Cole County, Missouri
Pace Heritage

Extracts from death certificates - names of interest - JAMES PENDLETON PACE - EBEN PACE WILLIAM PACE
b: 25 Mar., 1711, Middlesex Co. Va
d: abt 1782, Albermarle Co., Va.
+ HANNAH BOOTEN
b: 1715 Middlesex Co., Va.
m: 26 Sep. 1733
d: Dec. 1785 Albermarle Co., Va.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PACE Sr. b. 1/28/1746/47, d. aft 1833 VA
+ ANNE ROBINSON m 10/4/1784 Fluvanna Co, VA.

• The BENJAMIN F. PACE, Sr family settled in Cole Co, MO
• He was a son of WILLIAM PACE b 1711
  and grandson of JOHN PACE of Middlesex, VA.
• Two other sons of John of Middlesex were ancestors of Pace families
  who were apparently among the first Paces in KY.
• John of Middlesex's son JOSEPH was the grandfather of MURRAY PACE b 1751
  who apparently arrived in CLARK Co, KY aft 1810
  - Gordon W. Pace - 14 Sep 1999

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PACE Sr.

b. 1/28/1746/47
d. aft 1833 VA

m. ANNA ROBINSON 10/4/1784 Fluvanna Co, VA.
their children
Elizabeth, Susan, George, Amanda, John R. b. 1791 (very speculative),
Benjamin Jr. b 2/11/1794, Valentine (speculative), William Moment, Sophie A.
• JOHN R. PACE
  B- 4/8/1791 in (KY as per Joseph Griffin Pace death certif.)
  Kentucky split from Virginia in June 1792.
  D- 7/7/1868 in Cole County, MO.
  + EMILY TAYLOR b. KY

  John R. as brother of Benjamin Jr. is based primarily on the fact
  that they were the only Paces in Cole Co, Missouri in 1850

• BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PACE, Jr.
  b 1794
  + MILDRED HARDENIA THACKER
  • JOHN WILSON PACE
    b. July 16, 1824 VA.
    + HENRIETTA ANN McQUARY
    from 1870 census for Jefferson, Cole Co. Mo. Pg. 197 & 198
    • John W.Pace age 46 farmer b. va
      b. July 16, 1824
      son of Benjamin Pace Jr. and Mildred Hardenia Thacker
    • Henrietta Pace age 45 b.va
    • Hardenia Pace age 20 b. va
    • Laura B. Pace age 18 b. va
    • Pace age18 b. va
    • Martin Pace age 17 b. va-
    • Elizabeth Pace age 15 b. va
    • Fannie Pace age 12 b. Mo
      (so they moved
      between 1855 & 1858 to Mo from Va
    • Samuel Pace age 10 b. Mo
    • Maggie Pace age 8 b. mo
    • Lucinda Pace age 5 b. mo
    • Emmet Pace age 4 b. mo
    • Charles McQuillin age 28 b. Kentucky
      R.R employee
      this is probably an alternate spelling
      for Henrietta's last name

  • MARTIN MARION PACE
    b. 4 Jul 1830 Albemarle, VA
    d. 28 Nov 1908 Elston, Cole, MO
    + REBECCA MOAD m 31 Oct 1855 Elston, Cole, MO
    • COLUMBUS LAFAYETTE PACE
      b. 30 Sep 1859 MO
      d. 3 Aug 1925 Kansas City, MO
      + ISABELLA JANE DOHERTY

  • HENRIETTA PACE who married
    + ELI WYATT
  • SAMUEL A. PACE 1845-1891
    b. 12 Oct 1845 Cole Co., Missouri
    d. 26 Dec 1891 Cole Co.

Sons of JOHN R.PACE and EMILY TAYLOR

• JOHN THOMAS PACE 1844-1930
  b July 26, 1844 - d 1930
  + MARY JANE BIRD 1840-1928
  said to be sister of SARAH CATHERINE BIRD 2nd wife of JOSEPH GRIFFIN PACE

  • JOSEPH FRANKLIN PACE b 8-21-1870 - d July 9, 1962
    1st wife CORA BELL LONG PACE their children:
    • ARCHIS T. PACE born 1894 in Missouri
      + LENA E.PACE (lived in Alba, Texas) Wood Co.
      no children recorded
      Died: Feb.2,1958 Sherman Texas (Grayson Co.)
    • ETHEL MAY PACE born: 2-4-1895 in Missouri
      + LEE R. MYERS
    • JOHN R. PACE b 8-8-1897 in Missouri

