When Wilson Stewart Peddicord was born on 12 February 1868, in Maryland, United States, his father, Evan Wilson Peddicord, was 32 and his mother, Mary Jane Choate, was 31. He married Stella Mae Pate on 30 March 1898, in Palouse, Whitman, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He immigrated to Eastport, Boundary, Idaho, United States in 1938 and lived in Red Deer, Red Deer County, Alberta, Canada in 1911 and Alberta, Canada in 1916. He died on 26 October 1951, in Hardisty, Flagstaff County, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 83, and was buried in Amisk, Provost No. 52, Alberta, Canada.