Another day of Peppers

I've decided to spend today becoming more acqainted with the generation of Peppers that my 2nd great grandmother, Martha Pepper Daugherty belonged to. I've printed off a copy of yesterday's blog to keep some of these people straight. Many Pepper or Peppers family members had huge numbers of children.

Henry & Hiram were brothers of Martha. They had small families..I've got them both with daughters named Lillie - one a Lillie E. and one a Lillie D. Another brother was John. He died in Kansas City Mo. after a long life. He and Mary Ellen Prettyman had 8 children, one being Irvin that I wrote about earlier this winter.

Then comes Martha, married to William Henry Daugherty, of whom I've developed a great deal of respect for. I shared her obituary earlier this month. According to family members, William was "a scalawag. He was a gambler and probably a womanizer. Great Grandma D. kicked him out and ordered the kids, 'Don't you bury him beside me.' or something to that effect. I've heard a version with her using stronger language than that. Martha is buried alone in the Wessington Cemetery. They had a large family...William John, Hattie, George Henry (my ggrandfather), Edward, Fred R., Emma & Richard. Helen McNeil stated that there were 10 children, so I'm assuming that there were babies that dyed at birth.

Another brother of Martha was Jacob. He married Alice Tuttle. The Tuttle name is also mentioned in the Bartholomew family. They had a daughter Louella A. Pepper. I've been in communication with the granddaughter of Louella, who married Martha's son Edward (first cousins). After Louella's mother died, Jacob married Mary Wiggins and they had Maude Pepper. Mary had two children from a previous marriage.

Walter Scott Peppers was another of Martha's brothers. They had two daughters. Not much information is known of the rest of Martha's siblings.

Now a bit about Martha's aunt Mary Catherine who married a Dawson. She had a son, John Dawson and had three children. Then there was Louisa Jane Dawson. There were four "Knour" children. James Edward Dawson had five children, Charles Wesley Dawson had one. Martha B. Dawson, had 6 children.

As to Martha's uncle Daniel Peppers, he had a daughter Nancy who married Daniel Gray and they had three children.

Martha's aunt Christina Magdelena Peppers married a Hamson. Her son William Allen Hamson had two children.

Margaret Pepper, another aunt of Martha's, married a Brown. Her son John had four children and her daughter Mary Brown (married name, Graves), had 9 children. Another son of Margaret, William H., married Elizabeth F. Pepper, daughter of Jacob Pepper and Naomi Francis (again, first cousins). There were five children born to them. Another son of Margaret was Jacob Brown. He had 6 children.

Martha's uncle, Jacob, also had a daughter Martha J. This is a bit confusing. "She appears to have been a jolly soul." This Martha married Jacob Ritenour and they had three children. Another daughter of Jacob was Margaret. she married a James Harris and then John Short. There are four children in that family. Elizabeth F. Pepper was also a daughter of Jacob. As was mentioned above, she married her first cousin William H. Brown. Anna America Pepper was another daughter in this family. She married Austin Shawcross. They had 5 children. Jacob's son John W. Pepper had a son Roy. Jacob's next daughter was Delia Sydna. There is some confusion as to Delia's name and marriages. She did marry Mathias Misner and they had 3 children. One more child of Jacob's was Honora Alice. She married Joseph Shawcross and they had 4 children. I'll come back to her at another time.

The picture is of Martha's uncle Jacob Pepper.

Whew! That's a lot of cousins. It's good to review them and become familiar with last names that are connected to our family.