Nancy Adeline Purcell
b. 18 September 1823, d. 22 July 1858
- Nancy Adeline Purcell was born on 18 September 1823 in South Carolina.
- Her name was recorded as Purcell on the death certificates of her sons Dock and Oliver.
- She married Oliver Hazard Perry Pegues, son of Malachi Pegues and Charlotte Johnson, circa 1840.
- Oliver Hazard Perry Pegues and Nancy Adeline Purcell appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Marshall County, Mississippi. Other members of the household included Alexander M. Pegues, Thomas Henry Pegues, Philip Alston Pegues, John G. Pegues, Eugenia Pegues, Ann Eliza Pegues, Massilon Pittman Pegues, Oliver Hazard Pegues, Mary Jane Pegues and William W. Pegues. Also in the household was overseer Elbert P. Hoshall. Children were enumerated out of age order; son James is not included in the household, and apparently son John G. and daughter Eugenia were consolidated into male "Gordentia W."
- Nancy Adeline Purcell died on 22 July 1858 at age 34.
- Her husband Oliver Hazard Perry Pegues became a widower at her death.
- She was interred at Peatown Cemetery, Lakeport, Gregg County, Texas.
- Last Edited: 20 Mar 2015
Family: Oliver Hazard Perry Pegues b. 20 May 1807, d. 12 February 1875
- John G. Pegues b. circa 1841
- William W. Pegues b. circa 1842
- Eugenia Pegues b. circa 1842
- Ann Eliza Pegues b. circa 1844
- Massilon Pittman Pegues+ b. 2 December 1845, d. 15 September 1909
- Oliver Hazard Pegues+ b. 27 November 1847, d. 30 March 1937
- Mary Jane Pegues b. 11 November 1849, d. 6 June 1911
- Benjamin F. Pegues+ b. circa 1852
- Albert G. Pegues+ b. circa 1856, d. 7 April 1892
- Libbie T. Pegues+ b. 22 November 1857, d. 23 July 1919