Walter Pegues
b. circa 1862, d. 3 June 1917
- Father: Samuel Wilds Gillespie Pegues b. 8 April 1836, d. 19 October 1900
- Mother: Ann Elizabeth Saunders b. 6 October 1840, d. 28 June 1939
- Walter Pegues was born circa 1862 in Alabama.
- Samuel Wilds Gillespie Pegues and Ann Elizabeth Saunders appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Athens, Dallas County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Walter Pegues, Christopher Butler Pegues, Mary Vernon Pegues, Samuel Wilds Gillespie Pegues Jr., Eliza E. Pegues, Eliza Hodges Evans and Fanny Grey Pegues. Niece "Fannie" was the daughter of Samuel's deceased brother Christopher Claudius Pegues.
- Samuel Wilds Gillespie Pegues and Ann Elizabeth Saunders appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Pences Precinct, Dallas County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Walter Pegues, Mary Vernon Pegues, Eliza E. Pegues, Helen Pegues, Annie E. Pegues, Henrietta Ellen Pegues and Eliza Hodges Evans.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1880 census.
- He married Lela Florence Ethridge, daughter of Morgan Ethridge and Irene Carmack, on 8 October 1902 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, with A. C. Davidson officiating.
- Walter Pegues and Lela Florence Ethridge appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama.
- Walter Pegues died on 3 June 1917.
- His wife Lela Florence Ethridge became a widow at his death.
- He was interred at Oakland Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama.
- Last Edited: 13 Aug 2015