Alexander Hamilton Pegues II

Alexander Hamilton Pegues II

Alexander Hamilton 'Zan" Pegues, 1857-1938

• 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

• Alexander Hamilton Pegues II was born on 26 January 1857 in Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi.
• He was known as Zan.
• 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 Alexander Hamilton Pegues II, Eliza H. Pegues, Samuel Wilds Evans Pegues, Ella F. Pegues, Lucius Thornwell Pegues and Malachi Christopher Pegues.
• 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 Alexander Hamilton Pegues II, Eliza H. Pegues, Samuel Wilds Evans Pegues, Ella F. Pegues, Lucius Thornwell Pegues and Malachi Christopher Pegues.
• He married Elizabeth Hamlin Lumpkin, daughter of Oliver H. Lumpkin and Mattie Maxwell, circa 1890, Elizabeth's father was a step-son of Jane Johnson Pegues Lumpkin, Alexander's aunt.
• Alexander Hamilton Pegues II and Elizabeth Hamlin Lumpkin appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi, boarding in the household of Carlotta Gibbs.. Other members of the household included Martha Maxwell Pegues.
• He was a hardware merchant, according to the 1900 census.
• Alexander Hamilton Pegues II and Elizabeth Hamlin Lumpkin appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi, at 825 Seventh Avenue. Other members of the household included Martha Maxwell Pegues, Rebecca Ann Pegues and Alexander Hamilton Pegues III.
• He was a hardware merchant, according to the 1910 census.
• Alexander Hamilton Pegues II and Elizabeth Hamlin Lumpkin appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi, at 825 Seventh. Other members of the household included Rebecca Ann Pegues and Alexander Hamilton Pegues III.
• He was a hardware merchant, according to 1he 1920 census.
• Alexander Hamilton Pegues II and Elizabeth Hamlin Lumpkin appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi, at 825 7th Avenue South. Other members of the household included Eliza Senora Dobyns.
• Alexander Hamilton Pegues II became a widower at the 24 December 1932 death of his wife Elizabeth Hamlin Lumpkin.
• Alexander Hamilton Pegues II died on 20 December 1938 at age 81.
• He was interred at Friendship Cemetery, Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi.
• The following appeared on 22 December 1938 in The Daily Herald: (Oxford, Miss., Dec. 21) Alexander Hamilton Pegues II, retired Tupelo and Columbus, Miss., merchant, died yesterday. His father, a prominent political figure for many years, founded Oxford.
       The deceased is survived by a son, Alexander Pegues III of Dallas, Tex., and two daughters, Mrs. Mattie Woods [sic] of Montgomery, Ala., and Mrs. Rebecca McCullough of New York City.

• Last Edited: 3 Mar 2015

• Charts: Descendants of PEGUES Claudius & Marcia Saunders