Oliver Hazard Perry Pegues
b. 20 May 1807, d. 12 February 1875
- Father: Malachi Pegues b. 20 March 1780, d. 17 November 1847
- Mother: Charlotte Johnson b. 1 January 1791, d. 22 March 1837
- Oliver Hazard Perry Pegues was born on 20 May 1807 in Marlboro District, South Carolina.
- He married Ann Eliza Alston, daughter of Philip Alston and Ann Ramsey, on 9 January 1829 in Madison County, Tennessee.
- Oliver Hazard Perry Pegues became a widower at the 8 May 1839 death of his wife Ann Eliza Alston.
- He married Nancy Adeline Purcell circa 1840.
- Oliver Hazard Perry Pegues and Nancy Adeline Purcell appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Marshall County, Mississippi. Other members of the household included Alexander M. Pegues, Thomas Henry Pegues, Philip Alston Pegues, John G. Pegues, Eugenia Pegues, Ann Eliza Pegues, Massilon Pittman Pegues, Oliver Hazard Pegues, Mary Jane Pegues and William W. Pegues. Also in the household was overseer Elbert P. Hoshall. Children were enumerated out of age order; son James is not included in the household, and apparently son John G. and daughter Eugenia were consolidated into male "Gordentia W."
- He was a planter, according to the 1850 census.
- Oliver Hazard Perry Pegues became a widower at the 22 July 1858 death of his wife Nancy Adeline Purcell.
- Oliver Hazard Perry Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Cotton Plant PO, Rusk County, Texas. Other members of the household included James Alston Pegues, John G. Pegues, Eugenia Pegues, Ann Eliza Pegues, Massilon Pittman Pegues, Oliver Hazard Pegues, Mary Jane Pegues, Benjamin F. Pegues, Albert G. Pegues and Libbie T. Pegues. Also in the household was Sibbie/Libbie Pegues (age 20), born in Texas, whose origins are not yet known.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1860 census.
- Oliver Hazard Perry Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Henderson PO, Rusk County, Texas. Other members of the household included Ann Eliza Pegues and Albert G. Pegues.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1970 census.
- Oliver Hazard Perry Pegues died on 12 February 1875 at age 67 in Rusk County, Texas.
- He was interred at Peatown Cemetery, Lakeport, Gregg County, Texas.
- Last Edited: 20 Mar 2015
Family 1: Ann Eliza Alston b. 1 October 1812
- Alexander M. Pegues b. circa 1831
- Thomas Henry Pegues b. 30 August 1833, d. 8 October 1857
- Philip Alston Pegues+ b. 25 October 1835, d. 25 January 1915
- James Alston Pegues+ b. circa 18 January 1838, d. 7 July 1891
Family 2: Nancy Adeline Purcell b. 18 September 1823, d. 22 July 1858
- John G. Pegues b. circa 1841
- William W. Pegues b. circa 1842
- Eugenia Pegues b. circa 1842
- Ann Eliza Pegues b. circa 1844
- Massilon Pittman Pegues+ b. 2 December 1845, d. 15 September 1909
- Oliver Hazard Pegues+ b. 27 November 1847, d. 30 March 1937
- Mary Jane Pegues b. 11 November 1849, d. 6 June 1911
- Benjamin F. Pegues+ b. circa 1852
- Albert G. Pegues+ b. circa 1856, d. 7 April 1892
- Libbie T. Pegues+ b. 22 November 1857, d. 23 July 1919