      - A descendent writes:
      JOHN R. PACE- was born in Nevada, Vernon County Missouri.
      He worked on the railroad gang, very young until he married VENA LEE SEATON PACE. Most of the info I have also comes from her Bible. He also worked in the salt mines in East Texas before he moved to South Texas and The Corpus Christi Texas area. I have documentation on him and several pictures. RWF Sept.1999

    • EARL BENJAMIN PACE b 1899 in Missouri

    READ descendent's historical account
    

  JOHN THOMAS PACE 1844-1930
  served in the Union Forces during the Civil War, from July 18, 1861 thru Dec 16, 1861. He served in Union Company G, Osage Regiment, Home Guards in Milam CO MO under Captain Bradshaw. Also served Feb 21,1864 thru April 19, 1866 in Company L 12th Regiment Calvary Volunteers at Russelville MO under Captain Sherman. He was wounded in arm during action at Abbeyville, Mississippi on Aug 13, 1864. His rank was private during both periods of service. On Dec 20, 1866, when John Thomas was 22, he married Mary Jane Bird in Cole CO MO. He filed an affidavit in the pension file for Nancy Jones Gouge when she applied for a Civil War Pension based on the service of her son, James David Gouge. He listed his residence as Centertown, Cole Co, MO on 23 Dec 1882. He states his age as 38 years and says he has known the claimant, Nancy Jones Gouge, since 1859.

  John T. Pace and Mary Bird had 6 children

  BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PACE Jr. listed as a Union soldier
  along with JAMES W. and JOHN T. PACE. All were from Marion Township.

• JOSEPH GRIFFIN PACE
  B- Nov. 30, 1832, IL/Va
  D- 5 JUL 1917 in Centertown, Cole County, MO
  seemed to have two wives
  m. (1) Margaret Jane RIGGS (b. 1838?, d. 1869), Oct 9, 1856
  m. (2) Sarah Catherine BIRD b. ca 1853, d. ca 1925, marriage date unknown

  Joseph Griffin Pace must have had a prev marriage
  on the 1870 Census - Cole Co, Marion, Mo
  Joseph Pace listed as age 35 b - in Mo, is listed as alone, no wife
  One person reports this wife was Margaret Murray, says d-3 Sept 1869 Cole Co Mo
  with these sons
  • John age 11 Mo
  • James 8 Mo
  • William 4 Mo

Emilie Pace age 50 Ky - this could be his mother
on 1850 Census - Cole Co Mo lists JOHN PACE age 59 Va Wife EMILY age 47 Ky Emilie age 22 Mo
in 1850 Census in JOHN PACE Hh age 3
Next Hh is BENJAMINE PACE age 40 Wife MARTHA
with Children

• Cynthia,
• James,
• John,
• Griffin age 6,
So Benj must be brother as he is on the 1850 Census in John Pace HH
..Benj is age 20 b-Tn
His abv brother Joseph listed as age 16 b-Illinois

JOSEPH GRIFFIN PACE on 1880 Census Cole Co Mo with new wife SARAH CATHERINE

Here is proof of
JOSEPH GRIFFIN PACE - Death is on line and his father is JOHN R PACE of Ky Mother EMILY TAYLOR Ky
here is url for you to see Death Certificate
Click here-Missouri Digital Heritage
but I also know death Cert can be wrong
so John R Pace must be from Va as on the
1850 Cen Cole Co Mo list Va
1860 Cen in Camden Co Mo lists b-Va

+ HENRIETTA DOUGLAS RIGGS - (1st wife/JOSEPH GRIFFIN PACE)

• WILLIAM FRANK PACE
  b 11 JAN 1866 in Cole County, MO
  d 19 MAR 1951 buried in McGirk, MO
  + PHOEBE ISABEL GLENN
  • CLYDE WILLIAM PACE
    b 8 AUG 1894 in Knob Noster, MO
    d July 1951 in St. Louis, MO, buried in McGirk, MO

    Descendent says:
    my grandfather CLYDE WILLIAM PACE of Jefferson City, MO was promoted to General Manager of the Western Division of the MoPAC. He had two black gentlemen assigned to his private car: Felix the porter and Ben (I don't have his last name) who was the cook. Grandfather took very good care of them both. Ben passed on nearly 45 years ago, but Felix, at age 100 passed on in 2006. I'd always known Felix and he was a good friend. Felix used to say he could always tell when my sister and I showed up at the private car; he would hear lots of slamming of doors and running footsteps.

