Welfare Federation, 1933-1935, general campaign chairman, 1943. Member United States Alien Enemy Board Middle District Pennsylvania, from 1941.
Member Legal Aid Committee, from 1942.
President Home for Friendless Children. President Osterhout Free Library, Mercy Hospital Trustee Princeton University. President trustees First Presbyterian Church.
Fellow American Society of Civil Engineers, Canadian Institute Mining and Metallurgy. Member American College Trial Lawyers, American, Pennsylvania State and Luzerne County (president from 1943) bar associations, American Museum Natural History, National Geographic Society, Newcomen Society of England, Zeta Psi. Clubs: University, Princeton (New York).
Married Gertrude Turner Vaughn, November 24, 1915.