Jennie May Pegues

b. 27 November 1898, d. 25 December 1998
  • Jennie May Pegues was born on 27 November 1898 in Marlboro County, South Carolina.
  • Francis Preston Brooks Pegues and Jennie May Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Smithville Township, Marlboro County, South Carolina, enumerated near to Frank's brother John.. Other members of the household included Jennie May Pegues, Mary Louise Pegues, Rufus Randolph Pegues, Preston Brooks Pegues, Marlborough Kenneth Pegues, Nancy Pegues and Harriet Elizabeth Godfrey Gillespie.
  • Francis Preston Brooks Pegues and Jennie May Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Smithville Township, Marlboro County, South Carolina. Other members of the household included Jennie May Pegues, Mary Louise Pegues, Marlborough Kenneth Pegues and William Leak Pegues.
  • The following appeared on 25 June 1916 in the Charlotte Sunday Observer: (Rockingham, June 24) Nancy Pegues, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brooks Pegues, and Hugh Waddell May of Charleston, W. Va., were married at the country home of the bride Wednesday evening at 7:45. Rev. Mr. Harmon, pastor of the Methodist Church of Cheraw, S. C., officiated. The ceremony was performed on the lawn of the century-old home. The first of the bridal party to appear were the ushers, five brothers of the bride, Randolph, Preston, Marlborough, Victor and Olin Pegues and a cousin, W. C. Leak, Jr., following, came the two dames of honor, Mrs. Olin Pegues and Mrs. W. C. Leak, sister and aunt of the bride, and the maid of honor, Miss Jennie May Pegues. The bride came down the long piazza leaning on the arm of her father, and was met by the groom with his best man, James Woodrow. The wedding music was played by Mrs. Claude Ashton-Jones of Charleston W. Va., who also accompanied Miss Cora Stansill as she sang, "Until," by Wilfrid Sanderson.
         Among the out-of-town guests were noted: Mr. and Mrs. James Woodrow, sister and brother-in-law of the groom, Mrs. Claude Ashton-Jones, Mrs. Holmes Morton and Miss Hannah Pearse of Charleston. [Note that Olin Pegues actually was the husband of Nancy's sister Mary Louise, as well as their first cousin.]
  • Olin Marcellus Pegues and Mary Louise Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Smithville Township, Marlboro County, South Carolina. Other members of the household included Jennie May Pegues, Mary Louise Pegues, Hilliard Evans Pegues, James Wright Pegues, Joseph Calhoun Irby, Preston Brooks Pegues, Marlborough Kenneth Pegues, Victor Rene Pegues and William Leak Pegues.
  • The following appeared on 22 April 1922 in The Charlotte Observer: Mrs. W. C. Leak of Rockingham, announced on Wednesday afternoon to a small gathering of relatives and intimate friends, the engagement of her niece, Miss Jennie May Pegues to Mr. Paul Hammond of Welch, West Virginia, the wedding to take place in October.
         Mrs. Leak had as her house guests for the occasion Mrs. H. A. Foushee of Durham, Miss Ida Morrison of Raleigh, Miss Emily Hammond of West Virginia, Miss Susanne Pegues of Greenville, SC.
  • She married Paul Fitzsimons Hammond on 26 October 1922.
  • The following appeared on 29 October 1922 in the Charlotte Sunday Observer: (Wilmington, Oct. 28) A marriage of much interest to friends in Wilmington and elsewhere in the state, and in South Carolina, occurred Thursday, when Miss Jennie May Pegues, of Pollock, S. C., became the bride of Paul F. Hammond, a son of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Hammond, now of Welch, W. V., but for many years residents of Wilmington. Mr. Hammond is pleasantly remembered here, where he spent all of childhood and early boy boyhood.
  • Paul Fitzsimons Hammond and Jennie May Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Welch, McDowell County, West Virginia, at 252 Virginia Avenue. Other members of the household included Nancy Louise Hammond and Victor Rene Pegues.
  • Jennie May Pegues became a widow at the 16 January 1972 death of her husband Paul Fitzsimons Hammond.
  • The following appeared on 28 December 1990 in The State: Services for Jennie May Pegues Hammond, 100, will be held at 2 p.m. today at New Hope United Methodist Church. Kiser Funeral Home is in charge. Memorials may be made to Pegues Cemetery Fund, c/o Wachovia Bank, attn. Mary Kay Lynch, P.O. Box 637, Bennettsville, S.C. 29512.
         Mrs. Hammond, widow of Paul Fitzsimmons Hammond, died Friday, Dec. 25, 1998. Born in Marlboro County, she was a daughter of Francis Preston Brooks and Jennie Pegues Pegues.
         Surviving are a daughter, Nancy Louise Hammond of New York, N.Y; and several nieces and nephews.
  • The SSDI lists Wallace, Marlboro County, South Carolina, as the last residence of record of Jennie May Pegues.
  • Jennie May Pegues died on 25 December 1998 at age 100 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
  • She was interred at New Hope Methodist Church Cemetery, Wallace, Marlboro County, South Carolina.
  • The following appeared on 27 December 1998 in The State: (Cheraw) Services for Jennie May Pegues Hammond, 100, will be held at 2 p.m. today at New Hope United Methodist Church. Kiser Funeral Home is in charge. Memorials may be made to Pegues Cemetery Fund, c/o Wachovia Bank, attn. Mary Kay Lynch, P.O. Box 637, Bennettsville, S.C. 29512.
         Mrs. Hammond, widow of Paul Fitzsimmons Hammond, died Friday, Dec. 25, 1998. Born in Marlboro County, she was a daughter of Francis Preston Brooks and Jennie Pegues Pegues.
         Surviving are a daughter, Nancy Louise Hammond of New York, N.Y; and several nieces and nephews.
  • Last Edited: 20 Feb 2015

Family: Paul Fitzsimons Hammond b. 20 October 1897, d. 16 January 1972