Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Barren County.
HENRY M. PEDIGO, son of William and Perlina (Dale) Pedigo, was born in Barren County, Ky., March 27, 1840. William Pedigo, a native of Virginia, of French descent, was born in 1817; removed with his parents to Kentucky when a child; shortly after attaining his majority he married, and later bought wild land in the northern part of Barren County, near Bear Wallow. There he improved a farm and resided until his death in 1865. He was a devoted member of the Missionary Baptist Church, to which his widow still belongs. His father, also named William, was a native of Virginia, and an early settler of that part of Barren County that now constitutes Metcalfe County. Mrs. Perlina Pedigo resides on the old homestead; she is a native of Barren County, of English descent, and was born in 1822. Her father, Isaac Dale, was a native of Virginia, and a veteran of the war of 1812. Henry M. Pedigo was educated in the schools of the country, and remained on the home farm until he attained his majority; soon after he was employed by a party in Louisville to buy mules for the Federal Army, and after being thus engaged for two years, he embarked in a live-stock trade on his own account, and followed it for six years. He then engaged in the general merchandise business at Hiseville, Ky., for eight years, and later bought a farm on Beaver Creek, Barren County, where for eight years, in connection with agricultural pursuits, he engaged in buying horses and mules for the Southern markets. In 1881 he sold this farm and bought another, one-half mile northwest of Glasgow, where he now resides engaged in farming. In 1880, in company with L. W. Carden, he engaged in the pork-packing business at Glasgow, under the firm name of Carden & Pedigo, and still continues this business. In 1883 Mr. Pedigo opened a livery, feed and sale stable at Glasgow, which he has since conducted with success in connection with his cousin, J. H. Pedigo, he also runs an extensive sale stable at Augusta, Ga. March 14, 1865, he married Ellen E. Depp, and four sons and three daughters have blessed theirunion: Kate B., Albert, Henry C., Tompie P., Lizzie, Tony and Mary. Mrs. Pedigo is a native of Barren County, and was born in 1842. Mr. Pedigo politically is a Democrat.
Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Metcalfe County.
JOHN GROGAN PEDIGO was born November 9,1815, in Cumberland County, KY. In the year 1819, while in infancy, he was brought by his parents to Howard County, Mo., but returned in about three years to Barren County, Ky. In 183 1, he, with his parents, moved to Sangamon County, Ill., and after the Flint Hill purchase moved to what is now Des Moines County, in the State of Iowa; there he lived until 1843, when he removed to the vicinity of New Randolph, Ky., and in 1846 removed again to a farm, where he has since resided, in Metcalfe County (then Barren), Ky. His father, James Pedigo, was born March 18, 1789, in Patrick County, Va., and came with his father, in the year 1805, to Barren County. James was a son of Joseph Pedigo, who was born about the year 1760, and who was also of Virginia. Joseph was a son of Edward Pedigo, who was born in Maryland about the year 1732, and died in the year 1835, at the advanced age of one hundred and three years, in Barren County, Ky. Edward was a son of Henry Pedigo, who was of French descent. James Pedigo was married, in Overton County, Penn., February 3, 1815, to Polly, daughter of John and Nancy (Edwards) Grogan. She was born in North Carolina July 8,1792. To them were born John G., Joseph E., William T., Nancy E. (Murray) and Urban E. John G. married, in Barren County, Ky., July 15, 1841, Mahala Ann, daughter of Jesse B. and Polly (Tanner) Pedigo, who was also as well as her husband, a descendant of Edward Pedigo. Mr. J. G. Pedigo's educational advantages were very poor, for at the age of fifteen he was only able to read and write; his parents having removed to Iowa, just about the time he was preparing to commence school, where there were neither schools, churches nor courts of justice; he was, therefore, compelled to do a large portion of his studying and reading by the light of a brush fire at night; still he acquired a fair English education. He had no help in starting in life for himself, and after his father's death took upon himself the care and support of the family; he also assumed the obligations incurred by his father. With all these difficulties to contend against he has, nevertheless, become the owner of about 147 acres of well-improved and productive land. He has been a magistrate for about eight years and a member of the court of claims, both of Barren County, and, later, of Metcalfe County. He was also, in 1856, deputy assessor of Barren County. He is a member of the Church of Christ and an elder in the congregation to which he belongs, and in politics is a Republican.
RESIDENCES: Moved with his parents to Howard County, MO in 1819, but
returned to Barren County, KY about three years later. Moved with his
parents to Sangamon County, IL in 1831, then, later, to Des Moines
County, IA. In 1843, he moved to near New Randolph, KY and, in 1846,
moved to Barren County, KY.
Marriage Notes for Thomas Jefferson Pedigo and Lydia TANNER-455704
This marriage is questionable