Ellen Pegues Smith

Ellen Pegues Smith

• Father: James Tillman Smith b. 8 September 1843, d. 30 January 1908
• Mother: Ellen Pegues b. 18 March 1846, d. 3 March 1870

• Ellen Pegues Smith was born on 3 March 1870 in Navasota, Grimes County, Texas.
• James Tillman Smith appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Navasota, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Ellen Pegues Smith. He is identified as Jane Smith, age 27.
• James Tillman Smith and Emma Adele DeMaret appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas, at Anglin Street. Other members of the household included Ellen Pegues Smith. Also in the household were children Ida Mary (age 4) and William (11 months), and one female servant.
• James Tillman Smith and Emma Adele DeMaret appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, at 208 Taylor Street. Other members of the household included Ellen Pegues Smith. Also in the household were children William C. (age 20), DeMaret (18), Selwyn (17) and Felix (12.)
• Emma Adele DeMaret appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, at 1212 Rio Grande. Other members of the household included Ellen Pegues Smith. Also in the household were children William C. (age 30), DeMaret (29) and Selwyn (26) and P. C. (22.)
• She married Pickens Butler Bookman, son of Jesse Bookman and Martha Lucinda Isabell, on 27 July 1910 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas.
• The following appeared on 28 July 1910 in the Fort-Worth Star-Telegram: (Marriage Licenses) Pickens B. Bookman, Navasota, and Ellen P. Smith, city.
• Ellen Pegues Smith became a widow at the 29 April 1927 death of her husband Pickens Butler Bookman.
• Ellen Pegues Smith died on 1 October 1944 at age 74 in Navasota, Grimes County, Texas, . At the time of her death, her first cousin William Crosland Pegues also was living in Grimes County.
• She was interred at Oakland Cemetery, Navasota, Grimes County, Texas.
• The following appeared in the Navasota Examiner: Many hearts were saddened to hear of the death of Mrs. Ellen Smith Bookman, which occurred at her home Sunday afternoon, October 1, 1944, after a short illness.
       Mrs. Bookman, the daughter of James Tillman Smith and Ellen Pegues Smith, was born in Navasota, Texas, March 3, 1870. Her father moved to Cleburne and later to Ft. Worth, where she spent her girlhood. She was married in Ft. Worth, July 27, 1910, to Pickens Butler Bookman, a member of the pioneer families of Grimes County, who died at his home here April 29, 1927.
       Mrs. Bookman is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Marshall C. Peters, two grandsons, Marshall Bookman and Mervin Dansby Peters of Navasota, and four brothers, William C., DeMaret, Selwyn and Felix C. Smith, of Ft, Worth.
       Services were held at the home Monday afternoon at 5 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. H; N. Cunningham, D.D., pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. The following friends were pall bearers: W. T. Taliaferro, Dr. H. E. Schultz, Ewing Norwood, Erie Quinn, O. L. Foster and Hood Barry.
       Mrs. Bookman was a member of St. Andrews Episcopal Church of Ft. Worth. Since making her home here, she has been an earnest worker in the Presbyterian Church with her husband and daughter. She took an active part in the Robert Raines Chapter, D.A.R., and was also a member of the Hannibal Boone Chapter, U.D.C. She was of a quiet, retiring nature but a fine Christian character, and a true friend. She was charitable both in thought and deed.
       Many friends and relatives from out of town came to attend the last sad rights.

• Last Edited: 6 Jul 2015

• Charts: Descendants of PEGUES Claudius & Marcia Saunders