Charles Augustus Pegues
b. 26 June 1827, d. 25 December 1896
- Father: Christopher Butler Pegues b. 6 January 1789, d. 30 June 1846
- Mother: Eliza Hodges Evans b. 11 January 1793, d. 24 November 1888
- Charles Augustus Pegues was born on 26 June 1827 in Cheraw 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 Charles Augustus Pegues, Nicholas Bedgegood Pegues, Elizabeth Evans Pegues, Charlotte Powe Pegues, Samuel Wilds Gillespie Pegues and Dollie Evans Pegues.
- He married Nannie W. Ragsdale on 22 March 1855 in Aberdeen, Monroe County, Mississippi.
- Charles Augustus Pegues and Nannie W. Ragsdale appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Paris PO, Lafayette County, Mississippi. Other members of the household included Lily Belle Pegues, Nannie R. Pegues and Samuel Claudius Pegues.
- He was a physician, according to the 1860 census.
- Charles Augustus Pegues and Nannie W. Ragsdale appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Lafayette County, Mississippi. Other members of the household included Lily Belle Pegues, Nannie R. Pegues, Charles Augustus Pegues, Gholson Pegues and Thomas Ellerbe Pegues. Son Samuel is not enumerated in the household.
- He was farming, according to the 1870 census.
- He married Mary Danforth circa 1875 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.
- Charles Augustus Pegues and Mary Danforth appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Abbeville, Lafayette County, Mississippi. Other members of the household included Charles Augustus Pegues, Nannie R. Pegues, Gholson Pegues and Thomas Ellerbe Pegues. Also in the household was one female domestic servant.
- He was a doctor, according to the 1880 census.
- Charles Augustus Pegues died on 25 December 1896 at age 69 in Lafayette County, Mississippi.
- His wife Mary Danforth became a widow at his death.
- Last Edited: 28 Feb 2015
Family 1: Nannie W. Ragsdale b. circa 1835
- Nannie R. Pegues b. circa 1857
- Lily Belle Pegues+ b. March 1858
- Samuel Claudius Pegues b. circa July 1859
- Charles Augustus Pegues b. circa 1862
- Gholson Pegues b. April 1866, d. 4 March 1909
- Thomas Ellerbe Pegues b. January 1867, d. 12 August 1923