Our great-grandfather was Adam Peddicord. He married Elizabeth Barnes, a daughter of James Barnes, the elder. Their son, Jasper Peddicord, our paternal grandfather, was born in 1762 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, from whence he moved to Ohio in 1829. He died in Barnesville, Belmont County, Ohio, on September 23, 1844, aged 82. Barnesville was named after James Barnes, grandfather’s cousin. Caleb Peddicord, another cousin of Grandfather Peddicord, emigrated from Maryland to Kentucky in 1830. T

Kelion Franklin Peddicord was the second son of Wilson Lee Peddicord and Keturah Barnes-Peddicord. He was born October 1, 1833, on a farm near Barnesville, Belmont County, Ohio, the home of his Grandfather Peddicord, where his parents lived when they moved from Maryland in 1830. The family moved to Barnesville, while he was yet unable to walk, to the hotel called the Mansion House, later styled the Mills House. His father was in charge of the Mansion House, and owned at the time four or five lar

This Journal of incidents and adventures, written at your request, was never intended to pass beyond the circle of tried and particular friends. The particular situation in which it was written, the character of the writer, of his associates, and the Cause they represented—all these peculiarities must be known, felt, and understood before you can enter into the spirit of the enclosed composition. With this consideration, these simple sketches are kindly submitted, and placed under your protectio

We continue the story of K. F. Peddicord’s life from memoranda written by him at intervals, and think it proper to introduce some letters written by him while in prison after the Ohio raid. After the capture the prisoners were taken by boats to Cincinnati, Ohio. While marching through the streets of the city en route to prison, guarded on all sides by policemen on foot, policemen mounted, and infantry, artillery and cavalry flankers, one of the boys quietly stepped out in the dense crowd. Having

After the war Mr. Peddicord worked on a farm until the spring of 1867, when he moved to Palmyra, Missouri, and on the 22nd of May, 1867, resumed farming, which occupation he followed for twelve years. In the spring of 1880 he moved into Palmyra, where he kept a hotel up to and part of 1883. After this he filled many positions, being secretary for a number of years of the Subordinate and the County Granges, director and treasurer of The Fair Association, director and secretary Board of Directors

The following letters written to Mrs. India P. Logan after Captain Peddicord’s death have been selected from among a number received, and are given here to show the regard felt for him by his friends. Few men, either in public or private life, have left a more honored name than Captain Peddicord, and it gives sincere pleasure to his relatives to quote such utterances. Mr. F. W. Smith, of Palmyra, writes: “I hardly know how to begin to speak of the many good qualities of my friend Capt. K. F. Ped