Wood & Torbert Families - Christopher James Pegues

Christopher James Pegues

b. 27 February 1863, d. 2 November 1929

Christopher James Pegues was born on 27 February 1863 in Alabama.
He was known as Kit.
He accompanied William Crosland Pegues to Grimes County, Texas, in circa June 1865.
William Crosland Pegues and Junietta Rosalee Whittington appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Christopher James Pegues, Allie Hampton Montgomery and Jennie Decima Pegues.
He was attending school and working on the farm, according to the 1880 census.
He married Nancy Rosella Baker, daughter of Fountain Summerfield Baker and Elizabeth McWhorter, on 15 May 1884.
He was a farmer, according to the 1900 census.
Christopher James Pegues and Nancy Rosella Baker appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Madison County, Texas. Other members of the household included Decima Elizabeth Pegues, William Edward Pegues and Anna Bell Pegues.
Christopher James Pegues and Nancy Rosella Baker appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Madison County, Texas. Also in the household was adopted son Jerry Shelton, age 7.
He was a farmer, according to the 1910 census.
Christopher James Pegues and Nancy Rosella Baker appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Madison County, Texas, at Plainview & George Road. Also in the household was adopted son Jerry Shelton, age 16.
He was a farmer, according to the 1920 census.
Christopher James Pegues died on 2 November 1929 at age 66.
He was interred at Plainview Cemetery, Madison County, Texas.