Alexander Hamilton Pegues

Alexander Hamilton Pegues

Alexander Hamilton Pegues, 1808-1871

• Father: Malachi Pegues b. 20 March 1780, d. 17 November 1847
• Mother: Charlotte Johnson b. 1 January 1791, d. 22 March 1837

• Alexander Hamilton Pegues was born on 5 June 1808 in Marlborough District, South Carolina.
• He married Rebecca Ann Evans Pegues, daughter of Christopher Butler Pegues and Eliza Hodges Evans, on 25 November 1844 in Dallas County, Alabama, first cousins; their fathers were brothers.
• 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 Eliza H. Pegues, Samuel Wilds Evans Pegues, Ella F. Pegues, Lucius Thornwell Pegues, Alexander Hamilton Pegues II and Malachi Christopher Pegues.
• He was a planter, according to the 1860 census.
• He applied to Andrew Johnson for a presidential pardon on 18 July 1865, accompanied by an oath of allegiance dated 18 July 1865.
• 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 Eliza H. Pegues, Samuel Wilds Evans Pegues, Ella F. Pegues, Lucius Thornwell Pegues, Alexander Hamilton Pegues II and Malachi Christopher Pegues.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1870 census.
• Alexander Hamilton Pegues died on 3 November 1871 at age 63 in Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi.
• His wife Rebecca Ann Evans Pegues became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Oxford Memorial Cemetery, Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi.

• Last Edited: 9 Feb 2015

• Charts: Descendants of PEGUES Claudius & Marcia Saunders (#1), Descendants of PEGUES Claudius & Marcia Saunders (#2)