Emma Eliza Pegues
b. 9 June 1862, d. 24 June 1939
- Father: Philip Alston Pegues b. 25 October 1835, d. 25 January 1915
- Mother: Mary Eliza Brown b. 26 November 1842, d. 1 June 1924
- Emma Eliza Pegues was born on 9 June 1862 in Texas.
- Philip Alston Pegues and Mary Eliza Brown appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Henderson PO, Rusk County, Texas. Other members of the household included Emma Eliza Pegues, Lela Francis Pegues, Philip Thomas Pegues, Gus F. Pegues, Mollie Brown Pegues and Benjamin F. Pegues.
- Philip Alston Pegues and Mary Eliza Brown appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Gregg County, Texas. Other members of the household included Emma Eliza Pegues, Lela Francis Pegues, Philip Thomas Pegues, Gus F. Pegues, Mollie Brown Pegues and John Garland Pegues. Also in the household were Mary's sisters M. G. Brown (age 30) and Ava Brown (3).
Note: The northeastern part of Rusk County became Gregg County in 1873. - She married Henry Clay Thompson on 15 October 1884 in Gregg County, Texas.
- The following appeared on 16 December 1904 in The Ada Evening News: Rev. Dock Pegues, of Dallas, Texas, a well known Baptist minister of that state, came in this morning to visit his relatives P. T. Pegues and family and also [Mrs.] H. C. Thompson and family. He will make a talk to the children and young people of Ada tomorrow at 3 p. m., at the Baptist church and will also preach at night. All are invited.
- The following appeared on 3 June 1924 in The Dallas Morning News: (Longview, Texas, June 2) Mrs. P. A. Pegues, 82 years old, died at the home of her daughter, ten miles west of here on the Dixie Highway. She was one of the pioneers of this section, having settled at Danville, nine miles south of Longview, seventy-five years ago. She was born at Buckingham, Va., Nov. 24, 1842, and married P. A. Pegues in 1859. Mr. Pegues was a merchant here for a number of years before he died in 1915. The couple celebrated their diamond anniversary in 1909.
Mrs. Pegues is survived by six children, Mrs. P. W. Sandifur, Longview; Mrs. H. C. Thompson, Ada, Ok; P. T. Pegues, Dallas; Mrs. J. A. Bass and J. G. Pegues, Longview, and Mrs. C. E. Basham of Wichita Falls. The funeral was held Monday with burial in Grace Hill Cemetery here, the Rev. R. M. Hall, her pastor, officiating. - The following appeared on 1 September 1927 in The Ada Evening News: Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Thompson, 119 East Seventeenth street, had as their house guests a few days ago Mrs. Thompson's brother, P. T. Pegues of Los Angeles, Cal., and Mr. and Mrs. Thompson's daughter, Mrs. J. A. Napier, Mr. Napier and sons, of Vernon, Texas. All have returned to their homes.
- Emma Eliza Pegues became a widow at the 10 February 1930 death of her husband Henry Clay Thompson.
- Emma Eliza Pegues died on 24 June 1939 at age 77 in Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, at 119 East 17th Street at her residence.
- She was interred at Rosedale Cemetery, Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma.
- The following appeared on 25 June 1939 in The Ada Evening News: Mrs. H. C. Thompson, 77, died at her home, 119 East Seventeenth, Saturday at 4:30 a.m. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock from the home, Rev. M. S. Epperson officiating; burial in Rosedale cemetery, Criswell Funeral Home in charge.
She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. J. A. Napier of California and Mrs. B. H. Witherspoon of Buffalo, New York; two sons, Phil A. Thompson and B. F. Thompson of Oklahoma City; two sisters, Mrs. J. M. Bass and Mrs. C. E. Boshum of Longview, Texas, and two brothers, J. G. Pegues and P. T. Pegues of Corpus Christi, Texas.
- Last Edited: 19 Mar 2015