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George Keton Stedham

Male 1861 - 1952  (90 years)


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  • Name George Keton Stedham  [1, 2
    Birth 22 Dec 1861  McDade, Bastrop County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Death 26 Mar 1952  El Paso, El Paso County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Apr 1876, Luling, Caldwell County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 47 years) 
    Mother Lucretia Jane McLemore,   b. 10 Nov 1838, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Mar 1930, Yselta, El Paso County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years) 
    Marriage 24 Jul 1855  Guadalupe County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F8152  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 22 Dec 1861 - McDade, Bastrop County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 28 Oct 1886 - El Paso, El Paso County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 26 Mar 1952 - El Paso, El Paso County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Stedham, Elvira permission to Marry
    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 
    1. [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).

    2. [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).

    3. [S418] Texas Department of Health, Death Certificate.