2nd Edition - 15 July 1999
COUNTY HISTORIES
- Kiowa Co. Libraries, History Book Committee. A History of Kiowa County
1880-1980 (A Kronicle of Kiowa County [KS] Written by Kith, Kin, and Kind Friends).
Public Library, Greensburg, Kiowa Co., KS. Lubbock, Tx: Taylor Publishing Co.,
1979.
"Pedigo," submitted by Beth Olson, pp.
478.
"Boone-Nellie Pedigo," submitted by Nellie
Pedigo, pp. 477-478.
"Charles Tanner Family," by Ruth Marie
Tanner Moffat, p. 563.
"Luther T. Pedigo," by Hildred Woods, p.
479.
"J.N.-Elane Stringer," submitted by Elane
(Pedigo) Stringer, pp. 556-557.
"Andrew Olson and Mary Morris," submitted
by Marjorie Olson Pittman, p. 467.
"Carl Olson Family," submitted by K. Duane
Olson, pp. 467-468.
BIBLE & FAMILY RECORDS
- Genealogy notebook of Ella Florence (Lair)
Rohr, written for her son Elmer Glenn Rohr, 25 Dec 1944.
- Holman Family Bible Record. Copied by
Ovie Pedigo Sypher from original bible, 1963. Typescript content provided in 1986. Bible
owned in 1963 by Holman descendant Mary Pierpoint Doskocil, Pratt KS. Published in
Treesearcher, Winter 1987, pp. 133-134.
- Bible Records of Rachel (Penix) Lane. Bible owned after 1974 by Edna Maxine Lane
Lisle, Osceola MO. Her son Kevin Lane Lisle probable owner in 1998. Photocopy provided by
Ovie Pedigo Sypher in 1989.
MARRIAGE RECORDS
- Illlinois Marriage Record Index. Warren Co., Vol. C, p. 93, William M. Lair &
Nancy A. Pedigo on 08-02-1876.
- Illlinois Marriage Record Index. Warren Co., Vol. C, p. 22, F A Lair &
Margaret S. Pedigo on 01-15-1867.
- Marriage Register of Warren Co. KY, 1797-1869. Bk. A, p. 208. William C. Pedigo
& Susannah McMurry, married 3 Feb 1837, sec by William McMurray; Bk. A, p. 210. Wm. C.
Pedigo & Elizabeth Milligan.
- Warren Co. KY Marriage Bonds. James H. Pedigo & Malinda F. Holman, Bk. L, pp.
401-402.
- CD-2: Marriage Records for Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee,
1800-1890. Automated Archives Inc. Indexed by Hunting for Bears.
- CD-229: Marriage Records: Southern States, Vol. 1. Early-1850 KY, NC, TN, VA
(including WV). Automated Archives, Inc. (Note: In some cases, dates are the date a
marriage license was obtained, instead of date of the marriage.). Warren Co. KY Marriages.
William C. Pedigo to Susannah McMurray on 3 Jan 1837. William C. Pedigo to Elizabeth
Milligan on 1 Apr 1850 (probable date for marriage license).
- Marriage Records for J.H. Pedigo and Nancy J. Totty. Kiowa Co. KS Marriage
Records, Bk. A, p. 102. By P.J. Alexander Douglas at Greensburg.
- Marriage Announcement of J.H. Pedigo and Nancy J. Totty. Kiowa Co.
Signal (Greensburg, Kiowa Co., KS) 27 Mar 1891.
- Marriage Record for Daniel Boone Pedigo and Minnie E. Kilgore. Kiowa Co. KS
Marriage Records. Bk. A, p. 193. Newspaper Marriage Announcement. Kiowa Co. Signal
(Greensburg, Kiowa Co., KS) Fri., August 16, 1901.
- Marriage License for Daniel Boone Pedigo and Nellie Lane. Married 5 Sep 1908 in
Kansas City, Jackson Co. MO, by Festus O. Miller, J.P. (Pedigo over age of 21 and
resident of Kiowa Co. KS, and Lane over age of 18 and resident of St. Clair Co. MO.)
- Marriage Announcement for Luther T. Pedigo and Edith M. Olson. Kiowa Co. Signal
(Greensburg, Kiowa Co., KS) Oct. 1905.
- Marriage Record for Luther Pedigo and Edith Olson. Kiowa Co. KS Marriage Records.
Bk. A., p. 253. By Min. C.A. Schlotterbeck at Greensburg.
- Marriage Announcement for Ovie Pedigo and Charles Tanner. A Kiowa Co. Newspaper,
Oct. 1897.
- Marriage Record for Charles Tanner and Ovie Pedigo. Kiowa Co. KS Marriage
Records. Bk. A, p. 166. Married by Min. E.R. Myers at the bride's home in Greensburg.
