Stephen Decator Pepper

Brief Life History of Stephen Decator

When Stephen Decator Pepper was born on 22 June 1827, in Kirkmansville, Todd, Kentucky, United States, his father, Thomas Pepper, was 33 and his mother, Pamela Thomas Moore Pepper, was 26. He married Margaret M McFaddin on 1 November 1855, in Christian, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Christian, Kentucky, United States in 1870 and Wilson Magisterial District, Christian, Kentucky, United States in 1880. He died on 21 January 1886, in Kirkmansville, Todd, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 58.

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Family Time Line

Stephen Decator Pepper
1827–1886
Margaret M McFaddin
1838–1916
Marriage: 1 November 1855
William F Pepper
1861–1879
Alfred L. Pepper
1865–1932
Charles Lee Pepper
1867–1914
Robert Walter "Bob" Pepper
1869–1951
Mary B. Pepper
1873–
James Marion Pepper
1876–1963
Edward Houston Pepper
1878–1962

Sources (22)

  • S D Pepper, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Stephen D Pepper, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • U.S. Civil War Draft Registration

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1830 · Louisville and Portland Canal Opens

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1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English and North German: from Middle English peper, piper, Middle Low German peper ‘pepper’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a spicer; alternatively, it may be a nickname for a small man (as if the size of a peppercorn) or one with a fiery temper, or for a dark-haired man (from the color of a peppercorn) or anecdotal for someone who paid a peppercorn rent.

Irish: variant of Peppard .

Americanized form of Jewish Pfeffer , Feffer or Fefer, all meaning ‘pepper’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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