Della Keys Pegues

Della Keys Pegues

• Father: Philip Alston Pegues b. 25 October 1835, d. 25 January 1915
• Mother: Mary Eliza Brown b. 26 November 1842, d. 1 June 1924

• Della Keys Pegues was born on 6 June 1884 in Danville, Gregg County, Texas.
• 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 Della Keys Pegues, Philip Thomas Pegues, Fannie Marshall, Mollie Brown Pegues and John Garland Pegues.
• Philip Alston Pegues and Mary Eliza Brown appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Longview, Gregg County, Texas, and three male boarders.. Other members of the household included Della Keys Pegues, Mollie Brown Pegues.
• 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.
• She officially witnessed the death of Philip Thomas Pegues on 6 January 1942 at 2702 Ninth in Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas; at his residence.
• At the time of her death, her usual residence was in Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas, at 1806 Club View.
• Della Keys Pegues died on 1 February 1973 at age 88 in Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas, at Woods Convalescent Home . Informant was Mrs. John Loggie.
• She was interred at Riverside Cemetery, Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas.

• Last Edited: 18 Mar 2015

• Charts: Descendants of PEGUES Claudius & Marcia Saunders