Philip Thomas Pegues

b. 30 November 1864, d. 6 January 1942
  • Philip Thomas Pegues was born on 30 November 1864 in Danville, Gregg County, 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 Philip Thomas Pegues, Lela Francis Pegues, Emma Eliza 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 Philip Thomas Pegues, Lela Francis Pegues, Emma Eliza 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.
  • He was attending school and helping with the nursery, accordng to the 1880 census.
  • He married Fannie Marshall on 12 May 1896 in Gregg County, Texas.
  • The following appeared on 26 February 1898 in The Duluth News-Tribune: (Longview, Tex., Feb. 25) A desperate shooting occurred last night between Alba Heywood, the manger of the Heywood Opera company, and P. T. Pegues, the opera house manager, at this place. Both are seriously if not fatally wounded. The difficulty occurred over free tickets for Mr. Pegues' family.
         Heywood was struck twice by Pegues. Heywood shot at Pegues four times. Pegues says that he received the four wounds before he shot at Heywood. He emptied his pistol after following Heywood into the street, one shot passing through Heywood's right lung.
         Pegues walked several yards before assistance came. It was found that his clothes were on fire. Heywood walked two blocks before he fell and then talked in a jesting manner to those that supported him.
  • The following appeared on 27 February 1898 in The Dallas Morning News: (Longview, Tex., Feb. 26) Alba Heywood and P. T. Pegues are resting very well at noon to-day and strong hopes are entertained of both recovering.
  • Philip Alston Pegues and Mary Eliza Brown appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Longview, Gregg County, Texas. Other members of the household included Philip Thomas Pegues, Fannie Marshall, Mollie Brown Pegues, Della Keys Pegues and John Garland Pegues.
  • He was proprietor of an ice plant, accordng to the 1900 census.
  • He applied for a passport on 28 June 1902 while living in Longview, Gregg County, Texas. Instructions to send the passport to P. T. Pegues in Boulder, Colorado. Passport was issued 2 July 1902.
  • 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 19 May 1905 in The Ada Evening News: For Sale. On account of leaving I will sell my Oldsmobile at a bargain. Guaranteed in perfect condition. P. T. Pegues.
  • Philip Thomas Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Dallas, Texas, at the Imperial Hotel, 315 Main Street.
  • The following appeared on 22 August 1912 in The Ada Evening News: (Dallas, Aug. 20) Former Ada Man Stabbed at Dallas. S. M. Kelly, clerk at the Imperial hotel, and P. T. Pegues, president of the Imperial Hotel company, were stabbed Tuesday morning by Charles Lafferty, a salesman, in the lobby of the hotel during a fight between Pegues and Lafferty. Kelly was injured trying to separate the combatatants. According to Dr. J. E. Baldwin, Kelly was seriously hurt, the cut on his right leg above the knee covering eight inches and cutting two arteries. The muscles of the leg was cut in two, Dr. Baldwin states.
         Pegues was cut on the inside of the left thigh, the wound being about three inches long and two inches deep. An artery was slashed, Dr. Baldwin states.
         According to Lafferty, the quarrel rose over a bill. Lafferty says Pegues alleged he was obligated to pay a bill contracted by another man.
  • He was employed as manager of the hotel.
  • Philip Thomas Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Dallas, Texas, at 1907-1/2 Byam Street.
  • He was divorced and proprietor of a manufacturing company.
  • Philip Thomas Pegues arrived in the Port of Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, on 23 February 1924, aboard the SS Calawaii, having departed Los Angeles on the 16th.
  • 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.
  • Philip Thomas Pegues arrived in the Port of New York on 30 September 1924, aboard the SS Olympic, having departed Southampton on the 24th.
  • 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.
  • Philip Thomas Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Hidalgo County, Texas, at Mile 6 North.
  • He was operating a farm and orchard, according to the 1930 census.
  • Philip Thomas Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Mercedes, Nueces County, Texas, at Country Club.
  • He was employed as a meter reader by a gasoline corporation, according to the 1940 census.
  • Philip Thomas Pegues died on 6 January 1942 at age 77 in Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas, at 2702 Ninth at his residence. . His death was officially witnessed by Della Keys Pegues.
  • He was interred at Longview, Gregg County, Texas.
  • The following appeared on 26 March 1950 in The Ada Evening News: A landmark of early Ada business expansion is going down.
         It is the stone building beside the Frisco tracks on North Townsend that housed wholesale grocery business for years, later was used by Luper Transportation for years.
         The files of The Ada News tell of the late J. M. Keltoer and F. M. Nance coming up from Texas to look over the young town in the fall of 1902.
         Nance, it seems, went ahead with the plans and in 1903 the 40x100 foot building was erected. Many of Ada's downtown buildings at that time were built of the native stone.
         The Ada Wholesale Grocery was the owner. In 1904 the manager was P. T. Pegues, brother-in-law of Nance, who owned the first automobile in Ada.
         . . .
         H. S. Moore, contractor, started Saturday taking the old building down.
  • Last Edited: 19 Mar 2015

Family: Fannie Marshall b. December 1876