- Illlinois Marriage Record Index. Warren Co., Vol. E., p. 39, Florence E Lair
& Charles A Rohr on 07-22-1896. Vol. E, p. 131, Clark F. Lair & Sadie A. Wixson on
11-06-1902. Vol. E, p. 120, Margaret Lair & Charles Simcox on 02-20-1902.
CENSUS RECORDS
- 1850 U.S. Census, Warren Co. KY (Free Schedules). Nat'l Archives Microfilm M432,
Roll 220.
- 1860 U.S. Census, Warren Co. KY (Free Schedules). Nat'l Archives Microfilm M653,
Roll 398.
- 1880 Soundex, state of Kentucky.
- 1880 U.S. Census, Warren Co. KY. Nat'l Archives Microfilm T9, Roll 444-445.
- 1900 U.S. Census, Kiowa Co. KS. Nat'l Archives Microfilm T623, Roll 485.
- 1910 U.S. Census, Kiowa Co. KS. Nat'l Archives Microfilm T624, Roll 443.
- 1920 U.S. Census, Kiowa Co. KS. Nat'l Archives Microfilm T625,
Roll 536.
CEMETERY RECORDS
BIRTH & DEATH CERTIFICATES
- Birth Certificate of Marjorie Lavena Pedigo.
- Death Certificate for James Henry Pedigo.
- Death Certificate for Daniel Boone Pedigo.
- Death Certificate for Nellie Jane (Lane) Pedigo.
- Death Certificate for Erma Vivian Pedigo (Erma Vivian Schultz).
- Death Certificate for Fred Arthur Rarden.
OBITUARIES & FUNERAL MEMORIAL PROGRAMS
- Obituary for Nancy Ann Pedigo Lair.
Uncited clipping from the family files of Mary Ann Freed Jones.
- Obituaries for James Henry Pedigo.
Undated from a Kiowa Co. newspaper (Kiowa Co., KS) Apr. 1928.
- Obituary for William Mathias Webster Lair.
Monmouth Review Atlas (Monmouth, IL) 18 Jan 1921.
- Obituary for Nellie Griffee Barta.
(attached to) ?Warren Co. IL Genealogical Soc. Deaths & Obituaries extracted from
Moffitt Book, Sept. 1911 - June 1913, Vol. 12, p. 31. ?
- Obituary for Martha Jane Pedigo
Griffee. Warren Co. IL Genealogical Soc. Deaths & Obituaries extracted from
Moffitt Book, Sept. 1911 - June 1913, Vol. 12, p. 30.
- Obituary for Daniel Boone Pedigo. Mullinville Comet (Mullinville, Kiowa Co., KS)
Thurs., 7 Feb 1963, p. 4, col. 3-7.
- Obituary for James Haden Pedigo. Mullinville News (Mullinville, Kiowa Co., KS)
Thurs., 22 May 1958.
- Obituary for Susannah Overmeyer Pedigo Tanner. Kiowa Co. Signal (Greensburg,
Kiowa Co., KS) Wed., 16 May 1973.
- Obituaries for Ella Florence (Lair) Rohr. Uncited clippings with handwritten
dates, 7-23-64 and 7-25-64, from the files of Mary Ann Freed Jones.
- Obituary for Minnie Kilgore Pedigo. Kiowa Co. Signal (Greensburg, Kiowa Co., KS)
Fri., 7 Oct 1904, p. _, col. _.
- Obituary for Beth Frances Tanner Olson. Kiowa Co. Signal (Greensburg, Kiowa Co.,
KS) 14 Nov. 1984.
- Obituaries for Daniel Boone Pedigo. Mullinville Comet (Mullinville, Kiowa Co.,
KS) p. 1, col. 2, and The Bucklin Banner (Bucklin, Ford Co., KS) p. 6, Thurs., 31 Jan
1963.
- Obituary for Lucile Rohr Goff. Uncited clipping dated Turs., 16 Feb 1995, p. 10.
- Obituary for Frederick Lee Rohr. Uncited clipping from the family files of Mary
Ann Freed Jones.
- Obituary for Henry Clay Lane. St. Clair County Courier (Osceola, St. Clair Co.,
MO) Thurs, 22 Mar. 1973.
- Obituaries for Mrs. Howard McMillan (Ramona Arlene Rarden). Uncited copy from an
Odessa TX newspaper. Unspecified date from the Kiowa Co. Signal (Greensburg, Kiowa Co.,
KS).
- Obituary for Charlene Snodgrass. Undated cited obituary clipping from the family
files of Marjorie Pedigo Dawkins.
