IV

They and Their Descendants

Elmer Clifton (Cliff) PEABODY b. 25 Dec 1884, Golden, Jefferson Co., CO, m. 28 Jun 1911, in Denver, Colorado, Halsey Victoria (Vic) ROSEDAHL, b. 20 Nov 1884, occupation Teacher, d. 6 Mar 1972. Cliff died 31 Jul 1956, Denver, CO, cremated.

A. Elmer Clifton PEABODY, Jr. b. 5 Oct 1912, Breckenridge, Summit Co., CO, m. (1) 4 Sep 1935, in Denver, Colorado, divorced, Evelyn H. TAYLOR, b. abt 1915, m. (2) 12 Feb 1939, in Denver, Colorado, Lenora Anna MILLER, b. 30 Mar 1910, d. 8 Dec 1995, Denver, CO. Elmer died Jul 1981.

1. Cynthia Charlotte PEABODY (daughter of Elmer Clifton PEABODY, Jr. and Lenora Anna MILLER) b. 18 Jun 1941, m. 13 Jul 1968, Theodore Inglis ANDERSON, b. 23 Mar 1931.

a. Karyn Lynn ANDERSON b. 18 Aug 1970.

b. Bretton Eric ANDERSON b. 20 Nov 1971.

2. Sally Anne PEABODY (daughter of Elmer Clifton PEABODY, Jr. and Lenora Anna MILLER) b. 29 Mar 1944, m. (1) 1965, divorced 1978, Louis RICHTER, m. (2) 14 Feb 1978, James MAY d. 25 Jun 1995. Sally died 27 Aug 1999, Denver, CO. Cremated; ashes scattered on the bank of the Blue River on the Peabody ranch south of Dillon, CO.

a. Dawn Michelle RICHTER (daughter of Louis RICHTER and Sally Anne PEABODY) b. 4 Mar 1969, m. Musi MAJLUF.

b. Shannon RICHTER (daughter of Louis RICHTER and Sally Anne PEABODY) b. 22 Sep 1970.

c. James MAY (son of James MAY and Sally Anne PEABODY) b. 21 Oct 1979.

Some Comments Much of this information comes from their granddaughter, Cynthia Peabody Anderson, via her book "Pioneer Voices" (1999)
1884	Cliff was born in Breckenridge
1891	Edwin and Almeda Peabody and their children Cliff, Linnie and Cecelia moved from Golden back to Breckenridge.
	When Cliff was a young man, his parents and he homesteaded the "Upper Ranch". This was located about two miles up Boulder Creek, a tributary of the Blue River, about 9 miles north of Silverthorne, CO. They lived there long enough to gain title to the property and held it until the 1930s.
1910	Cliff and Halsey Victoria Rosedahl (Vic) were married on June 20th (probably in Breckenridge). Vic was born in Wheaton, Kansas, the youngest of five children. She came to Colorado and attended Greeley Teacher's College. She then taught in Greeley and Meeker and finally in Breckenridge where her students included Edna May York: .
1912	Their only child, Elmer Clifton (Clifton) was born in Breckenridge at their home at 303 North Main Street. This house, now (2001) called The Williams House and is part of a B&B complex.
?	They to Washington state for awhile (Vic taught school) and then to Yuba, California, where Cliff worked on a dredge. Vic could not stand the heat, so they moved back to Breckenridge where Cliff worked as a hoist man at the Wellington mine in French Gulch.
1915	They bought the "Lower ranch" on the Blue River, about 10 miles north of Silverthorne.
1918	In the spring, they moved to the Lower Ranch and started ranching..
?	Cliff was the superintendent at the Wilfley mine in Kokomo (about 15 miles SW of Silverthorn on CO 91).
?	They later became County Clerk and Recorder for Summit County in Breckenridge.
1956	Cliff died on July 31st of tuberculosis in Denver at the age of 70. The last year of his life was spent at the American Medical Center in Denver.
1972	Vic died on March 6th at the age of 88 in a nursing home. She had spent most of her life after Cliff died at the Lower Ranch.

Their son Clifton went to school for two years at Slate Creek (a mile or so north of the Lower Ranch) and then at Breckenridge where he graduated. He stayed with Almeda Peabody (his grandmother) during the school year and at the ranch weekends and summers. In 1933 he earned a degree, with honors, from the University of Colorado School of Engineering. In 1939 he married Lenora Miller.