William Thomas Pegues
b. 11 March 1851, d. 19 September 1918
- Father: Charles Stuart Pegues b. 11 August 1816, d. 3 April 1870
- Mother: Mary Frances Guy b. 1 January 1828, d. 20 August 1913
- William Thomas Pegues was born on 11 March 1851 in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana.
- Charles Stuart Pegues and Mary Frances Guy appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Mansfield PO, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana. Other members of the household included William Thomas Pegues, Mary Frances Pegues, Samuel Augustus Pegues and Charles Guy Pegues.
- He married Mary Elizabeth Gibbs circa 1877.
- William Thomas Pegues and Mary Elizabeth Gibbs appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, enumerated next to William's sister Mary Frances Page, and his mother.. Other members of the household included Roberta Stuart Pegues.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1880 census.
- William Thomas Pegues became a widower at the 8 October 1889 death of his wife Mary Elizabeth Gibbs.
- He served as sheriff and tax collector of DeSoto Parish.
- The following appeared on 24 February 1906 in The Daily Picayune: (Mansfield, La., Feb. 23) Charles Pegues, Sergeant in the Second Troop of Cavalry, Louisiana National Guard, died here this afternoon. He was a brother of W. T. Pegues, Sheriff of De Soto Parish, and was in the employ of the Kansas City Southern Railroad Company.
- William Thomas Pegues died on 19 September 1918 at age 67.
- He was interred at Mansfield Cemetery, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana.
- Last Edited: 7 Jan 2012
Family: Mary Elizabeth Gibbs b. 6 October 1856, d. 8 October 1889
- Roberta Stuart Pegues+ b. 6 April 1878
- Robert Stuart Pegues b. 24 September 1880, d. 22 May 1891
- William Thomas Pegues Jr.+ b. 16 November 1882, d. 22 September 1921
- Francis Trueheart Pegues b. 9 November 1888, d. 12 April 1889