Individual Details

Benjamin F PEDEGO

(27 Sep 1863 - 7 Nov 1908)

Events

Birth	27 Sep 1863	Buchanan, Missouri, United States
Census	1870	Jackson, Missouri, United States
Marriage	15 May 1894	Myrtle L "Myrta" WHEELER
Census	1900	Franktown, Douglas, Colorado, United States
Death	7 Nov 1908	Colorado, United States
Burial	Aft 7 Nov 1908	Franktown Cemetery, Franktown, Douglas, Colorado, United States
Biofile	2019	Killam, Elmer Edward and Blanche E/G (Harris)

Families

Spouse	Myrtle L "Myrta" WHEELER (1873 - 1940)
Child	Thomas W. PEDEGO (1895 - 1918)
Child	Wade PEDEGO (1897 - )
Child	Mary PEDEGO (1899 - 1920)
Child	PEDEGO (1902 - 1902)
Child	Kate B. PEDEGO (1904 - )
Child	Beulah L. PEDEGO (1906 - )
Child	Benjamin F. PEDEGO (1909 - )

Notes

Marriage

Suspect Benjamin and Myrta were married in 1893, because newspaper citation for Myrta and James Killon was from 1893 -- SB

18 September 2019. The Colorado County Marriage Records and State Index, 1862-2006 clearly records James M. Killam and Myrtle Wheeler were married on 23 Jul 1893 in Denver, Colorado. Their son Elmer Edward was born 21 December 1893, six months after the wedding date. It seems reasonable to assume, but not proven, that they were divorced soon after the birth of Elmer and she remarried the following 23 July 1894 to Benjamin F. Pedego (Pedigo). If that assumption is correct, the 13 November 1908 obituary of Benjamin incorrectly lists their marriage date in 1893, not 1894. This is further supported by the 1900 U.S. Census, Franktown, Douglas, Colorado in which they are shown as married for 6 years (1894). RPE

Endnotes

1. 1910 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule), jpeg image, (Online: The Generations Network, Inc., 2009) [Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC], subscription database, ., Franktown, Douglas County, CO.

2. Jaen and Jena Bircher, compiler, Franktown Cemetery (:, 6/14/1970), p. 2.

3. 1900 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule), jpeg image, (Online: The Generations Network, Inc., 2009) [Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC], subscription database, ., p. 10B, Franktown, Douglas County, Colorado.

4. Record Journal of Douglas County. Castle Rock, Colorado, 13 November 1908.

5. Find-A-Grave.com, online [findagrave.com], Memorial #57579698.

6. 1870 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule), jpeg image, (Online: The Generations Network, Inc., 2009) [Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC], subscription database, ., P. 200A, Blue, Jackson, Missouri.

7. "Women of Woodcraft Castlewood Circle records, 1900-1938.," (,; 1900-1938), owned by Douglas County History Research Center. collection #1992.009; Douglas County Libraries, 100 S. Wilcox St. Castle Rock, CO 80104, Clerk's Record Book (1900-1912).

8. Record Journal of Douglas County. Castle Rock, Colorado, 13 November 1908.

9. Find-A-Grave.com, online [findagrave.com], Memorial #57579698.

10. 1900 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule), jpeg image, (Online: The Generations Network, Inc., 2009) [Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC], subscription database, ., p. 10B, Franktown, Douglas County, Colorado.

11. 1910 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule), jpeg image, (Online: The Generations Network, Inc., 2009) [Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC], subscription database, ., Franktown, Douglas County, CO.

12. Jaen and Jena Bircher, compiler, Franktown Cemetery (:, 6/14/1970), p. 2.

13. Record Journal of Douglas County. Castle Rock, Colorado, 13 November 1908.

14. Find-A-Grave.com, online [findagrave.com], Memorial #57579698.

15. Jaen and Jena Bircher, compiler, Franktown Cemetery (:, 6/14/1970), p. 2.

16. Find-A-Grave.com, online [findagrave.com], Memorial #57579698.

17. "," (2019); folder: "Killam, Elmer Edward and Blanche E/G (Harris)," Biography Files; Douglas County History Research Center, Castle Rock, Colorado.