Mary Catherine Saunders
b. 5 September 1833, d. 22 February 1914
- Father: James Michael Saunders
- Mother: Sarah Elizabeth Peyton
- Mary Catherine Saunders was born on 5 September 1833 in Cheraw District, South Carolina.
- She married Nicholas Bedgegood Pegues, son of Christopher Butler Pegues and Eliza Hodges Evans, 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.
- 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.
- Mary Catherine Saunders became a widow at the 10 August 1894 death of her husband Nicholas Bedgegood Pegues.
- Mary Catherine Saunders appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi. Other members of the household included Sallie Peyton Pegues and Lottie W. Pegues. Also in the household was one female domestic servant.
- Mary Catherine Saunders died on 22 February 1914 at age 80.
- She was interred at Oxford Memorial Cemetery, Oxford, Grenada County, Mississippi.
- Last Edited: 3 Mar 2015
Family: Nicholas Bedgegood Pegues b. 1 January 1821, d. 10 August 1894
- 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