William Wright Irby Jr.

William Wright Irby Jr.

• Father: William Wright Irby b. circa 28 February 1828, d. 19 February 1915
• Mother: Julia Mary Pegues b. 22 July 1838, d. 29 July 1919

• William Wright Irby Jr. was born in December 1870 in South Carolina.
• William Wright Irby and Julia Mary Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Smithville Township, Marlboro County, South Carolina. Other members of the household included William Wright Irby Jr., Ida Burch Irby, Charles Irby, Mary E. Irby, Joseph Calhoun Irby, Julia Rembert Irby, Rebecca Evans Irby and Franklin Pegues Irby.
• William Wright Irby and Julia Mary Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Smithville Township, Marlboro County, South Carolina. Other members of the household included William Wright Irby Jr., Charles Irby, Mary E. Irby, Joseph Calhoun Irby, Julia Rembert Irby, Rebecca Evans Irby and Franklin Pegues Irby.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1900 census.
• Charles Irby appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Smithville Township, Marlboro County, South Carolina. Other members of the household included William Wright Irby Jr., William Wright Irby, Julia Mary Pegues, Joseph Calhoun Irby, Julia Rembert Irby, Franklin Pegues Irby and Rebecca Evans Irby.
• He was employed as a sawyer, no doubt at his brother Charlie's sawmill, according to the 1910 cesus.
• He married Lillian (?) circa 1921.
• The following appeared on 15 February 1932 in The Charlotte Observer: (Cheraw, S. C., Feb 14) Mrs. Walter D. Pegues, 67, member of a prominent Cheraw and Marlboro county family, died Sunday afternoon at her home here from a stroke of paralysis which she suffered Sunday morning. Before her marriage, she was Miss Ida Irby, daughter of William W. and Julia Mary Pegues Irby of Marlboro county where she was reared.
       She is survived by her husband and four children, Misses Olivia, Ethel and Julia Pegues of Cheraw and Charlie Pegues of Raleigh; two brothers, Joe Irby of Cheraw and William Irby of Florida; and two sisters, Miss Julia and Rebecca Irby of Florida. The funeral arrangements have not been completed.
• William Wright Irby Jr. and Lillian (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Alachua, Alachua County, Florida. Other members of the household included William Wright Irby, Gertrude Irby and Rebecca Evans Irby.
• He was employed by a sawmill as a saw filer, according to the 1940 census.
• William Wright Irby Jr. died in 1944 in Columbia County, Florida.
• He was interred at Newnansville Cemetery, Alachua, Alachua County, Florida.

• Last Edited: 14 Aug 2015

• Charts: Descendants of PEGUES Claudius & Marcia Saunders