George Keton Stedham

1861 - 1952  (90 years)

• Name	George Keton Stedham  [1, 2]
  Born	22 Dec 1861	McDade, Bastrop County, Texas   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	26 Mar 1952	El Paso, El Paso County, Texas   [1, 3]
  Notes	The El Paso Daily Herald published the following divorce record: Steadham George-Steadham Rosa 3 Jun 1895 and the El Paso Times 4 and 6 Jun 1895; div-children awarded to wife. Obituary and Funeral Service Notices El Paso Times Page 7 Thursday, March 27, 1952 George K. Stedham George K. Stedham, 90, died Wednesday in his home, 2020 Magoffin Avenue. Mr. Stedham had been a life-long resident of El Paso and was a retired merchant. Survivors are his sister, Mrs. Violet MAUK, and a sister-in-law, Mrs. Dan STEDHAM, both of El Paso. Funeral arrangements were pending with the Kaster and Maxon Funeral Home. El Paso Times Page 7 Friday, March 28, 1952 George K. Stedham Funeral services for George K. Stedham, 90, 2020 Magoffin Avenue, will be held 2 p.m. Saturday in the Kaster and Maxon Chapel, with Bishop T. L. Kleinman officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Transcription of Texas Death Certificate: Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics State of Texas, Certificate of Death, State File No. 11669 1. Place of Death El Paso County, El Paso City, Length of Stay 73 years Location of Death 2020 Magoffin Avenue, #37 2. Usual Residence Texas, El Paso, El Paso, 2020 Magoffin Avenue, #37 3. Name George K. Stedham 4. Date of Death March 26, 1952 5. Sex Male 6. Race White 7. Marital Status Widower 8. Date of Birth December 22, 1861 9. 90 years, 3 months, 4 days 10. Occupation Retired Merchant Grocery 11. Birthplace Uvalde, Texas 12. Father Cornelius Stedham Pennsylvania 12. Mother Lucretia McLemore Mississippi 14. Armed Forces (left blank) 15. SSN (left blank) 16. Informant Mrs. W.E. Hall *** 17. Cause of Death Bronchial Pneumonia Unresolved due to Senility Onset March 16, 1952 Attending Physician C. E. Jumper 312 1/2 S. Stanton *** Melba Gene McLemore notes that this is Brooks Stedham HALL, a niece of George's (Above courtesy of Nora Smith and Melba Gene McLemore) (Research): Census Information: 1910 Census Texas, Sutton County, Precinct 1 Enumerated 11 April 1910 SD 16 ED 260 Sheet 467-68 Stedham, George K Hd M W 47 md 14 Tx YS YS Engineer Water Works Stedham, Mary Wf F W 41 M 14 0/0 Tx Ga Ind 1920 Census Arkansas, Washington County, Illinois Township 14 and 15 January 1920 By Fanny M. Dodson SD 3 DE 143 Sheet 3B 64-66 Stedham, George K Hd M W 60 M Tx Pa US Farmer Stedham, Mary Wf F W 50 M Tx Tn Tn 1930 Census Texas, Atascosa County, Pr. 4, Christine Enumerated by W. A. Wintus ED 7-6 SD 22 Sheet 5B 104-113 Stedham, G. K. Hd $1000 M W 69 M 23 Tx Pa Tx Farmer Stedham, Mary J Wf F W 60 M 15 Tx Tx Ind
  Person ID	I24711	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	George Stedham,   b. Abt 1829, Pennsylvania ,   d. 6 Apr 1876, Luling, Caldwell County, Texas  (Age ~ 47 years)
  Mother	Lucretia Jane McLemore,   b. 10 Nov 1838, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi ,   d. 7 Mar 1930, Yselta, El Paso County, Texas  (Age 91 years)
  Married	24 Jul 1855	Guadalupe County, Texas   [1]
  Family ID	F8152	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frances Rose "Maggie" Cowan,   b. 19 Jan 1872, West Virginia ,   d. 17 Mar 1944, Los Angeles County, California  (Age 72 years)
  Married	28 Oct 1886	El Paso, El Paso County, Texas   [1]
  Children	1. Lillian Georgia Stedham,   b. 2 Jan 1888, New Mexico ,   d. 25 Jun 1953, Los Angeles County, California  (Age 65 years)   2. Hazel Beatrice "Bertha" Stedham,   b. Jul 1890, Texas ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	10 Aug 2007
  Family ID	F8229	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 22 Dec 1861 - McDade, Bastrop County, Texas Married - 28 Oct 1886 - El Paso, El Paso County, Texas Died - 26 Mar 1952 - El Paso, El Paso County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Stedham, Elvira permission to Marry Lucretia Jane McLemore Stedham had to sign her consent for her daughter, Elvira, shown as age 16, to marry Wilbert Kenyon, age 26. Elvira & Wilbert and her brother, George Stedham & Maggie Cowan, were said to have been married in a double wedding at the El Paso County Jail. The top of George Stedham & Maggie Cowan's license can be seen immediately following that of Elvira's.

  
  

• Sources

  [S501] McLemore, Melba Gene-Family Researcher/Family Group Sheets, Correspondence, Email (maddoxyellowrose@hotmail.com) ; http://www.mclemoregenealogy.org/index.php, (http://www.mclemoregenealogy.org/index.php). [S481] 1910 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006, (For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910. T624, 1,178 rolls. This database is an index to the head of households enumerated in the 1910 United States Federal Census, the Thirteenth Census of the United States. In addition, each indexed name is linked to actual images of the 1910 Federal Census. The information recorded in the census includes: name, relationship to head of family, age at last birthday, sex, color or race, whether single, married, widowed, or divorced, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, and more.), Texas, Sutton County, Precinct 1 Enumerated 11 April 1910 SD 16 ED 260 Sheet 467-68 (Reliability: 3). [S418] Texas Department of Health, Death Certificate.