William Wesley Pegues

William Wesley Pegues

• Father: Wesley Leatherwood Pegues b. 22 June 1818, d. 16 July 1894
• Mother: Caroline Ann Keitt b. 1 April 1825, d. 27 September 1856

• William Wesley Pegues was born on 21 May 1852 in South Carolina.
• Wesley Leatherwood Pegues and Olivia Amanda Dickinson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Lynchburgh, Sumter County, South Carolina. Other members of the household included William Wesley Pegues, Rufus Marcellus Pegues, Caroline A. Pegues, John Keitt Pegues and Jane O. Pegues.
• Wesley Leatherwood Pegues and Olivia Amanda Dickinson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Smithville Township, Marlboro County, South Carolina, and son Shipp, born about 1868, was apparently missed by the enumerator.. Other members of the household included William Wesley Pegues, Caroline A. Pegues, Jane O. Pegues, Frank E. Pegues, Arthur Clarence Pegues, Walter Dickinson Pegues and Barnwell Pegues.
• Albert Micajah Shipp and Mary Jane Gillespie appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, Also in the household was college student Robert Shipp (age 20), and three domestic servants.. Other members of the household included William Wesley Pegues, John W. Shipp, Liley Shipp, Mary Wade Shipp, Nancy G. Shipp, Albert W. Shipp, Samuel Wilds Gillespie Shipp, James Thornwell Shipp, Sallie E. Shipp, Susan V. Shipp and Samuel Gillespie Sanders.
• He was a college student in he household of Albert Shipp. Two of William's father's brothers were married to sisters of Shipp's wife Mary Gillespie.
• He married Ella Lee Pegues, daughter of Benjamin Franklin Pegues and Sarah Ann Wilds Gillespie, on 6 May 1880. They were first cousins; fathers were brothers..
• William Wesley Pegues and Ella Lee Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Smithville Township, Marlboro County, South Carolina, enumerated near William's first cousin James W. Pegues.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1880 census.
• William Wesley Pegues and Ella Lee Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Smithville Township, Marlboro County, South Carolina. Other members of the household included Carrie Maurice Pegues and Ella Lee Pegues.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1900 census.
• William Wesley Pegues died on 17 July 1904 at age 52 in Richmond County, North Carolina, near Pegues.
• His wife Ella Lee Pegues became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at New Hope Methodist Church Cemetery, Wallace, Marlboro County, South Carolina, about nine miles north of Cherraw on the North/South Carolina state line.
• The following appeared on 19 July 1904 in The News & Courier: (Cheraw, July 18) Mr. William Wesley Pegues, one of upper Marlboro's most prominent land owners and planters, died at his home near Pegues, N. C., yesterday morning. The interment too place to-day at eleven o'clock in New Home Church yard. Mr. Pegues was the son of the late Rev. Wesley Pegues, and was fifty-three years old. He leaves a wife and two daughters. One daughter is attending Winthrop College. He was the brother of Miss Jenny O. Pegues, Mrs. James Pegues, Major R. M. Pegues, Herbert Pegues, Walter Pegues, Frank Pegues and Shipp Pegues. A very large crowd from Cheraw attended the funeral.
• The following appeared on 23 July 1904 in The Pee Dee Advocate: William W. Pegues died last Sunday. Buried at New Hope Cemetery.

• Last Edited: 20 Apr 2015

• Charts: Descendants of PEGUES Claudius & Marcia Saunders (#1), Descendants of PEGUES Claudius & Marcia Saunders (#2)