Joseph Lee Stedham

b. 12 February 1864, d. 5 June 1940
  • Joseph Lee Stedham was born on 12 February 1864 in Baldwin County, Alabama.
  • He married Emma Pegues, daughter of Massilon Pittman Pegues and Eliza Moore Hutchings, on 3 February 1903.
  • Joseph Lee Stedham and Emma Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, at 411 West Evergreen Street. Other members of the household included Joseph Lee Stedham Jr., Emma Jean Stedham and Ellen Louise Brady. Also in the household were Joseph's widowed sister Fannie Hamberlin (age 35), one female lodger, and a coachman employed by the family.
  • He was employed as a traveling shoe salesman, according to the 1910 census.
  • Perry Purcell Pegues registered for the draft on 5 June 1917 in LaSalle County, Texas, while single and living in Cotulla, employed there as a farmer by /his sister Emma's husband] J. L. Stedham.
  • Joseph Lee Stedham and Emma Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, at 814 Woodlawn. Other members of the household included Joseph Lee Stedham Jr., Emma Jean Stedham and Mary Nelle Stedham. Also in the household was Joseph's widowed sister Frances Hamberlin (age 45).
  • He was self-employed as a real estate salesman, according to the 1920 census.
  • Joseph Lee Stedham and Emma Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, at 814 Woodlawn. Other members of the household included Joseph Lee Stedham Jr., Emma Jean Stedham and Mary Nelle Stedham. Also in the household was Joseph's widowed sister Frances Hamberlin (age 55).
  • He was employed as a real estate salesman, according to the 1930 census.
  • Joseph Lee Stedham and Emma Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, at 814 West Woodlawn Avenue. Other members of the household included Emma Jean Stedham. Also in the household were Emma Jean's daughter Shirley Waterman (age 8), and Joseph's sister Frances Hamberlin (65).
  • He was self-employed as a real estate agent, according to the 1940 census.
  • At the time of his death Joseph Lee Stedham was living in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, at 814 West Woodlawn.
  • Joseph Lee Stedham died on 5 June 1940 at age 76 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, at M&S Hospital.
  • His wife Emma Pegues became a widow at his death.
  • He was interred at Roselawn Memorial Park (now San Fernando Cemetery #3), San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
  • The following appeared on 6 June 1940 in the San Antonio Express: Joseph Lee Stedham Sr., 76, 814 West Woodlawn Avenue, died at a hospital here Wednesday. He was a native of Alabama and had lived here 22 years. He was a member of the First Baptist Church. [:CR;]      He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Emma Stedham; son, J. L. Stedham Jr; two daughters, Mrs. Jean Waterman and Mrs. L. A. Harp; brother, H. B. Stdham, all of san Antonio, and two sisters, mrs. Frances Hamberlin of san Antonio and Mrs. E. W. Saunders of Dallas. [:CR;]      Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon with Dr. Perry F. Webb officiating. Pallbearers will be L. D. Middleton; Frank Cunningham, Norman Scholl, J. A. Taylor, Gover Wells and Bob Haddon.
  • Last Edited: 15 Dec 2016

Family: Emma Pegues b. 1 March 1879, d. 16 February 1968