Katherine Pegues Ellerbe

Katherine Pegues Ellerbe

• Father: Alexander William Ellerbe b. 14 April 1816, d. 7 April 1865
• Mother: Catherine Bedgegood Pegues b. 11 September 1817, d. 24 May 1878

• Katherine Pegues Ellerbe was born on 9 February 1855 in Dallas County, Alabama.
• Alexander William Ellerbe and Catherine Bedgegood Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Cahaba Beat, Moseley Grove PO, Dallas County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Katherine Pegues Ellerbe, Edward Ellerbe, Clarence Heber Ellerbe, Christopher Pegues Ellerbe, Nicholas Cobbs Ellerbe, Josiah Evans Ellerbe, George Herbert Ellerbe, John Alexander Ellerbe and Martha Smith Cobbs. Also in the household was teacher A. F. Dobb (age 21.)
• Catherine Bedgegood Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Athens, Dallas County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Katherine Pegues Ellerbe, John Alexander Ellerbe, Martha Smith Cobbs, Nicholas Cobbs Ellerbe and George Herbert Ellerbe. John's wife Martha is identified as "J. C."
• She married Charles Edward Waller on 24 June 1873 in Dallas County, Alabama.
• Charles Edward Waller and Katherine Pegues Ellerbe appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Ethel Waller and Susan Croom Waller. Also in the household were five servants.
• Charles Edward Waller and Katherine Pegues Ellerbe appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Charles Edward Waller Jr., Alexander Ellerbe Waller, Catherine A. Waller and Herbert Ellerbe Waller. Also in the household were four servants.
• Charles Edward Waller and Katherine Pegues Ellerbe appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Charles Edward Waller Jr., Alexander Ellerbe Waller, Catherine A. Waller and Herbert Ellerbe Waller.
• Charles Edward Waller and Katherine Pegues Ellerbe appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama, at Main Street. Other members of the household included Charles Edward Waller Jr. and Alexander Ellerbe Waller.
• Katherine Pegues Ellerbe died on 27 December 1931 at age 76 in Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama.
• She was interred at Greensboro Cemetery, Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama.
• The following appeared in a local newspaper: Mrs. Kate E. Waller, 76, widow of Judge Charles E. Waller, died Sunday afternoon at her residence in Greensboro, Ala. She had been in poor health for several years. Funeral services were to be held this afternoon from St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Greensboro at 3 p.m.
       Mrs. Waller is widely known throughout Hale County and this section of the state. Judge Charles Waller played a prominent role in county and state politics for many years, serving in the state legislature and being speaker of the House and also probate judge of Hale County. He also made the race for governor at one time in the latter part of the last century.
       Rev. J. W. Hayes was to officiate at the final rites this afternoon, with Foster Funeral Home in charge of interment in the Greensboro Cemetery.
       Mrs. Waller is survived by three sons, Charles E. Waller, Jr., and Alex E. Waller of Greensboro and Herbert E. Waller of New York City, and one daughter, Mrs. Louis Tucker of Berryville, Va.
       Active pallbearers at the services today were C. Y. Stollenwerck, A. I. Selden, Henry Poellnitz, Will Poellnitz, L. J. Tonilson, Winston Withers, Cad Erwin and George Jones.

• Last Edited: 13 Sep 2015

• Charts: Descendants of PEGUES Claudius & Marcia Saunders