John Keitt Pegues

b. 14 May 1886, d. 13 May 1943
  • John Keitt Pegues was born on 14 May 1886 in South Carolina.
  • Cornelius Kollock Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Smithville Township, Marlboro County, South Carolina. Other members of the household included John Keitt Pegues, Sarah Ann Wilds Gillespie, Lucy Pegues and Benjamin Franklin Pegues.
  • Cornelius Kollock Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Smithville Township, Marlboro County, South Carolina. Other members of the household included John Keitt Pegues, Benjamin Franklin Pegues.
  • He married Annie Bearden circa 1917.
  • John Keitt Pegues registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Marlboro County, South Carolina, while living with his wife Annie in Kollock, self-employed there farming.
  • He officially witnessed the death of James Wright Pegues on 16 April 1921 in Cheraw, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
  • John Keitt Pegues and Annie Bearden appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Cheraw, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, at 107 McIver Street. Other members of the household included John Keitt Pegues III and Franklin Johnson Pegues.
  • He was operating a dairy, according to the 1930 census.
  • John Keitt Pegues and Annie Bearden appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Cheraw, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, at McIver Street. Other members of the household included John Keitt Pegues III and Franklin Johnson Pegues. Son John also is enumerated serving in the military.
  • He was employed as an operator at a gas house, according to the 1940 census.
  • John Keitt Pegues died on 13 May 1943 at age 56 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
  • Last Edited: 26 Feb 2015

Family: Annie Bearden b. circa 1891