Malachi Christopher Pegues

Malachi Christopher Pegues

• Father: Alexander Hamilton Pegues b. 5 June 1808, d. 3 November 1871
• Mother: Rebecca Ann Evans Pegues b. 14 January 1816, d. 1 May 1889

• Malachi Christopher Pegues was born on 13 August 1859 in Lafayette County, Mississippi.
• Alexander Hamilton Pegues and Rebecca Ann Evans Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Paris PO, Lafayette County, Mississippi. Other members of the household included Malachi Christopher Pegues, Eliza H. Pegues, Samuel Wilds Evans Pegues, Ella F. Pegues, Lucius Thornwell Pegues and Alexander Hamilton Pegues II.
• Alexander Hamilton Pegues and Rebecca Ann Evans Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi. Other members of the household included Malachi Christopher Pegues, Eliza H. Pegues, Samuel Wilds Evans Pegues, Ella F. Pegues, Lucius Thornwell Pegues and Alexander Hamilton Pegues II.
• Rebecca Ann Evans Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi. Other members of the household included Malachi Christopher Pegues, Ella F. Pegues.
• He married Ida Johnson, daughter of Lizzie (?), in 1892.
• Malachi Christopher Pegues and Ida Johnson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Lafayette County, Mississippi. Other members of the household included Alexander Hamilton Pegues, Anna Belle Pegues, Rebecca Evans Pegues and Lizzie (?)
• He was a farmer, according to the 1900 census.
• Malachi Christopher Pegues and Ida Johnson appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Crawford, Lowndes County, Mississippi. Other members of the household included Rebecca Evans Pegues and Malachi Christopher Pegues Jr. Also in the household were one female domestic servant and two male farm laborers.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1920 census.
• Malachi Christopher Pegues and Ida Johnson appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Crawford, Lowndes County, Mississippi, at Main Street. Other members of the household included Anna Belle Pegues.
• He was self-employed as a retail merchant, according to the 1930 census.
• Malachi Christopher Pegues died on 8 December 1934 at age 75.
• His wife Ida Johnson became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Crawford Oaklimb Cemetery, Crawford, Lowndes County, Mississippi.

• Last Edited: 10 Feb 2015

• Charts: Descendants of PEGUES Claudius & Marcia Saunders