Josiah Evans Pegues
b. 17 March 1865, d. 19 April 1948
- Father: Nicholas Bedgegood Pegues b. 1 January 1821, d. 10 August 1894
- Mother: Mary Catherine Saunders b. 5 September 1833, d. 22 February 1914
- Josiah Evans Pegues was born on 17 March 1865 in Mississippi.
- Nicholas Bedgegood Pegues and Mary Catherine Saunders appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Caswell PO, Lafayette County, Mississippi. Other members of the household included Josiah Evans Pegues, Paul Eugene Pegues, Sallie Peyton Pegues, Annie S. Pegues, Eliza Evans Pegues, Nicholas T. Pegues and Lewis Pegues. Also in the household were retail merchants T. A. and J. N. "Sanders," likely brothers of Mary Catherine.
- Nicholas Bedgegood Pegues and Mary Catherine Saunders appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi. Other members of the household included Josiah Evans Pegues, Sallie Peyton Pegues, Annie S. Pegues, Eliza Evans Pegues, Nicholas T. Pegues, Lewis Pegues and Lottie W. Pegues.
- He married Daisy E. McKie, daughter of John Herndon McKie and Sarah Ann McKie, on 17 January 1891 in Lafayette County, Mississippi.
- Josiah Evans Pegues died on 19 April 1948 at age 83.
- His wife Daisy E. McKie became a widow at his death.
- He was interred at Oxford Memorial Cemetery, Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi.
- Last Edited: 3 Mar 2015
Family: Daisy E. McKie b. 2 August 1869, d. 11 August 1955
- Juliet M. Pegues b. 2 August 1893, d. January 1983
- Marguerite Pegues+ b. November 1894
- Mary Louise Pegues b. 15 September 1896, d. 5 June 1952
- Sarah Ann Pegues b. 18 December 1898, d. 16 June 1903
- Josiah Evans Pegues Jr. b. 28 January 1901, d. 14 August 1943
- John McKie Pegues+ b. 9 February 1905, d. 30 May 1961
- Josephine Pegues b. 21 June 1908, d. 3 March 1990