Benjamin Franklin JACO
1843 - 1930 (87 years)
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Name Benjamin Franklin JACO Born 1843 Virginia (now West Virginia) 
[1] Gender Male Census 1850 Doddridge Co, (W)VA Military From 20 Sep 1861 to 27 Sep 1864 [2] Pvt, Co E, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War (POW) - Captured by Confederates at Bridgeport on April 30, 1863, and sent to a convalescent camp.
Occupation 1870 [1] farmer Census 1870, 1880 Pettis Co, MO Occupation 1886 justice of the peace Occupation 1900 [3] engineer in lead mines Census 1900, 1910 Cherokee Co, KS Residence 1915 Larned, Pawnee Co, KS - 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.
Census 1920 Leavenworth Co, KS Census 1930 Labette Co, KS - In household of son James H. Jaco.
Died 14 Dec 1930 Chetopa, Labette Co, Kansas [4, 5] Buried (UNMARKED) Wirtonia Cemetery, Crestline, Cherokee Co, KS [6] Notes - Benjamin Franklin Jaco was not the natural son of Elizabeth Prunty, but rather was born out of wedlock to Susan(nah) Tucker, with his birth name being Benjamin Tucker. This is based to some extent on partially illegible records of an 1846 court case in Doddridge County, in which Benjamin Tucker, age 3, was bound over to Luke Jaco. (Another court proceeding established Luke Jaco as the father of Emma Tucker, who was born at the home of James Fleming as the illegitimate daughter of Susannah Tucker.) Partial transcripts of the 1846 proceedings are as follows:
May 1846 Term
"On motion of one of the overseers of the (illegible) ordered that some one at their body (illegible) bind (illegible) out Benjamin Tucker, an illegitimate child age 3 years, on 21st Jun 1846 to Luke Jaco until he arrives to the age of twenty one."
Book 1, Page 82, August 1846 Term
"Ordered that Luke Jaco show cause at the next term of this court why an order made by this court at the last (illegible) term thereof binding or ordering to be bound Benjamin Tucker (illegible) illegitimate child to him the said Luke Jaco should not be rescinded."
signed by Nathan Davis, JP
Person ID I91834 Doddridge County Roots Last Modified 7 Apr 2018
Father Luke JACO, b. CA 1807, Virginia (now West Virginia) , d. Mar 1868, Missouri (Age ~ 61 years) Mother Elizabeth PRUNTY, b. CA 1817, Virginia (now West Virginia) Relationship Adopted Family ID F39549 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Father Luke JACO, b. CA 1807, Virginia (now West Virginia) , d. Mar 1868, Missouri (Age ~ 61 years) Mother Susan TUCKER, b. CA 1818, Virginia (now West Virginia) , d. 20 Jan 1893, Grafton, Taylor Co, WV (Age ~ 75 years) Family ID F39727 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Sarah TERRY, b. 13 May 1832, Virginia (now West Virginia) , d. 29 Oct 1910 (Age 78 years) Married CA 1869 [3] - The 1900 Census indicates a marriage date of about 1869, but birth dates of their children make 1866 more likely, assuming they were married at all. No marriage record has been found.
Notes - As grandchildren of William Jaco and Sarah Spence Mott, Benjamin Franklin Jaco and wife Sarah Terry were first cousins.
1870 Census, Pettis County, Missouri (Washington Twp, Post Office Ionia City), enumerated on Jun 28 1870:
Benjamin Jaco, 27, b. Va, farmer, value of real estate $8000, value of personal estate $2000; Sarah Jaco, 34, b. Va; Robert Jaco, 3, b. Mo; Luke Jaco, 1, b. Mo; Isaac S. Smith, 32, b. Va, farmer; Jane Smith, 25, b. Va; James Smith, 4, b. Va; Sarah Smith, 2, b. Va; Presily Housely, black male, 19, b. Kentucky, farm laborer; Matilda McGee, black female, 6, b. Va.
(Note: Sarah (Terry) Jaco and Jane (Terry) Smith were sisters.)
1880 Census, Pettis County, Missouri (Elk Fork Twp), enumerated on Jun 5th 1880:
Ben. F. Jaco, 35, b. Va, farmer; wife Sarah, 34, b. Va; son Robert Lee, 12, b. Mo; son James H, 7, b. Mo; mother Elizabeth, 60, b. Va, widow.
(Note: The adjacent household consisted of: Miles Webb, 25, black male, b. Missouri, farm worker; wife Matilda Webb, 19, black female, b. Va. This is presumably the Matilda McGee found in the Jaco household in 1870. Miles and Matilda later had several children and were found in 1900 in Johnson Co, MO; in 1920 in Nowata Co, OK; and in 1930 in Washington Co, OK. Matilda's parents have not been determined.)
1900 Census, Cherokee County, Kansas (Shawnee Twp), enumerated on Jun 13 1900:
B. F. Jaco, 64, b. Jul 1835 in Va, engineer in lead mines, married 31 yrs; wife Sarah, 66, b. May 1834 in Va, mother of 3 children (2 still living); son R L, 29, b. Jun 1870, single, occupation (blank); servant W. N. Matlock, white male, 20, b. Jun 1870 in Missouri, day laborer (teamster).
1910 Census, Cherokee County, Kansas (Shawnee Twp), enumerated on Apr 28 1910:
Benjamine F. Jaco, 66, b. W.Va., miller (grist mill), married 37 yrs; wife Sarah, 76, b. W.Va., mother of 3 children (2 still living); son Robert L, 36, b. Missouri, single, occupation (blank).
1915 State Census, Pawnee County, Kansas, locality of Larned, enumerated on Mar 1 1915:
B. F. Jaco, 71; Mrs. C. E. Jaco, 52; Stella May Beachum, 14.
In the 1920 Census, Benjamin F. Jaco, 76, b. W.Va., married, was listed as a resident of the National Military Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Leavenworth County, Kansas.
1930 Census, Labette Co, Kansas (Richland Twp), enumerated on Apr 3 1930:
James H. Jaco, 58, b. Missouri, farmer, age 23 at time of first marriage; wife Mary E, 53, b. Illinois, age 18 at first marriage; father Benjamin F. Jaco, 86, b. W.Va., widowed, age 27 at first marriage.
Children 1. Robert Lee "Bob" JACO, b. CA 1867, Missouri , d. 3 Sep 1910 (Age ~ 43 years)2. Luke JACO, b. 29 May 1869, Missouri , d. 15 Aug 1876 (Age 7 years)3. James Hamilton JACO, b. 1871, Missouri , d. 1946 (Age 75 years)Family ID F39548 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Cordelia Eliza RODARMEL, b. 20 Jul 1863, Indiana , d. 4 Feb 1923, Kansas (Age 59 years) Divorced Y [7] Family ID F45047 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 3 Lidia SHEPARD, b. CA 1854, Kentucky Divorced 3 May 1929 Cherokee Co, KS [8] Family ID F1926 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Documents 
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Sources - [S1972] 1870 Census.
- [S2619] U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).
- [S1662] 1900 Census.
- [S5] Headstone.
- [S1881] West Virginia Archives and History, (http://www.wvculture.org/history/archivesindex.aspx), Manuscript 91-3.
- [S934] Findagrave.com.
- [S1734] 1920 Census.
- [S1596] Newspaper article, Joplin (Missouri) Globe, May 4 1929.
- [S1972] 1870 Census.
