Mollie Brown Pegues
b. 29 September 1869, d. 5 July 1962
- Father: Philip Alston Pegues b. 25 October 1835, d. 25 January 1915
- Mother: Mary Eliza Brown b. 26 November 1842, d. 1 June 1924
- Mollie Brown Pegues was born on 29 September 1869 in Texas.
- Philip Alston Pegues and Mary Eliza Brown appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Henderson PO, Rusk County, Texas. Other members of the household included Mollie Brown Pegues, Lela Francis Pegues, Emma Eliza Pegues, Philip Thomas Pegues, Gus F. Pegues and Benjamin F. Pegues.
- Philip Alston Pegues and Mary Eliza Brown appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Gregg County, Texas. Other members of the household included Mollie Brown Pegues, Lela Francis Pegues, Emma Eliza Pegues, Philip Thomas Pegues, Gus F. Pegues and John Garland Pegues. Also in the household were Mary's sisters M. G. Brown (age 30) and Ava Brown (3).
Note: The northeastern part of Rusk County became Gregg County in 1873. - Philip Alston Pegues and Mary Eliza Brown appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Longview, Gregg County, Texas. Other members of the household included Mollie Brown Pegues, Philip Thomas Pegues, Fannie Marshall, Della Keys Pegues and John Garland Pegues.
- She was a drygoods saleslady, according to the 1900 census.
- Philip Alston Pegues and Mary Eliza Brown appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Longview, Gregg County, Texas, and three male boarders.. Other members of the household included Mollie Brown Pegues, Della Keys Pegues.
- She was a saleslady in a drygoods store (presumably her father's), according to the 1910 census.
- She married John A. Bass.
- The following appeared on 3 June 1924 in The Dallas Morning News: (Longview, Texas, June 2) Mrs. P. A. Pegues, 82 years old, died at the home of her daughter, ten miles west of here on the Dixie Highway. She was one of the pioneers of this section, having settled at Danville, nine miles south of Longview, seventy-five years ago. She was born at Buckingham, Va., Nov. 24, 1842, and married P. A. Pegues in 1859. Mr. Pegues was a merchant here for a number of years before he died in 1915. The couple celebrated their diamond anniversary in 1909.
Mrs. Pegues is survived by six children, Mrs. P. W. Sandifur, Longview; Mrs. H. C. Thompson, Ada, Ok; P. T. Pegues, Dallas; Mrs. J. A. Bass and J. G. Pegues, Longview, and Mrs. C. E. Basham of Wichita Falls. The funeral was held Monday with burial in Grace Hill Cemetery here, the Rev. R. M. Hall, her pastor, officiating. - Mollie Brown Pegues became a widow at the 1925 death of her husband John A. Bass.
- Mollie Brown Pegues died on 5 July 1962 at age 92 in Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas, at 2702 Ninth Street informant Mrs. C. E. Basham.
- She was interred at Longview Cemetery, Longview, Gregg County, Texas.
- Last Edited: 11 Feb 2015