Lela Francis Pegues

Lela Francis Pegues

• Father: Philip Alston Pegues b. 25 October 1835, d. 25 January 1915
• Mother: Mary Eliza Brown b. 26 November 1842, d. 1 June 1924

• Lela Francis Pegues was born on 2 March 1860 in Texas.
• Philip Alston Pegues and Mary Eliza Brown appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in New Danville PO, Rusk County, Texas. Other members of the household included Lela Francis Pegues.
• Philip Alston Pegues and Mary Eliza Brown appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Henderson PO, Rusk County, Texas. Other members of the household included Lela Francis Pegues, Emma Eliza Pegues, Philip Thomas Pegues, Gus F. Pegues, Mollie Brown Pegues and Benjamin F. Pegues.
• Philip Alston Pegues and Mary Eliza Brown appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Gregg County, Texas. Other members of the household included Lela Francis Pegues, Emma Eliza Pegues, Philip Thomas Pegues, Gus F. Pegues, Mollie Brown Pegues and John Garland Pegues. Also in the household were Mary's sisters M. G. Brown (age 30) and Ava Brown (3).
        Note: The northeastern part of Rusk County became Gregg County in 1873.
• She married Patrick Washington Sandefur circa 1881.
• Patrick Washington Sandefur and Lela Francis Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Gregg County, Texas, and one male boarder.. Other members of the household included Lula M. Sandefur, Gussie Sandefur and Chaytor Orton Sandefur.
• Patrick Washington Sandefur and Lela Francis Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Longview, Gregg County, Texas. Other members of the household included Lula M. Sandefur, Chaytor Orton Sandefur, Gussie Sandefur, Patrick J. Sandefur, Lela Bell Sandefur, Mollie Marshall Sandefur and Mary Louise Sandefur.
• Patrick Washington Sandefur and Lela Francis Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Longview, Gregg, Texas. Other members of the household included Gussie Sandefur and Mary Louise Sandefur.
• The following appeared on 3 June 1924 in The Dallas Morning News: (Longview, Texas, June 2) Mrs. P. A. Pegues, 82 years old, died at the home of her daughter, ten miles west of here on the Dixie Highway. She was one of the pioneers of this section, having settled at Danville, nine miles south of Longview, seventy-five years ago. She was born at Buckingham, Va., Nov. 24, 1842, and married P. A. Pegues in 1859. Mr. Pegues was a merchant here for a number of years before he died in 1915. The couple celebrated their diamond anniversary in 1909.
       Mrs. Pegues is survived by six children, Mrs. P. W. Sandifur, Longview; Mrs. H. C. Thompson, Ada, Ok; P. T. Pegues, Dallas; Mrs. J. A. Bass and J. G. Pegues, Longview, and Mrs. C. E. Basham of Wichita Falls. The funeral was held Monday with burial in Grace Hill Cemetery here, the Rev. R. M. Hall, her pastor, officiating.
• Patrick Washington Sandefur and Lela Francis Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Longview, Gregg County, Texas, at 527 Marshall Avenue. Other members of the household included Gussie Sandefur, Arthur C. Numsen, Mary Louise Sandefur and Patsy Jane Numsen. Also in the household was grandson James Campbell (age 18.)
• Lela Francis Pegues died on 19 October 1935 at age 75 in Longview, Gregg County, Texas, at 903 East Marshall at her residence . Her death was officially witnessed by Gussie Sandefur.
• Her husband Patrick Washington Sandefur became a widower at her death.
• She was interred at Grace Hill Cemetery, Longview, Gregg County, Texas.

• Last Edited: 20 Mar 2015

• Charts: Descendants of PEGUES Claudius & Marcia Saunders