Joseph Pegues
b. circa 1826
- Father: Claudius M. Pegues b. 24 October 1797, d. between 1850 and 1860
- Mother: Eliza Pledger b. circa 1804
- Joseph Pegues was born circa 1826 in Alabama.
- Claudius M. Pegues and Eliza Pledger appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1830 in Wilcox County, Alabama. Other (counted but unnamed) members of the household apparently included Joseph Pegues, William Allen Pegues, John Pegues, Henry William Pegues and James M. Pegues.
- Claudius M. Pegues and Eliza Pledger appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1840 in Wilcox County, Alabama. Other (counted but unnamed) members of the household apparently included Joseph Pegues, William Allen Pegues, John Pegues, Henry William Pegues and James M. Pegues. Also in the household were males aged 50-59 and 0-4, and one female aged 10-14 (who may have been Eliza Pegues enumerated with the family in 1850).
- Claudius M. Pegues and Eliza Pledger appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Washington County, Texas. Other members of the household included Joseph Pegues, John Pegues and James M. Pegues. Also in the household was Elizabeth Pegues (age 22), who may have been the twin of James, or if she actually was about 12 and not 22 years old, it is likely that she married John H. Eastham in 1856, in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, where the family of Claudius deceased brother Malachi was living at the time, as well as Claudius' son William Allen Pegues.
- Last Edited: 6 Aug 2013