    In later years, I found myself working out of St Louis, MO for one week per month and I did this for nearly 7 years. During that time, one or two evenings per week were spent with Felix, usually over a fried catfish dinner. He had wonderful stories about both my g-father and gg-father. When he had his 100th birthday, I made the trip to the rest home in St Louis area and attended and was asked to speak since I'd known him so long and had spent considerable time with him. He lived in the same, rented 2nd story apartment in the inner-city of St Louis for 54 years! His railroad pension was virtually nothing and after he left the railroad he went to work driving pilots and passengers to and from Lambert airfield in St Louis to and from the big Holiday Inn close to the airport. He was with them for nearly 30 years.

    Both my G-father and GG-father and my G-mother
    are buried in the little cemetery in McGirk, MO along 50 Hwy, close to California, MO.

+ SARAH CATHERINE BYRD - (2nd wife/JOSEPH GRIFFIN PACE)
• LUKE FRANCIS PACE
  b 25 May 1890, Centertown, Cole Co. MO
  d 19 May 1965, Fort Supply, Woodward Co. Oklahoma
  + ROMANIA MAY BROWN
  b 30 Apr 1911, Texhoma, TX.
  d 2 Feb 1990, Yakima, Washington

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Paces of central Missouri - Camden and/or Cole County

from Pace Network - 1996 Queries
The following members of the Pace family of Cole and Camden counties, MO
are buried in the Murray cemetery, just south of Centerville, MO., Cole Co. We know nothing about their origins. One idea is that MARTHA PACE MURRAY may have been part Cherokee, another that CHRISTOPHER MURRAY's mother was Cherokee. Christopher did move to Oklahoma following Martha's death in 1892, where he died in 1901.

ELIZABETH PACE, b. 1/23/1828, d. 11,1892,
married CHRISTOPHER MURRAY (1825-1091).
She is buried in the Murray cemetery, just south of Centertown, in Cole Co., MO.

Their daughter, MARTHA MURRAY, married WILLIAM WILSON in 1868;
they had 15 children

JOHN T. PACE (1844-1930)

Mary J. Pace (1840-1928)
Their children (?)

• BENJAMINE M. PACE (1877-1908)
• EBEN PACE (1882-1951)
• HENRY K. PACE (1888-1903)
• GERALD PACE (1930-1977)
• J.G. PACE 1832-1917)
  • MARGARET PACE (1838-1860) wife 1
  • SARAH G. PACE (1832-1925) wife 2

Contemporaries of Christopher and Martha Pace Murray are:

B.F. PACE, d. 1905

MARTHA U. PACE, d. 1886

Thank you for any help you can give us in this search for our Pace relatives.

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from Pace Netwoork - 1997 Queries
I am seeking info on JOHN THOMAS PACE and his father JOHN R. PACE.

John T. b.1844 d.1930 marr. MARY JANE BIRD. John R. b.1790 marr. EMILY TAYLOR.
These people from Cole Co., Missouri. Will appreciate your help.
Frances Drever Fran@isat.com

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descendent of JOHN THOMAS and MARY ANN BIRD's son-JOSEPH FRANKLIN PACE b 1870

I am the ggrandaughter of JOSEPH FRANKLIN PACE b. 8-21-1870, who was the son of JOHN THOMAS PACE and MARY JANE BIRD PACE of COLE Co. Missouri. I know we are related as JOHN THOMAS was the son of JOHN R. PACE and EMILY TAYLOR.

I too am looking for the answers that you are.
I am certainly not an "expert". I am truly a "novice", but would also like to clear up the discussion with correct answers. I have done my searching up to this point and have sometimes relyed on people of great experience and information. I agree that it should be checked out by us and not rely on others, but I at my location, do not have the resourses that others have. I hope that they understand this as I write to them for their advice and knowledge WAY beyond mine. My family comes from South Texas on the gulf coast and my library does not have the resources it should. If I can help you with anything you need, please feel free to contact me and I hope that I can do the same with you.
Please send me your info, and if you would like mine, I will send it to you. I continue to wait for the unknown answers and read it intently as I know you do... Good Luck...BF-the4bees@swbell.net-Corpus Christi, Texas

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JAMES PENDLETON PACE
From ancestry .com
James Pendleton Pace - son of John Wilson Pace and Henrietta Ann Mcquarry.

