Carrie Maurice Pegues

b. 3 October 1885, d. 27 December 1974
  • Carrie Maurice Pegues was born on 3 October 1885 in North Carolina.
  • William Wesley Pegues and Ella Lee Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Smithville Township, Marlboro County, South Carolina. Other members of the household included Carrie Maurice Pegues, Ella Lee Pegues.
  • The following appeared on 19 July 1904 in The News & Courier: (Cheraw, July 18) Mr. William Wesley Pegues, one of upper Marlboro's most prominent land owners and planters, died at his home near Pegues, N. C., yesterday morning. The interment too place to-day at eleven o'clock in New Home Church yard. Mr. Pegues was the son of the late Rev. Wesley Pegues, and was fifty-three years old. He leaves a wife and two daughters. One daughter is attending Winthrop College. He was the brother of Miss Jenny O. Pegues, Mrs. James Pegues, Major R. M. Pegues, Herbert Pegues, Walter Pegues, Frank Pegues and Shipp Pegues. A very large crowd from Cheraw attended the funeral.
  • She married Rev. Bob Gage Murphy, son of Charles T. Murphy and Mariah Louise Peake, on 22 April 1908 in South Carolina.
  • The following appeared on 26 April 1908 in The State: An unusually lovely wedding was solemnized in the Methodist church on Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock, when Miss Carrie Maurice Pegues and Rev. Bob G. Murphy, pstor of the church, were united in marriage, the ceremony being impressively performed by the presiding elder, Rev. P. F. Kilgo of Florence. . . .
  • Rev. Bob Gage Murphy and Carrie Maurice Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Tatum, Marlboro County, South Carolina. Other members of the household included Ella Lee Pegues and Ella Lee Pegues.
  • Rev. Bob Gage Murphy registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Dillon County, South Carolina, while living in Latta with his wife Carrie, and employed there as a minister.
  • Rev. Bob Gage Murphy and Carrie Maurice Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Conway, Horry County, South Carolina. Other members of the household included Bob Gage Murphy Jr., Ella Lee Pegues and Ella Lee Pegues.
  • Rev. Bob Gage Murphy and Carrie Maurice Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Barnwell, Barnwell County, South Carolina, at Railroad Avenue. Other members of the household included Bob Gage Murphy Jr. and Caroline Pegues Murphy.
  • Rev. Bob Gage Murphy and Carrie Maurice Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Heath Springs, Lancaster County, South Carolina, at Stage Street South. Other members of the household included Caroline Pegues Murphy. In 1935 they were living in Georgetown, South Carolina.
  • She officially witnessed the death of Rev. Bob Gage Murphy on 19 April 1949 at Tuomey Hospital in Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina.
  • Carrie Maurice Pegues became a widow at the 19 April 1949 death of her husband Rev. Bob Gage Murphy.
  • Carrie Maurice Pegues died on 27 December 1974 at age 89 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
  • She was interred at Old Saint David's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Cheraw, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
  • The following appeared on 29 December 1974 in the Florence Morning News: Other S. C. Deaths . . . Mrs. Carrie Murphy, Heath Springs.
  • Last Edited: 18 Feb 2015

Family: Rev. Bob Gage Murphy b. 21 August 1874, d. 19 April 1949