- Obituary for Rachel Matilda Penix. Uncited typescript obituary provided by Ovie
Pedigo Sypher, 1991.
- Obituaries for James Harvey Lane. Typescript copy provided without specific
citation by Ovie Pedigo Sypher.
- Obituary for Joseph Anton Rohr. Uncited clipping from the family files of Mary
Ann Freed Jones.
- Obituary for Erma Pedigo Schultz. Uncited clipping in family files.
- Obituary for Luther Pedigo. Kiowa Co. Signal (Greensburg, Kiowa Co., KS)
Sep. 1980.
- Obituary for Mrs. Luther T. Pedigo (Edith M. Olson). Hutchinson News (Hutchinson,
Reno Co., KS) Thurs., 19 Aug. 1965.
- Obituary for Luther Pedigo. Kiowa Co. Signal (Greensburg, Kiowa Co., KS) Sep.
1980.
- Obituary for Gayle Eugene Woods. Uncited clipping from a Hutchinson KS newspaper
provided by Marjorie Pedigo Dawkins.
- Obituary for Cecil Clair Pedigo. Joplin, MO, uncited newspaper clipping provided
by Josephine Altendorf Pedigo to Ovie Pedigo Sypher.
- Obituary for Nellie (Lane) Pedigo. Kiowa Co. Signal (Greensburg, Kiowa Co., KS) 5
Aug. 1981, p. 11.
- Obituary for Hildred V. Pedigo Woods. Kiowa Co. Signal (Greensburg, Kiowa Co.,
KS) Wed., 20 Feb. 1991.
- Obituary for Virgil G. Pedigo. Kiowa Co. Signal (Greensburg, Kiowa Co., KS) Wed.,
1 Nov. 1972.
- Obituary for Moleta Rarden. Church Bulletin, 3 Mar. 1991, Sherwood Church of
Christ, Odessa TX.
- Obituaries for Ovie E. Sypher (Ovie Eunice Pedigo Sypher). Ottawa Herald (Ottawa,
KS) 18 Sep. 1993, and Hutchinson News (Hutchinson, Reno Co., KS) 18 Sep 1993.
- Memorial Program for Roy Ray Aubrey and Mina Leslie Pedigo Aubrey.
- Funeral Memorial for Ovie Tanner.
- Funeral Memorial Program for Beth Frances Tanner Olson.
- Funeral Memorial Program for Daniel Boone Pedigo.
- Death Memorial Card for Minnie Pedigo. "In Loving Remembrance of Minnie
Pedigo, died September 30, 1904, aged 25 years." Original in possession of James
Henry Pedigo, Lynnwood WA, 1993. Photocopy in researcher's files.
- Funeral Memorial for Erma Vivian Pedigo.
- Funeral Memorial Program for Nellie Jane Pedigo.
- Funeral Memorial for Ovie Eunice Sypher.
WILLS & PROBATE RECORDS
- Will of John W. Holman. Warren Co. KY Wills. Bk. 4, p. 37. Recorded Jan 1867. As
ref'd in The Settle-Suttle Family.
BIOGRAPHIES
STORIES & COMPILED FAMILY HISTORIES
- "Our Pedigo-Lane." Undated family history manuscript by Ovie Pedigo
Sypher in the mid-1960s, compiled from her research and oral interviews with descendants
and persons who participated in the history or who had direct specific personal knowledge
of the events.
- "On Grandparents," a story of remembrances by Moleta Pedigo Rarden,
1985.
- "Daniel Boone Pedigo and Nella Jane Lane," a story written in 1975 by
their daughter Ovie Pedigo Sypher.
- "Boone and Nellie Pedigo," a story written in 1978 by their daughter
Ovie Pedigo Sypher.
- "Memories of Grandpa Pedigo," a story by Ovie Pedigo Sypher and Nellie
Lane Pedigo, written in the 1970s.
- "Our Trip to Clinton, Missouri," story by Nellie Lane Pedigo, (yr.
unknown).
- "Memories of My Young Childhood Days," a story by Nellie Lane Pedigo,
1971.
SOCIAL SECURITY RECORDS
- Social Security Death Benefit Records, 1937-1993. Compact Disk Digital Data by
Automated Archives, Inc. ISBN 1-56787-110-0. (50 million names).
- Ancestry's Internet Social Security Death Index at http://www.ancestry.com/ssdi/advanced.htm.
MISCELLANEOUS SOURCES & DOCUMENTS
- DAR Application of Susannah Overmeyer Pedigo Tanner, Membership National No.
361254, issued 17 Oct 1946.
- FHL's International Genealogical Index (IGI).
- Location presumed from documented family member timelines and locations.
