Ella Lee Pegues

Ella Lee Pegues

• 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

• Ella Lee Pegues was born on 14 July 1853 in South Carolina.
• 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 Ella Lee Pegues, Julia Mary Pegues, Lucy Pegues, Harriet S. J. Pegues, John T. Mason, Sara Olivia Pegues, Nannie Gillespie Pegues, Mary Elizabeth Pegues, Martha S. Pegues, Sue Sparks Pegues and B. Frank Pegues.
• Benjamin Franklin Pegues and Sarah Ann Wilds Gillespie appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Smithville Township, Marlboro County, South Carolina. Other members of the household included Ella Lee Pegues, Lucy Pegues, Harriet S. J. Pegues, Nannie Gillespie Pegues, Mary Elizabeth Pegues, Martha S. Pegues, Sue Sparks Pegues, Samuel F. Pegues and Edmond Waddill Pegues.
• She married William Wesley Pegues, son of Wesley Leatherwood Pegues and Caroline Ann Keitt, 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.
• 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.
• Ella Lee Pegues became a widow at the 17 July 1904 death of her husband William Wesley Pegues.
• 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.
• Rev. Bob Gage Murphy and Carrie Maurice Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Tatum, Marlboro County, South Carolina. Other members of the household included Ella Lee Pegues, Ella Lee Pegues.
• Rev. Bob Gage Murphy and Carrie Maurice Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Conway, Horry County, South Carolina. Other members of the household included Ella Lee Pegues, Bob Gage Murphy Jr. and Ella Lee Pegues.
• Ella Lee Pegues died on 2 March 1927 at age 73.
• She was interred at New Hope Methodist Church Cemetery, Wallace, Marlboro District, South Carolina.

• Last Edited: 20 Apr 2015

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