Asbury Travis Pegues
b. 4 June 1820, d. 30 December 1883
- Father: James Pegues b. 2 February 1777, d. 20 July 1837
- Mother: Jane Johnson b. 31 December 1788, d. 9 March 1865
- Asbury Travis Pegues was born on 4 June 1820 in Cheraw District, South Carolina.
- He married Mary Anne Hewett on 1 February 1843 in Madison County, Tennessee, by license issued 27 January, with Thomas Joiner, MG, officiating.
- Asbury Travis Pegues and Mary Anne Hewett appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Madison County, Mississippi. Other members of the household included H. Hewett Pegues and Carolyn Pegues.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1850 census.
- Asbury Travis Pegues and Mary Anne Hewett appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Jackson, Madison County, Mississippi. Other members of the household included H. Hewett Pegues, Carolyn Pegues, Mary Anna Pegues and Asbury Travis Pegues Jr.
- He was a planter, according to the 1860 census.
- Asbury Travis Pegues and Mary Anne Hewett appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Jacison PO, Madison County, Tennessee. Other members of the household included H. Hewett Pegues, Carolyn Pegues, Mary Anna Pegues, Asbury Travis Pegues Jr., Martha Johnson Pegues and Evelyn M. Pegues. Also in the household was one young male servant.
- He was a planter, according to the 1860 census.
- The following appeared on 2 November 1872 in the Jackson Whig and Tribune: List of Prizes Awarded by the West Tennessee Agricultural and Mechanical Association, Friday and Saturday, Oct. 25th and 26th, 1872. . . . Best pony, prem. Miss P. McCorry, Jackson; cert., Asbury Pegues, Jackson. . . . Mule Race, under saddle--Prem., R. A. Jones, Jackson; 2d prem., H. H. Pegues, Madison. . . .
- Asbury Travis Pegues and Mary Anne Hewett appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Madison County, Mississippi. Other members of the household included Asbury Travis Pegues Jr., Martha Johnson Pegues and Evelyn M. Pegues.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1880 census.
- Asbury Travis Pegues died on 30 December 1883 at age 63 in Tennessee.
- His wife Mary Anne Hewett became a widow at his death.
- He was interred at Riverside Cemetery, Jackson, Midison County, Tennessee.
- Last Edited: 12 May 2016
Family: Mary Anne Hewett b. 21 March 1824, d. 21 July 1894
- H. Hewett Pegues b. 13 November 1844, d. 29 March 1873
- Carolyn Pegues+ b. 1849, d. 25 August 1920
- Mary Anna Pegues b. 1852, d. 20 December 1944
- Asbury Travis Pegues Jr. b. 17 February 1859, d. 4 August 1911
- Martha Johnson Pegues b. 1 June 1861, d. 8 October 1906
- Evelyn M. Pegues b. 2 April 1864, d. 20 May 1959