Rebecca P. Witherspoon

b. circa March 1846, d. 13 October 1935
  • Rebecca P. Witherspoon was born circa March 1846 in Darlington District, South Carolina.
  • Boykin Witherspoon and Elizabeth Williams Edwards appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Darlington District, South Carolina, and two other children, not yet recorded.. Other members of the household included Rebecca P. Witherspoon.
  • Boykin Witherspoon and Elizabeth Williams Edwards appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Mansfield, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, and seven other children, not yet recorded.. Other members of the household included Rebecca P. Witherspoon.
  • She married Thomas Godfrey Pegues, son of Thomas William Pegues and Sarah Jane Roberts, on 16 May 1870.
  • Boykin Witherspoon and Elizabeth Williams Edwards appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Keachie PO, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, and at least eight other children, not yet recorded.. Other members of the household included Rebecca P. Witherspoon, Thomas Godfrey Pegues.
  • Thomas Godfrey Pegues and Rebecca P. Witherspoon appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, and teacher Clervis? Pegues, age 28/38, identified as a female, but possibly Thomas' brother Claudius, although some researchers have his death in 1870.
  • Rebecca P. Witherspoon became a widow at the 4 March 1918 death of her husband Thomas Godfrey Pegues.
  • Rebecca P. Witherspoon died on 13 October 1935 in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana.
  • She was interred at Old Salem Cemetery, Stonewall, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana.
  • Last Edited: 7 Jan 2012

Family: Thomas Godfrey Pegues b. 19 September 1835, d. 4 March 1918