Eliza Grady Pegues
b. 12 June 1837
- Father: Thomas William Pegues b. 22 October 1808, d. 11 June 1878
- Mother: Sarah Jane Roberts b. 21 December 1816, d. 11 December 1857
- Eliza Grady Pegues was born on 12 June 1837 in Alabama twin of Sarah Amelia.
- Thomas William Pegues and Sarah Jane Roberts appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Kershaw District, South Carolina, and also four other printers, aged 20-28.. Other members of the household included Eliza Grady Pegues, Thomas Godfrey Pegues, Sarah Amelia Pegues, Richard Hicks Pegues, Claudius James Pegues, Nannie G. Pegues, Mary Jane Pegues and Sarah (?)
- Thomas William Pegues and Louisa S. Bronson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina, and also bookkeeper H. W. Dixon. Richard Pegues was the enumerator for his area.. Other members of the household included Eliza Grady Pegues, Richard Hicks Pegues, Claudius James Pegues, Nannie G. Pegues, Mary Jane Pegues, William Covington Pegues and Sarah (?)
- She was a seamstress, according to the 1860 census.
- She married William Wallace Mims, son of John Mims and Martha J. Savarance, on 20 February 1861, with W. E. Hughson officiating.. Eliza's twin sister Sarah married William's brother Nathan..
- Last Edited: 21 Feb 2015