- Newspaper article about life of Caremore Haven resident Nella Lane Pedigo,
"Mrs. Pedigo Has Her Bible With Her Each Day." Undated and uncited clippping
from the family archives of Marjorie Pedigo Dawkins. Probable 1965 source Kiowa Co. Signal
(Greensburg, Kiowa Co., KS).
- Mentioned in a local newspaper, Greensburg, Kiowa Co., KS. Citation in Aug 1905.
Minnie Pedigo died 3 Aug. 1905 at age 11 mo. Lived with foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas.
Keasling, where she had lived since the death of her mother when she was 2 weeks old.
- Newspaper article announcing Luther Pedigo's 100th birthday, "Pedigo
Celebrates Important Day." Hutchinson News (Hutchinson, Reno Co., KS) Tues., 29 Jan.
1980.
COMPILED INFORMATION
- Information from family group sheets compiled by Ovie Pedigo Sypher in 1964,
combined with info from John Paul Grady and Joseph G. Rhor, in files of Patricia
SummersSmith, 1999.
- Information provided by Rhonda L. Ashmead, La Mirada, CA, in private email
8/10/97.
- Information provided to Ovie Pedigo Sypher (undated) by Florence Rohr of Monmouth
IL, 1964.
- Information from Pedigo database compiled by Tom O'Connell, dated and provided
Jan 1999.
- Family Information and Records. Specific and direct personal knowledge by the
researcher, and/or interview of a knowledgeable family member known to have provided
reliable information.
- Information provided by Ovie Pedigo Sypher 15 Sep 1991, provided to her by Ruth
Tanner Moffat.
- Undated information on the Holman-Settle line from the research files of Ovie
Pedigo Sypher, provided to her by "Marsha Shockley and others".
- Settle Family Royal Genealogy. Copied by Ovie Pedigo Sypher from information that
was, at the time, in the possession of Susannah Ovie Pedigo Tanner (copy date not listed).
The genealogy takes the lineage from Daniel Boone Pedigo's mother, Malinda Frances Holman
and her parents, John Holman and Elizabeth Settle, back through the Settle line to the
French king, Henry I, who married Anne of Russia. Note: Only portions of this royal
lineage have been verified through other sources.
- The Settle-Suttle Family. By William Emmett Reese. Edited and Published
1974 by Fannie Lu Camp Fisher; 1994-96 by Christine Settles-Contos. Carrollton, GA:
Thomasson Printing Co.
- Research compiled from bible, marriage, census records, and family correspondence
1960s-1980s; family info and family group sheets provided by Ovie Pedigo Sypher during
period 1989-1991.
- Information from Mary Ann Freed Jones, granddaughter of Elmer Glenn Rohr,
received 4 June 1999.
- Info provided in the 1960s by Alta Hubbard Rodocker, daughter of Sarah Frances
Pedigo and Jacob Good Hubbard, to Ovie Pedigo Sypher. She was then living in Kansas City
KS.
- Info provided to Ovie Pedigo Sypher in 1964 by Joseph Gerald Rohr, of Monmouth
IL, son of Ella Florence (Lair) Rohr, who was daughter of Nancy Ann (Pedigo) Lair, who was
daughter of William Craig Pedigo and his 2nd wife Elizabeth Milligan.
- Info provided to Ovie Pedigo Sypher in 1964 by Joseph Gerald Rohr, of Monmouth
IL, son of Ella Florence (Lair) Rohr, who was daughter of Nancy Ann (Pedigo) Lair, who was
daughter of William Craig Pedigo and his 2nd wife Elizabeth Milligan.
- Pedigo-Lane Family Pathways Newsletter, Summer 1992. Pathway
Communications: Argonia, KS 67004.
- Information provided by William Bruce Pedigo, compiled from censuses, marriage
records, cemetery records and family records, as well as records provided to him by other
Pedigo descendants.
- Info provided to Ovie Pedigo Sypher in the 1960s by Alta Hubbard Rodocker,
daughter of Sarah Frances Pedigo and Jacob Good Hubbard.
- Info provided to Ovie Pedigo Sypher in 1964 by Joseph Gerald Rohr, of Monmouth
IL, son of Ella Florence (Lair) Rohr.
- Info provided to Ovie Pedigo Sypher in 1964 by Joseph Gerald Rohr, of Monmouth
IL, son of Ella Florence (Lair) Rohr, who was daughter of Nancy Ann (Pedigo) Lair, who was
daughter of William Craig Pedigo and his 2nd wife Elizabeth Milligan.
COMPILER'S NOTES & COMMENTS
This list comprises a majority, but not all of the sources used to compile the
three generations of descendants of William Craig Pedigo.
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