Sara Olivia Pegues
b. 6 December 1848, d. 12 April 1889
Sara Olivia "Sallie" Pegues, 1848-1889
- Father: Benjamin Franklin Pegues b. 7 April 1814, d. 9 February 1881
- Mother: Sarah Ann Wilds Gillespie b. 26 June 1821, d. 25 April 1904
- Sara Olivia Pegues was born on 6 December 1848 in Marlboro District, South Carolina.
- She was known as Sallie.
- Benjamin Franklin Pegues and Sarah Ann Wilds Gillespie appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Chesterfield District, South Carolina, enumerated next to next to Benjamin's brother William.. Other members of the household included Sara Olivia Pegues, Julia Mary Pegues, Lucy Pegues, Harriet S. J. Pegues and Nannie Gillespie Pegues. Also in the household was overseer W. C. Knight.
- Benjamin Franklin Pegues and Sarah Ann Wilds Gillespie appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Bennettsville, Marlboro District, South Carolina. Other members of the household included Sara Olivia Pegues, Julia Mary Pegues, Lucy Pegues, Harriet S. J. Pegues, John T. Mason, Nannie Gillespie Pegues, Mary Elizabeth Pegues, Ella Lee Pegues, Martha S. Pegues, Sue Sparks Pegues and B. Frank Pegues.
- She married Rufus Marcellus Pegues, son of Wesley Leatherwood Pegues and Caroline Ann Keitt, circa 1869, first cousins; their fathers were brothers.
- Rufus Marcellus Pegues and Sara Olivia Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Smithville Township, Marlboro County, South Carolina. Also in the household were two domestic servants and three farm laborers.
- Rufus Marcellus Pegues and Sara Olivia Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Smithville Township, Marlboro County, South Carolina. Other members of the household included Carrie Keitt Pegues, Frank Wilds Pegues, Olin Marcellus Pegues and Elbert Sanders Pegues.
- Sara Olivia Pegues died on 12 April 1889 at age 40.
- Her husband Rufus Marcellus Pegues became a widower at her death.
- She was interred at New Hope Methodist Church Cemetery, Wallace, Marlboro County, South Carolina.
- Last Edited: 21 Feb 2015
- Charts: Descendants of PEGUES Claudius & Marcia Saunders (#1), Descendants of PEGUES Claudius & Marcia Saunders (#2)
Family: Rufus Marcellus Pegues b. 30 August 1844, d. 14 April 1909
- Carrie Keitt Pegues b. 27 August 1870, d. 27 November 1949
- Frank Wilds Pegues+ b. 16 November 1871, d. 27 November 1939
- Olin Marcellus Pegues+ b. 21 June 1873, d. 31 July 1929
- Henry Warren Pegues b. 30 April 1875, d. 16 July 1876
- Howard Randolph Pegues b. 10 December 1876, d. 20 October 1877
- Elbert Sanders Pegues+ b. 11 January 1878, d. 26 March 1957
- Lucy Pegues+ b. 15 July 1880, d. 19 April 1961
- Rufus W. Pegues b. 7 November 1882, d. 29 December 1900
- Hilliard Evans Pegues+ b. 23 May 1884, d. 12 October 1944
- Sarius Olivia Pegues+ b. 12 March 1888, d. 10 October 1953