Henrietta Josephine Saunders
b. 31 May 1845, d. 16 February 1919
- Father: James Michael Saunders
- Mother: Sarah Elizabeth Peyton
- Henrietta Josephine Saunders was born on 31 May 1845 in South Carolina.
- She married Charles Irby Pegues, son of James E. Pegues and Harriet Evans Irby, on 26 January 1869.
- Charles Irby Pegues and Henrietta Josephine Saunders appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Athens, Dallas County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Charles Irby Pegues Jr.
- Henrietta Josephine Saunders became a widow at the 15 January 1873 death of her husband Charles Irby Pegues.
- She married James McDonald on 29 April 1880 in Dallas County, Alabama, by license issued on the 27th, with A. S. Free, SJ, officiating.
- James McDonald and Henrietta Josephine Saunders appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Liberty Hill Beat, Dallas County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Charles Irby Pegues Jr. and James E. Pegues.
- The following appeared on 12 July 1888 in the Jackson Clarion-Ledger: One of the saddest accidents that it has ever been our duty to record occurred at the Oxford depot last Thursday morning, by which Jimmie Pegues, a bright and promising lad of fourteen years, lost his life. It seems that the boys of the town were in the habit of visiting the depot and as the trains would move off, catching to and riding a fewe yards on them and then jumping off. On that morning a few boys were present and as the frieght train came in, proposed to have a ride. Jimmie grasped at the ladder, missed his footing and fell, the car wheels passing over him, severing one limb above and one below the knee. Several physicians were hastily summonded and after consultation decided not to amputate the limbs as it would be impossible for him to recover. He died about three hours after, fully conscious of all that happened. His remains were interred here on Friday, and to his widowed mother and sorrowing relatives we extend our deepest sympathy.--Oxford Eagle.
- Henrietta Josephine Saunders died on 16 February 1919 at age 73 in Alabama near Stafford.
- Last Edited: 16 May 2013
Family 1: Charles Irby Pegues b. 21 January 1840, d. 15 January 1873
- Charles Irby Pegues Jr. b. 20 December 1869, d. 12 January 1930
- James E. Pegues b. 1872, d. 5 July 1888