Rebecca P. Witherspoon
b. circa March 1846, d. 13 October 1935
- Father: Boykin Witherspoon b. circa 6 July 1814, d. 21 May 1898
- Mother: Elizabeth Williams Edwards b. 10 September 1822, d. 26 May 1909
- Rebecca P. Witherspoon was born circa March 1846 in Darlington District, South Carolina.
- Boykin Witherspoon and Elizabeth Williams Edwards appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Darlington District, South Carolina, and two other children, not yet recorded.. Other members of the household included Rebecca P. Witherspoon.
- Boykin Witherspoon and Elizabeth Williams Edwards appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Mansfield, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, and seven other children, not yet recorded.. Other members of the household included Rebecca P. Witherspoon.
- She married Thomas Godfrey Pegues, son of Thomas William Pegues and Sarah Jane Roberts, on 16 May 1870.
- Boykin Witherspoon and Elizabeth Williams Edwards appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Keachie PO, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, and at least eight other children, not yet recorded.. Other members of the household included Rebecca P. Witherspoon, Thomas Godfrey Pegues.
- Thomas Godfrey Pegues and Rebecca P. Witherspoon appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, and teacher Clervis? Pegues, age 28/38, identified as a female, but possibly Thomas' brother Claudius, although some researchers have his death in 1870.
- Rebecca P. Witherspoon became a widow at the 4 March 1918 death of her husband Thomas Godfrey Pegues.
- Rebecca P. Witherspoon died on 13 October 1935 in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana.
- She was interred at Old Salem Cemetery, Stonewall, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana.
- Last Edited: 7 Jan 2012
Family: Thomas Godfrey Pegues b. 19 September 1835, d. 4 March 1918
- Bessie W. Pegues b. May 1872
- Boykin Witherspoon Pegues b. April 1874, d. 27 August 1961