There was in Goochland Co.Va a Pendleton Pace,
who married Elizabeth Johnson, dau. of Stanhope Johnson.

this Stanhope Johnson was also sur. at the marriage of Elisha Pace and Patsy Johnson, dau. of Tho,Johnson

From Goochland Co. Va Birth Register
Stanhope Johnson b. Feb 27, 1758
baptized April 25, 1758
parents Daniel Johnson and Jean Woodie

I have looked and looked for Jean Woodie,
Did she come from England.??
Any Descendents from Stanhope Johnson,
Pendleton Pace?

Since I have a Pace, Robinson, Johnson connection in Va. - looking for details about these people.

Here are some burials in Ridge Park Cemetery,
Saline County, Missouri

William Ben R. Pace
b. 26 Mar 1852
d. 2 Mar 1926
parents John and Henrietta Pace
wife, Mary F. Pace

Mary Jane Leaton Pace
b. 15 Nov. 1859
d.15 Aug. 1956
Parents; William adn Lucinda Davis Leston
Hus. W.B.R.

George Wilson Pace
b. 3 April 1883
d. 11 April 1963
parents: Martin W. and Rose Ann Leaton Pace
wife: Elizabeth Custer Pace

Elmire Llynn Pace
b. 7 Oct. 1880
d. 10 april 1963
Parents: Sam and Mary A lberry Parker
Husband: Thomas Pace

Lois Long Carey - Apr 2006

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Extracts from Missouri Digital Archives
Cole County, Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1961

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Henrietta Marie Pace b Sept 17,1926 d Nov.2,1930 age 4yr 1mo 17days
father James Alfred Pace b Centertown mother Bulah Stuart b Pettis Co.

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Alfred Pace Jr. b Sept.13,1935 d Oct.15,1935 Centertown, MO.
father James Alfred Pace b Centertown mother Bulah Stuart b Pettis Co.

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Joseph Griffin Pace b Nov.30,1832 Ill. d July 5,1917 age 84yr 7mo 5days
father John R.Pace b Ky mother Emily Taylor b Ky Informant Eben Pace California,MO.

descendents-1 - descendents-2

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James B.Pace 426 W.Ashley, Jefferson City b Jul 24,1836 d Feb.1,1922 age 65yr 6mo 7days
father Martin M.Pace b Va mother Rebecca Wood(?) wife Mattie Pace

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Cecil E.Pace b May 8,1896 Lees Summit d June 13,1922 accidental drowning age 26yr 1mo 5 days
father William Pace b Centertown mother illegible Glen b McGirk,MO.

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Mrs. Mary Jane Pace wife of John T.Pace b Oct.12,1840 Jamestown, MO. d Jan.19,1928 age 87yr 3mo 7 days
father George Bird b Tennessee mother Rebecca Salen b Tennessee

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John Thomas Pace b Jul.26,1844 Cole Co. d Mar.17,1930 age 85yr 7mo 21days acute bronchitis
father John R.Pace b Virginia mother (says unk) Emily Taylor

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Elizabeth Henrietta Pace Route 1 Centertown b Oct.25,1899 Jefferson City d Dec.27,1954 age 55 2mo 2 days
father Fred Wehmeyer mother Paulina Burbach husband/informant Fred F.Pace Centertown

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Emmet S.Pace widowed b Apr.5,1866 near Elston,MO. d Feb.7,1910 age 43yr 10mo 2 days
father John W.Pace b Virginia mother Henrietta R.Mcguary b Virginia informant Dania McKinmey, Elston

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Isabella Jane Pace widowed 109 Adams, Jefferson City b Apr.20,1866 d Jun.3,1955 age 89 1mo 13 days
father Theopolis Daughtery mother unk. husband C.L.Pace informant Mrs. Wil.Morrow Jefferson City

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Ace Pace age 56 d Jan 28,1924 (colored) husband of Julia Pace informant

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Julia Pace widow negro 811 E.Elm St.Jefferson City b Boone Co. age about 84

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Lawrence Patrick Pace b Feb.28,1891 Greenwood,MO. d March 14,1933 age 42yr 14 days
father James C.Pace b Camden Co.MO. mother Alice McKenna b Moniteau Co.MO. informant Mrs.Velma Pace Centertown

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Mrs.Lizzie Pace b Feb.18,1842 Miller Co.MO. d Dec.8,1917 age 75yr 9mo 20 days
father Thomas Gier b Kentucky mother Lizzie Dobius informant illegible Hartley, Elston

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