Husband: Benjamin Franklin Jaco
Birth name: Benjamin Tucker
Born: 1843 in Virginia (now West Virginia) 1
Died: Dec-14-1930 in Chetopa, Labette Co, Kansas 2,3
Buried: (unmarked) in Wirtonia Cemetery, Crestline, Cherokee Co, KS 4
Census: 1930 in Labette Co, KS (see note 1)
Census: 1920 in Leavenworth Co, KS
Resided: 1915 in Larned, Pawnee Co, KS (see note 2)
Census: 1900, 1910 in Cherokee Co, KS
Census: 1870, 1880 in Pettis Co, MO
Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Occupation: 1900 engineer in lead mines 5
Occupation: 1886 justice of the peace
Occupation: 1870 farmer 1
Military: Sep-20-1861 - Sep-27-1864 Pvt, Co E, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War (POW) 6 (see note 3)
Father: Luke Jaco (1807 - 1868)
Mother: Elizabeth Prunty (1817 - )
Other spouse 2
Other spouse 3
Notes
Wife: Sarah Terry Married: ca 1869 5
Born: May-13-1832 in Virginia (now West Virginia) 4,7 Died: Oct-29-1910 4 Buried: (unmarked) in Wirtonia Cemetery, Crestline, Cherokee Co, KS 4 Census: 1900, 1910 in Cherokee Co, KS Census: 1870, 1880 in Pettis Co, MO Census: 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Father: James H. Terry (1806 - 1873) Mother: Elizabeth Jaco (1813 - ) Notes
M Child 1: Robert Lee "Bob" Jaco Also known as: Bob Jaco 4 Born: ca 1867 in Missouri 1 (see note 4) Died: Sep- 3-1910 4 Buried: in Wirtonia Cemetery, Crestline, Cherokee Co, KS 4 Census: 1900, 1910 in Cherokee Co, KS Census: 1870, 1880 in Pettis Co, MO
M Child 2: Luke Jaco Born: May-29-1869 in Missouri 8,1 Died: Aug-15-1876 2 Buried: Hickory Point Cem in Green Ridge, Pettis Co, MO 4 Census: 1870 in Pettis Co, MO
M Child 3: James Hamilton Jaco Census name: Hamilton Jaco Born: 1871 in Missouri 9,10 (see note 5) Died: 1946 9 Buried: in Oak Hill Cemetery, Chetopa, Labette Co, KS 4 Census: 1940 in Chetopa, Labette Co, Kansas Census: 1930 in Labette Co, KS Census: 1900, 1920 in Cherokee Co, KS Census: 1880 in Pettis Co, MO Occupation: 1920 grain thresherman 11 Occupation: 1900 farmer 5 Wife: Mary E. "Mayme" McSherry b. Sep- -1876 d. 1957 Census name: Mary E. Married: ca 1895 12
Sources: (1) 1870 Census. (2) Headstone. (3) West Virginia Archives and History (http://www.wvculture.org/history/archivesindex.aspx), Manuscript 91-3. (4) Findagrave.com. (5) 1900 Census. (6) U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (7) 1850 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. (8) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. (9) Headstone (year only) (10) 1880 Census. (11) 1920 Census. (12) 1930 Census. Event Notes Note (1) In household of son James H. Jaco. Note (2) Kansas State Census. Enumeration date March 1, 1915. Benjamin is living with his second wife, Cordelia Eliza Rodarmel, and her daughter, Stella May Beechum/Beechem. Note (3) Captured by Confederates at Bridgeport on April 30, 1863, and sent to a convalescent camp. Note (4) Birth date given in 1900 Census as June 1870. But he appeared in the 1870 Census, enumerated June 28 1870, age 3. Note (5) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Dec 1873, age 26. But age 7 in 1880 Census would put birth in about 1873, while age 70 in 1940 puts it in about 1870. Birth date on headstone is 1871.