Nicholas Bedgegood Pegues
b. 1 January 1821, d. 10 August 1894
- Father: Christopher Butler Pegues b. 6 January 1789, d. 30 June 1846
- Mother: Eliza Hodges Evans b. 11 January 1793, d. 24 November 1888
- Nicholas Bedgegood Pegues was born on 1 January 1821 in Chesterfield District, South Carolina.
- Eliza Hodges Evans appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Athens, Dallas County, Alabama, enumerated next to Mary F. Vanorden Bouchell, granddaughter of Eliza's husband's older brother William Pegues. Also in the household was Episcopal clergyman R. A. Cobbs, presumably the brother of Dolly Pegues' future husband.. Other members of the household included Nicholas Bedgegood Pegues, Charles Augustus Pegues, Elizabeth Evans Pegues, Charlotte Powe Pegues, Samuel Wilds Gillespie Pegues and Dollie Evans Pegues.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1850 census.
- He married Mary Catherine Saunders, daughter of James Michael Saunders and Sarah Elizabeth Peyton, on 10 November 1852 in Cheraw District, South Carolina, and Mary Catherine's sister Annie Elizabeth married Nicholas Bedgegood's brother Samuel Wilds Gillespie Pegues.
- Nicholas Bedgegood Pegues and Mary Catherine Saunders appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Paris PO, Lafayette County, South Carolina. Other members of the household included Paul Eugene Pegues, Sallie Peyton Pegues and Annie S. Pegues.
- Nicholas Bedgegood Pegues and Mary Catherine Saunders appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Caswell PO, Lafayette County, Mississippi. Other members of the household included Paul Eugene Pegues, Sallie Peyton Pegues, Annie S. Pegues, Eliza Evans Pegues, Nicholas T. Pegues, Josiah Evans Pegues and Lewis Pegues. Also in the household were retail merchants T. A. and J. N. "Sanders," likely brothers of Mary Catherine.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1870 census.
- Nicholas Bedgegood Pegues and Mary Catherine Saunders appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi. Other members of the household included Sallie Peyton Pegues, Annie S. Pegues, Eliza Evans Pegues, Nicholas T. Pegues, Josiah Evans Pegues, Lewis Pegues and Lottie W. Pegues.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1880 census.
- Nicholas Bedgegood Pegues died on 10 August 1894 at age 73 in Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi.
- His wife Mary Catherine Saunders became a widow at his death.
- He was interred at Oxford Memorial Cemetery, Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi.
- Last Edited: 3 Mar 2015
Family: Mary Catherine Saunders b. 5 September 1833, d. 22 February 1914
- Paul Eugene Pegues+ b. March 1856, d. 1926
- Sallie Peyton Pegues b. 16 May 1858, d. 17 January 1935
- Annie S. Pegues+ b. 23 April 1860, d. 5 March 1910
- Eliza Evans Pegues b. 4 June 1863, d. 26 December 1880
- Nicholas T. Pegues+ b. March 1865, d. 1934
- Josiah Evans Pegues+ b. 17 March 1865, d. 19 April 1948
- Lewis Pegues b. circa 1866
- Lottie W. Pegues b. 10 January 1874, d. 1 October 1956