Alexander William Ellerbe
b. 14 April 1816, d. 7 April 1865
- Father: John Ellerbe b. 23 December 1787, d. 6 September 1854
- Mother: Martha Powe b. 4 December 1795, d. circa 1829
- Alexander William Ellerbe was born on 14 April 1816 in Cheraw District, South Carolina.
- He married Catherine Bedgegood Pegues, daughter of Christopher Butler Pegues and Eliza Hodges Evans, on 2 February 1835 in Cheraw, Chesterfield District, South Carolina.
- Alexander William Ellerbe and Catherine Bedgegood Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Cahawba, Dallas County, Alabama, enumerated next the household of Robert J. and Georgia Ann Speight English.. Other members of the household included John Alexander Ellerbe, Eliza Evans Ellerbe, Edward Ellerbe, Clarence Heber Ellerbe, Christopher Pegues Ellerbe and Nicholas Cobbs Ellerbe.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1850 census.
- Alexander William Ellerbe and Catherine Bedgegood Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Cahaba Beat, Moseley Grove PO, Dallas County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Edward Ellerbe, Clarence Heber Ellerbe, Christopher Pegues Ellerbe, Nicholas Cobbs Ellerbe, Josiah Evans Ellerbe, Katherine Pegues Ellerbe, George Herbert Ellerbe, John Alexander Ellerbe and Martha Smith Cobbs. Also in the household was teacher A. F. Dobb (age 21.)
- He was a farmer, according to the 1860 census.
- Alexander William Ellerbe died on 7 April 1865 at age 48 in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama.
- His wife Catherine Bedgegood Pegues became a widow at his death.
- He was interred at St. David's Church, Dallas County, Alabama, in the old town of Athens.
- In the 1850 census, Georgia Speight and Robert English were enumerated next to Alexander Ellerbe and his wife Catherine Pegues, and in 1854, they named their son Alexander Ellerbe English.
- Last Edited: 11 Sep 2015
Family: Catherine Bedgegood Pegues b. 11 September 1817, d. 24 May 1878
- John Alexander Ellerbe b. 2 May 1837, d. 1 November 1919
- Eliza Evans Ellerbe+ b. 21 November 1838, d. 3 October 1878
- Edward Ellerbe b. 19 June 1841, d. circa 1862
- Clarence Heber Ellerbe b. 20 February 1845, d. 19 March 1865
- Christopher Pegues Ellerbe+ b. 1 March 1846, d. 17 September 1908
- Nicholas Cobbs Ellerbe+ b. 1847, d. 1878
- Josiah Evans Ellerbe b. 3 October 1852, d. 3 September 1863
- Katherine Pegues Ellerbe+ b. 9 February 1855, d. 27 December 1931
- George Herbert Ellerbe+ b. 6 February 1858